tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14868403.post6841239815521125374..comments2023-11-18T15:27:53.318-08:00Comments on Mustang Saga: Hmmm...Andrea -Mustang Sagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00576342393431178404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14868403.post-61815970660014366102014-11-01T17:55:05.162-07:002014-11-01T17:55:05.162-07:00Perhaps once you have done a certain amount of wor...Perhaps once you have done a certain amount of work with him, it would benefit him to go to a place where he could run in a big varied paddock with a mix of horses for a while. My sis is planning to do that with her 3 year old Irish Draft baby soon. Does them good! T.L. Merrybardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14868403.post-87369511683098139162014-10-31T06:22:45.518-07:002014-10-31T06:22:45.518-07:00I don't know how they could afford to have tha...I don't know how they could afford to have that sort of holding facility. Some of them are lucky enough to be born on a long term holding facility that's on natural terrain - a private ranch that has cotntracted with the government to hold them. Luc came from a facility that has thousands of horses and has gotten a lot of bad press. I think the funding just isn't there, and there are too many horses. <br /><br />Luc and I will work through these things. Maybe in the end he'll be even better, since I'm providing a structure he hasn't had. I wonder what will happen the first timtiI take him into the trees... :)Andrea -Mustang Sagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00576342393431178404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14868403.post-84611337802891422052014-10-30T19:03:45.523-07:002014-10-30T19:03:45.523-07:00I think you are, right, that sort of upbringing wo...I think you are, right, that sort of upbringing would affect his socialising and coping abilities. He's not only had no herd structure, he had little exposure to new things or terrain. I think the BLM needs to address this, by having those young ones out on bigger pastures with some different land features, with maybe some old girls to lead them and teach them manners. Growing up in a pen will stunt their thinking and physical abilities. T.L. Merrybardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com