> I had a training question for you....I know I'm not constantly around
> this particular horse but "Andy" is a young stallion and he plays this
> little game with me where he'll lick my hand then try to nibble on it,
> How do I brake him of it without alienating him?
 
do not offer him your hand around his face or head.. if he goes for it 
without it being offered to him, hit him in the shoulder HARD and tell him no 
or quitit loud..  do not duel on it.. go right back to what you were doing 
without a pause..
 
If he really insists on it.. let him have it for 3 seconds.. then go right 
back to what you were doing as if it didn't happen at all.
 
Do NOT hit him in the head or neck.. if you can aviod it. Do not let this 
evolve into a game where he'll try and take a nip then swing his head away 
before you can react.
 
 
If you need to keep him in a halter to where you  can keep him in arms reach.
  
 
Studs should NEVER be allowed to put their mouths on anyone without being 
invited.. but in general it's a bad habit. 
 
 
> Oh I saw this horse at The El Dorado County Fair in
> Placerville(Hangtown), CA it was called a Belgian Work Horse, But it
> looked like a Clydesdale(sp?), a very big and stocky horse the owners
> put out a sign saying "Please don't feed him your fingers", Have you
> ever seen that breed before, what can you tell me about them?
 
Cyldesdales are larger.. Belgiums are nice horses.. I see one everday and 
have taught him to "high 5" when I go by.. ;)
 
The belguim is a draft horse.. breed to be cold blooded. They are not usually 
as personable or "people" oriented as other breeds can. They're better horses 
in a large degree because of the "cold blooded" breeding.. it means they've 
been breed do they're not very high strung as many breeds are.    
 
 
> "Fire Ants"-where do you have fire ants?  I thought that you were in
> L.A.,CA sounds like you are in Texas, because that is the last place I
> saw fire ants, or are you in Louisiana is that the LA?
 
 
LA as in Los Angeles.. I didn't think they were fire ants.. but the pest 
control guy said they were.. who knows? All I know is I've occasionally been 
stung/bite by something that wasn't a buffalo gnat and it stung like heck.
 
 
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