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I did not flame at you - my son Aaron got on the computer and answered your
letter. I'm sorry. I understand about problem animals and it sounds like
this filly is one. If we had a round pen and I thought my son would stay
here to help me, we might take the filly off your hands. He is a good
horseman with very little fear, but I'm pretty sure he's moving back to
Wisc. soon to be near girlfriend, which would leave me to work with the
filly. And I've got my hands full with our present horse family.
I do hope you find a home for her. She sounds like a candidate for a John
Lyons clinic!
I'll pass the info along to horse trainers I know to see if anyone is
interested.
Chris
At 08:22 AM 12/23/97 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-12-22 22:35:53 EST, you write:
>
>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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