Posted on 06/11/2011 4:09:32 PM PDT by Krankor
Linda O’Leary says she was snapping pictures of her grandkids feeding the horses at the Glenview Park District’s Wagner Farm last year when a chestnut-colored gelding came up and chomped down on her right hand.
“I just said, ‘He’s got my hand,’ ” O’Leary, a 65-year-old Northwest Side resident, recalled Friday of the incident last September in which she lost a finger. “I could feel a sucking feeling and then a crunch, and he opened his mouth, and I pulled my hand out, and it was gone.”
The horse had bitten off her right index finger down to the first knuckle, said O’Leary, who filed a personal-injury lawsuit Thursday against the Glenview Park District over the incident last Sept. 25.
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Horses will bite you.
Does your horse bite?
No.
Chomp.
I thought you said your horse doesn’t bite.
Zat is not my horse....
He most likely thought it was a bony carrot.
Wholly smokes! Don’t let it near Congressman Wiener~!!!
I knew this when I was only six, and riding my lovely little pony across the fields of our farm. I knew enough then to watch out for “critter holes”, for plump little Misty could go down in them, and toss me which way from Sunday, not to mention what these would do to her sticky but fragile little legs.
Where has this fool been?
Wow, it is really remarkable how stupid people are. The stupid old bat should not have her grandchildren hand-feeding horses, no one should be hand feeding horses. That teaches horses to bite. I have had horses for sixty years- and not one of them would bite——because no one was allowed to hand feed any of them, and if one did nip at a person, they soon believed that was the last thing in the world they wanted to do. Most bad behaviors in horses are taught to them by people—like people who feed them carrots or sugar out of hand. Horses are not stupid, that is usually a human trait.
sorry...
“sticky” should have been “stocky”.
I am in my late sixties, but I remember her with so much love.
Really surprised at some of the “humorous” posts on this thread. I am sure this was very traumatic for the woman. I don’t think her misfortune (no matter how unwise she may have been) is fodder for jokes.
But if you read the article, the damn woman is suing over the horse biting off her finger, which it did because idiots like her taught the horse to bite by hand feeding it! Its more her fault than the horse’s.
Thanks. Interestng posts. Once PB nibbled Sarah when she was grooming him. She said he was grooming her and it didn’t hurt her.
“When I feed the stallion and the gelding in the barn, the gelding steps on my foot and won`t get off and stallion turns around and bites my ass.”
Time to buy two rabbits and two bullets - then make “Ragou de Cheval el Lapin”.
My dressage instructor once told me: "be careful what you teach a horse because they will you it against you."
I think this video is pretty funny seeing this horse grab this girl by the hair. The girl thought she could get pushy with the horse but the horse showed her who was the boss!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpXVZxnrdrI
Here’s a guy who scared a horse and got kicked for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iYD4r9QW9k
Our trainer used to use a whiffle ball bat on her stallion to teach him to behave. Either on the walls of his stall or on his flank, depending on his aggressiveness. Consistency won out and he was a very well behaved stallion for the rest of his days. Of course feeding time DOES bring out some territorial behavior!!!
I'm surprised no one has mentioned hogs. They can be very
dangerous. When I was a kid there was an old farmer in this
area that pulled the feed wagon into the hog lot and got off
and closed the gate. He had a heart attack on the way back
to the tractor. Pavlovian conditioning; it was feeding time.
I heard that they didn't find much.
I’ve been bit, kicked, stepped on and drug. Thankfully not all at the same time.
If you have to go behind a horse, the trick is staying very close. They can step and kick faster than you can react, if you are afraid and give them room, they will kill you. If you keep your body right next to their rump as you go by, all they can do is give you a good push or a shot of hot gas.
Two things to remember about horses. They are magnificent animal and they are out to kill you.
Proudly horse free for 6 months.
The woman whisperer commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Z2gKT7B6Y
Our horse trainer once told a student,”The worst thing that you can teach a horse is that you are afraid of it.”
You are exactly right about hand feeding horses, it teaches them to bite and leaves them frustrated if there is no treat to be had.
Biting is a natural behavior, it is how horses communicate with each other. The trick is teaching them very clearly, no horseplay with people.
My grandfather who trained horses said the same thing.
I agree. I lost the same amount of my middle finger on my left hand to a dog bite. Everyone was like “why did u stick your fingers out?”. I didn’t. Shit like this happens very quickly and most people don’t understand. My injury happened I a split second.
She’ll get money out this without suing.
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