Betty, Do you keep them in the same stall? My two pairs live together in the same stalls, though I know they would do fine separately, too. They share and "bump" all the time :-) Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bettyann Seablade" <shadowbrook@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 9:35 PM Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: Shetlands and Kicking Strap for pairs > > Hi everyone > > In answer to the questions about Shetlands there is also another division. > This is called the American Show Pony Registry and the size is 48" or less. > It can be any registered Shetland or Shetland/Hackney cross. I hope this > helps whoever needed the info. > > In order to make this pair oriented, I will be starting my new pair this > summer. They are both Shetlands about 45 1/2". They are black geldings > each with a star and snip. I have been walking them in and out of the barn > together all winter and now they don't mind bumping into each other at all. > That was my first step in getting them to tolerate each other. I bought one > of them to match the other and they had to get to know each other. I will > keep you posted on their progress. I will be hitching them one at a time > with my experienced pair mare so that they get used to pair driving with her > first. They each drive single already. > > Somewhere in my files, I have a copy of an article on a pair kicking strap. > I will try to find it and send it in to the list. How would I do that? > > Betty > > _________________________________________________________ > To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: > http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````