Wild horses

The real wild horses no longer exist. The horses that we think wild are domestic horses returned to the wild. Of 60 million horses in the world, the wild horses are 350 000. Nevertheless this little number, many people talk of mass slaughter to control their population. They settled in fragile ecosystems which aren't adapted for them. Their overpopulation is threatening for the flora in extinction. They come in conflict with man who is always in search of new territories.

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The story of MY old mare...

Toupie was a filly like other. She lived at Pont-Rouge and had a good owner. A day, someone bought Toupie, but her owner didn't know that its next owner would be careless. He gave only a square bale of hay each month. Toupie lived at St-raymond. Each year, her owner went at Pont-Rouge at full gallop. He tied her to a tree without food and water for all the Christmas Holidays.

One and a half year ago, someone called us to know if we wanted a poor mare... My father didn't want that her death be in fear and she can be a friend for my little filly (Myrtille). We knew it would be hard but gradually she regain more force. This summer a vet came to see Toupie... He told us that she had a cancer which degenerated very fast. August 22^th 2011, a vet came at my home and she had a beautiful death full of love.

Toupie was a mare out of the ordinary, with I had many wonderful moments. You are always in my

heart ! <3

<---- her first day at my home...

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In the Beauce

This summer, I went in Beauce with my friend for a week. We had a week only with horses. We cleaned them, and we had some hikes and aerobatics. We went to the rodeo St-Victor and we laughed with our new friends.

Some incidents:

• ·         Cindy : falling off of Chanel (aerobatics);
• ·         Eli, Jade and I : Put  an old bike helmet and go in a long hike;
• ·       Me:  Ill and blind horse = Do the hike afoot;
• ·         Me: Having a heat stroke and drink a Gatorade with a bad taste;
• ·         Eli : Eating golden toast with mayonnaise;
• ·         Me:  be crushed by a horse and having a purple foot;
• ·       Eli, Cindy, Ludo, Will and I: Take three hours to clean the stable due to a battle of straw
•       And more…! 

      This trip was memorable ! 

     

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The vision

This week my topic is the vision.

To start, the horses only see yellow, red, orange and green. To see clearly, be calm and feel safe, it must have a freedom of movement (of the head and neck). If the horse feels too tight, it may be panic, be uncooperative and even aggressive.

For a clear picture, the horses must move the head until a ray of light comes perpendicular to the retina… It has a large visual field, it is almost a full circle, but if you arrive directly behind them, they will don’t see you and will be afraid if you arrive without warning.


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