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Like Border Collies, who roll in cow pies.  I'm certain it's a camouflage 
thing, so the cows aren't as concerned as they might be.  Ditto if they're 
herding sheep.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynn Kinsky" <lkinsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] favorite color


> >I've decided that greys are "pig-pens"; they seem to love rolling in the 
> >mud. Probably colored horses do too, but they just don't show as much. 
> >Every grey horse we ever had loved rolling in the dirt and looking as 
> >awful as possible.
> > Barbara
>
> I concluded long ago that it's horsey camoflage.  We get them all pretty 
> and shiny so that predators can see them better, so they have to do what 
> they can to blend into the environment.
> --
>
>  Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
> >  http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/



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