RE: [Philmont]: Burros

The fact that your burro was excited every time he saw you coming tells me
that your guys "got it" with regard to caring for the burro. It is an
important lesson that the burros at Philmont can teach.

We acquired a dog a while back whose previous owner had severely mistreated
him. At first, when we approached the dog he would cringe. With time and
patience the dog has come around, happily wagging his tail and greeting us
when we come toward him.

Burros are a challenge. They are slow. They are stubborn. However, they
are quite strong and a real asset in carrying gear. They are fun to make
friends with.

When I attended Philmont I recall reading a slim volume (sorry, don't recall
the title and author) on the southwestern burro, written by a jurist who
compared them favorably to some people he had encountered. I took from this
reading that animals can think in some fashion and that if you treat them
well (a Scout is Kind) they will respond in kind (pun intended).

If you participate in the burro program, make the time to make friends with
your burro. You will not be disappointed in the response you will get.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com
Philmont 1965; 1978

>From: rfgardere@comcast.net (Bob Gardere)
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Burros
>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:11:59 +0000
>
>I cannot speak for everyone, but our crew had a great time with our burro.
>Part of it might have been it was late July and he had become accustom to
>the Trek. The Scouts had a great time picking him out and even naming him.
> The burro would get excited every time he saw us coming to get him. Yes
>we HAD to do it. If you don't want to do it, you don't have to pick that
>Trek.
>
>Bob Gardere
>Troop 895
>Richardson TX
>Trek 21 725-B
>
>-------------- Original message --------------
>From: "John Geyster" <johngeyster@comcast.net>
>
>Does it clearly state which treks require the burros?
>
>It wasnt all that clear in some of the previous books.
>Its amazing that almost everything else is optional except for ranger
>training and service project.
>
>
>
>
>From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
>Behalf Of cletus robinson
>Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 7:50 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
>Subject: [Philmont]: Burros
>
>In the past, if you selected a trek with burros, it was optional- that is,
>you could choose to use them or not. Going over the Treks 2006 book, it
>looks like it is not any longer.
>
>Uncle Cletus

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Received on Thu Mar 23 17:56:44 2006