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A horse is a horse of course of course but what else is a horse of course?
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Bill V

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I have never understood the appeal of a horse. Oh, I've tried 'em in my youth. Every single one I got onto immediately tried to kill me or maim me for life. The really sad part is how many times I tried to ride one before I figured that out.
I'd rather roller skate on the freeway at rush hour.

[quote="bffulgham"]How to spell horse:
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Great tools to have, but only if you have a use for them.

Had to take care of high-powered quarter-horses when I was a kid. We had a stud that was the high point AQHA horse in the state of NM. Meanest animal on 2 or 4 legs. If he couldn't bite you, he'd stomp or kick you.

Love to look at a good-looking horse]



I won't allow a stallion on the place, too many mares and not enough 10' tall brick walls.
We have been very lucky. With 5 (now down to 4) of our own and a dozen client horses we have never had anything but generally well behaved horses here.
I keep calling ours "lap horses", you know, like the cats...



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What, no mention of the time spent bent over with a pick cleaning a hoof with the horse resting pleasurably upon your bent back?

Or the fun of riding upsidedown because you forgot to knee the horse in the ribs to deflate them while cinching up the saddle?

The joy of practicing your circus cannon launches as the horse skids to an instant stop because there is a twig in the path, and they aren't going to cross it. Though you will now fly 20 feet beyond it, over their head.

At least horse does taste pretty good. Though its been many a year since I ate one.

foxtrapper wrote:What, no mention of the time spent bent over with a pick cleaning a hoof with the horse resting pleasurably upon your bent back?

Or the fun of riding upsidedown because you forgot to knee the horse in the ribs to deflate them while cinching up the saddle?

The joy of practicing your circus cannon launches as the horse skids to an instant stop because there is a twig in the path, and they aren't going to cross it. Though you will now fly 20 feet beyond it, over their head.

At least horse does taste pretty good. Though its been many a year since I ate one.

I keep telling people that the horse is the only animal that can shed serious blood while playing with a Nerf ball.
Still I can't help but love them.
This is the summer that our 2 year old baby (a Belgian draft) goes to school for a month to learn to drive (pull a buggy and sleigh, not drive a car ). She supposedly had a tiny bit of basic ground training before we got her. She was a little wild back then (1 year old) but she will be 3 in August and is turning into a real sweetheart. Loves to just visit and be brushed etc.


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A friend of mine sent me this link to a Best Of Craigslist entry.

Reminded me of the stud we had many years ago.

CAUTION: Language may slightly coarse for some

Every horse I ever tried to ride, always snapped their head back and tried to bite me.

Well just like woodworking (in some ways), horse ownership in today’s world is a labor of love. You either have a passion for them, their little nuances, and work involved or you do not.

I grew up around them myself. I learned to ride when I was 5 years old in a ring with my parents watching on either side. In fact all through out middle and high school, my Sunday afternoons was often spent ridding the trails around the local reservoir (it became kind of my weekly routine). I've ridden in shows, parades, wagon trains, etc. Any opportunity that came about at the time. However in life, time and priorities change. I haven't ridden or even owned a horse for a while now. I still have all my tack and stuff in hopes of getting back into the hobby. But, right now I don't really have the time, funds, and space to pursue that interest.

bffulgham wrote:A friend of mine sent me this link to a Best Of Craigslist entry.

Reminded me of the stud we had many years ago.

CAUTION: Language may slightly coarse for some

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