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Posted on 10/04/2005 9:56:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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I've tried to convince my mom that fresh air and exercise is what she needs to feel better, but she's not buying.
~sigh~
I'm glad she's ok. So far, I've been lucky with mine. No biters. Meeting my elbow might be a factor though. I did the same thing as your daughter once. I petted a stalled horse that didn't know me and she almost got me .
Yup. A sweet face can hide a sour disposition.
Tell me about it. She had her head down and watching me. Her ears were relaxed. She suckered me in big time. All I got just a slight bruise and a lot of slobber but she was "after me". Her owner said I should have let her have it because she does this but I didn't feel comfortable bitting someone elses horse back.
Yeah, I wouldn't want to discipline a horse that wasn't mine either.
I'd always question whether it was my fault or the horse's due to my lack of experience.
Well she couldn't have bit me if I had not stuck my hand in her chomping zone (my fault) but she has a history.
If she's bitten before, then it isn't your fault.
Especially since you didn't know about the history until ~after~ she bit you!
I really like horses:')
hehehehe...
Me too. But I ain't been bit.
Yet.
Great pictures Ruthie:) Looks like a nice place and the horses look better cared for.
LOL, about the biting horses. We had a brood mare that we brought up here one time after she foaled. The foal seemed small and a tad bit on the weak side, so we brought her here to keep an eye on her and get her out of the pasture with other horses. I wasn't thinking about what the mare and foal had been thru being loaded up and hauled here and then locked in a stall. She was stressed. Anyway right after we got them here I went in the stall to watch the foal nurse to make sure she was getting something. I was standing bent over with my butt towards the mare's head watching the foal. I wasn't touching either one but the mare reached around and bit me at the side of my back, about kidney level really really hard. Mack was in the yard when I came flying out of that stall yelling. He said I sounded like Jerry Clower when he does that AAHHHH sound:). It didn't break the skin but I had a perfect mark on my back for a year shaped just like that mares entire set of front teeth, top and bottom. I learned a lesson too about turning your back on a horse:)
I've been moving panels again today. I've decided that I'm not going to use the arena enough to warrent the upkeep of it, so I'm taking those panels to put up for my front perimeter fence, that will save having to buy some more. It will also open up Harley's side to be alot bigger. I think it will all look better when I'm done and work really well. I'll get pictures when I'm done, It will be a few days.
Becky
We have had beautiful weather here. Sorry it's raining on you guys.
Hair, glad that nothing seems to be wrong with Pony other then behavior. Taking the blocks away for a time might do the trick.
Becky
Glad to hear about the pony.
Spend 15 minutes with a baby. I've never been really bit or kicked by an adult horse, but I have been kicked and bit by babies. All of them ;~D.
LOL - funny how she intimidates us all in the nicest possible way :)
Who me? ;~D
Hmmmm. I don't think I've been bitten by a kid.
I'm off limits. They wouldn't dare. Brothers seem to be open season though.
Where o where is sweet little (name)?
Where o where is sweet little Sarah?
Where o where is sweet little Sarah
Way down yonder in the paw paw patch
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