The main hick-ups Brandy and I encountered
in her training were the lack of ‘quality’ time I was able to spend with her
and me occasionally misunderstanding brumby language, being more familiar with
the average horsey language.
I learned much from Carlos Tabernaberri in this respect and he
put my mind at ease with regards to the charging which Brandy would get into on
a couple of occasions during early training sessions. Real street fighters they are, he told me for instance and that
explained a few things away.
It had been hard to reconcile Brandy’s soft
and gentle nature with those few instances, but basically brumbies don’t muck
around. Carlos and I agree that brumbies are so personable and really interact
and are engaged. Overall they also tend to be very friendly horses to those
whom they trust. The people which I’ve spoken to that know and have worked with
brumbies agree that if it were a possible choice we’d only work with brumbies.
Best horses ever.
Carlos is coming over again for another
visit to the Fraser Coast, not sure if there’s any spaces left for his workshop.
Carlos Tabernaberri is from www.whisperingacres.com.au
