Mounted search and rescue

[Karen Nesbitt <spanishequines@yahoo.com>]

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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:11:23 -0700
From: "E.S." <ES212@QWEST.NET>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Dallas horses.. care and maintainance
To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Please send this to the Posse ASAP. Especially Larry Cunningham. There are two mules for sale in this group. If anyone is interested in a "fixer-upper" these horses should be good. Most, if not all, are Mexican horses. The sale is Friday and they can look at them at the website below.

http://www.azda.gov/lostFound/webView.aspx

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Just a word on the "Mexican" horses (or as in this case, mules)....the animals may have been trained in spanish so be prepared for a possible "language barrier" and to exersize a little more in new owner patience if you no habla espanol!  So do not expect a "spanish" owned horse to understand english.  And for that matter a horse trained in english to understand spanish....  A little more patience may be in order too in essence re-train them a little.  You may want to inquire on this from the previous owner so you do not mistake the animals interprtation for absurd stubburness, stupidness or just being smarter than you!!

Horses  are masters at body language.

Having been around spanish horse breeds and spanish trainers, I find this can be the case with horses coming from owners who speak a different language.  Goes for dogs too.. many of the finest German shepards for example are trained in German.  

 

Karen