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Dear group, I have received so many inquiries about the free filly I thought
I'd post this one so any one interested in this horse will know more:
<< I would like to know more about this young filly. Exactly what is it she
does that makes you think that she is so dangerous. Taking into account
that she is young and has more than likely never been handled
professionaly, or by a person willing to commit the time and patients it
takes to even green break a young horse. We are looking for a mare or filly
to breed, and raise endurance horses. My personal opinion is that if you
can't handle the responsibility of training or just the general maintence
of an animal you should get rid of it. Keeping in mind that death is very
cruel and a very unreasonable solution to a situation that you obvioulsy
cannot handle. >>
Dear Chris, as I think I made clear in my post, this is not my horse. I only
board her. I do not know about her past history--you'd have to ask the owner.
I do know the filly has been pasture boarded and basically ignored for a year
and a half before she came to me. Owner is a sweet girl (about 20-21) but
very timid. Filly has learned that she can push the owner around by behaving
aggressively. Filly now sincerely believes that she does not have to listen
to or respect ANY human. She attacked me in my barn the other night. I was
merely trying to put a halter on her to put her in a stall for the evening
feeding. I have done this many times before. Filly is let out of stall after
she eats her grain so It isn't that she didn't want to be stalled. This was
only one of many incidents, but this filly came very close to injuring me
badly. That's it. I will forward another post I sent to someone else with
details of attack. This horse not only has no qualms about swinging and
kicking at people if they do the slightest thing to annoy her (which includes,
but is not limited to, petting her neck or trying to brush her long and
tangled mane!!! I am not talking ABUSE here!!!) but she will also try to
chase and dominate people by rearing, striking, and biting. You do not have
to do anything to trigger this conduct other than be in the same pasture with
her!
Filly was kept in a large pasture with 4 other horses and free access to
a large, run-in barn. She is now kept in a smaller but still good sized
paddock (plenty of room to gallop and run) with attached run-in. I keep one
other horse in there with her for company. I had to isolate filly as my other
boarders were becoming frightend to go out in to the pasture and get their
horses.
She is fed 2 flakes of good clover-grass hay three times a day, plus a
coffee can of oats-corn-vitamin supplement evenings.
You want her, she is yours. Come get her. Please.
Trish
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