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Date Posted: 03:00:19 02/11/02 Mon
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Hi Mandi :)
Its the overall horse that matters...we gotta try to pay attention to the complete picture.
>On to a different subject.
>I have to agree with you that temperament is one of
>the most important things in a horse. If you don't
>have a good temperament then you are wasting your
>time. One of the things that I found that I hate about
>many of the Arabs today is #1 they have gotten so that
>they either breed for a performance horse or for a
>show horse. They usually can't do both. I am impressed
>with your horses and you view that they should be able
>to do both as I agree whole heartly with that. #2 Many
>of them are so busy breeding for a nice head or neck
>that they forget about disposition and other important
>comformation point like legs. I have seen so many
>Arabs these days with horrible legs that it is driving
>me nuts! My mare has pretty good legs but they are not
>the best. It is probably my own fault for breeding her
>dam to a stallion with crooked knees but I figured
>with her dam having straight legs that it would
>balance it. The other thing people seem to forget to
>is their hooves. Too many horses, no matter what the
>breed, have horrible hooves. #3 Those people who call
>themselves breeders just because they have a mare that
>they have bred and think this qualifies them as
>experts! They often just send the mare off to bred to
>some stallion they think looks nice when they don't
>stop to think about pedigrees or if the stallion and
>mare compliment each other. Oh well.
>What do you look for in a trainer/instructor?
Well, I sorta stumbled on my trainer... but there are some things that are more important to me than a winning name in the show ring (I don't want someone who cannot get placed either). She has a no-nonsense attitude and a lot of patience, which means she knows better than to take a lot of "stuff" from a disobedient horse, but her methods are not rough, or mean. Like a good parent she rewards a try...and corrects disobedience quickly, so the horse has a chance to learn and correct mistakes. Calm attitude, great hands, and she really likes the horses!
>Do you believe in trainers/instructors continuing to
>take lessons even if they are professionals?
Absolutely!!!! For example, my trainer takes instruction via clinics from a master dressage instructor a few times a year. It increases her knowledge and gives me a more experienced trainer as she learns to put her lessons to good use in her own training regimen.
>What do you think of trainers/instructors having
>certifications like they do over in Europe?
Probably not a bad idea, but I don't know if it would make much difference until I see how much difference in the training methods of a certified vs uncertified trainer :)
>What do you think of animal communicators?
>Do you think you would ever use one?
Never have thought that was much more than foolishness. I don't know that I would ever use one. NOW... I have been shown the value of other things (ie: chiropractic) that I thought silly till I tried it, so no permanent judgement from me...lol.
>Do you supplement your mares on anything while they
>are pregnant? If so what? Any particular reason why?
No, I feed a very good, complete feed and the one time I tried extra vitamins as supplement, I had to quit using them because of bad reaction from the horses. They got all sluggish...soon as I stopped, they were fine :) I will feed alfalfa cubes at times, and I feed beet pulp soaked in water, but no vitamin supplements.
>Do you supplement the foals? No, same as above :)
>What about your stallions and the horses being worked?
Again, no, same as above. Cyndi, my trainer, feeds a different feed, and she will supplement with different things as she sees a need. I do not have reason to doubt her feeding methods so have not forced her to use the same as I do... and of course, the horses here are not working daily like the training horses do :)
Julia
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