>> They are the worst - trouble is they've got such thick manes that they
 >> can push underneath and it doesn't shock them. Generally they're quite
 >> well behaved though.
 > Interesting.. the Shetlands I've seen here are usually a
 > mixture of spoiled and
 > ill mannered ponies.
    I think it's the way they are raised and handled -- Remember how unruly
Tuffy was when we first got him way back when?? That's when I first started
reading and writing in EQUUS.
    Well, Tuffy is the most gentle, nicest, sweetest pony now you ever want 
o
see ...... his bad behavior that he had when we got him was caused by all the
abuse he got before he came to us here at Byte Size Estates - that changed 
with
a lot of love and attention!
    Of course Tuffy isn't a true Shetland I don't think -- but he's 
efinately
of Shetland stock ..... maybe that makes a difference -- donno' ....
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