Re: RC: SPOOKY RATTLESNAKES

[kmhicks1@juno.com]

On Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:59:36 -0800 "guest@endurance.net"
<guest@endurance.net> writes:
>SHERI THOMPSON 1cowgirl@mciworld.com
>I am looking for any kind of advise to help my horse get use to 
>rattlesnakes on the trail. 

I would try making the rattle noise when  she eats, or leaving a tape
running on real low to get her used to the noise.

I had just the opposite problem riding yesterday.  We were about five
miles out when I saw a snake crossing the road.  I pulled up so it could
finish without us, but Chandra did not want to stop.  I am not sure she
even saw it (not a rattlesnake), but I don't see how she couldn't see it
(5' slithering accross the road in broad daylight!).  A car passed us
while we were deciding whether or not to pass and almost ran over the
snake, so I compared the snake to the width of the car to estimate size. 
I finally gave in to her and let her pass.  Just after the snake she
jumped like there was a troll hiding under the culvert.  Go figure!


Karen Hicks, Trustee
M.A.R.E., Inc. (Mustang & Arabian Rescue & Education)
Lawton, OK

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