[Ag-eq] minis

[Jody Ianuzzi]

Hello Jewel,

You are absolutely right.  Horses are trained to work around all kinds of noise and upset.

As much as I love horses, I do agree that having a dog is enough of a public distraction and a horse would be much more difficult.  As it is, it takes me longer to shop with all the questions people have about my dog, a horse would just be too much.



JODY 🐺
thunderwalker321 at gmail.com

"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."  DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)

> On Jun 28, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Michelle via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> My Bitsy is small enough but she has a curved spine. 
> 
> Michelle 
> 
>> On Jun 27, 2015, at 7:04 PM, Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> The miniature horses used as guides are, really, miniature miniature horses, being less than 30 
>> inches high:  closer to 27: weighing in at less than 100 pounds, while, and I am, considerably, less 
>> than knowledgeable on the subject, miniature horses, and this, probably, includes Michelle's, are 
>> around the 36 inch height.
>> Properly trained, the miniature horse does make one hell of a good guide.
>> Anne Edie has Panda, and has had her for a number of years.  From what I can glean, Anne has had, 
>> relatively, few access problems [Panda has travelled in cabs and aeroplanes, and, literally, 
>> anywhere that she, when she had a guide dog,  took it.
>> 
>>       Jewel--------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Michelle Creedy  via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 5:58 AM
>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: "Michelle Creedy" <michelle.creedy at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] minis
>> 
>> Hi Jody
>> 
>> Wow, what a great question about the guiding and thanks for asking about the mini. She's on meds and 
>> will be for a while but she'll be ok.
>> 
>> 
>> Well, the thing is, I don't enjoy having guide animals. I had two guide dogs and couldn't stand it 
>> after a while. I don't enjoy the extra attention and I don't enjoy having to figure out what to do 
>> with them all the time when I'm out like relieving. The other piece is that I don't feel a guide 
>> mini is a really great choice for a number of reasons but most importantly is that you'd get lots of 
>> attention and you'd have a lot of access issues. You'd have to have a pretty small mini to guide and 
>> somehow, they are not as all about pleasing as dogs are. <smile> I guess I'm just the wrong person 
>> to ask because mme and my cane are tight. It doesn't eat much. It never has to go to the vet and 
>> best of all, it never lets loose any bodily fluids in my apartment or any other public place.
>> 
>> Great question though!
>> 
>> <smiles>
>> Michelle
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jody Ianuzzi via Ag-eq
>> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 10:30 AM
>> To: Groups
>> Cc: Jody Ianuzzi
>> Subject: [Ag-eq] minis
>> 
>> Hi Michelle,
>> 
>> How is your mini doing?  Is her breathing problem cleared up?
>> 
>> There was a discussion on the NAGDU list about guide horses.  Have you ever considered training your 
>> mini to guide?
>> 
>> JODY 🐺
>> thunderwalker321 at gmail.com
>> 
>> "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."  DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker) 
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