[kerosene]

Note to self: a horse can bite your arm (or hand) off.

[GeronL]

JUST OUCH

[cyborg]

More interesting news from the old country.

[skinkinthegrass]

Stallions can be very vicious...We had a Shetland and kept (rented a stall for) a Strawberry Roan, could not turn your back on them.

[GOPmember]

So, too, can a hearty game of tug-o-war (not for the squeamish)

[spodefly]

Note to self: a horse can bite your arm (or hand) off.

I suspect that "Java in Flight" has some behavioral issues.

[Free ThinkerNY]

NO PETTING!!

[Monty22]

This isn't going to win Kerry many votes.

[Free Trapper]

I knew an 87 year old man that was in the habit of feeding his horses carrots.

One day he took a leak in the corral and one of them bit his clinton off. :(

[Khurkris]

I have never trusted horses.

[Fiddlstix]

An old saying about horses:

Both ends can be very dangerous
&
The middle can be very uncomfortable.

[gg188]

I have never in my life heard of such a thing. Are there any equestrians here who can suggest how common or how rare this is?

[martin_fierro]

Must've been a Pit Pony.

[gg188]

Was this an Arabian stallion or is someone trying to cover-up another act of Arab terrorism?

[lowbridge]

Hello, I'm Mr. Ed.

And I'm gonna rip your $#5%$#ing arm off.

[hedgetrimmer]

I once saw a horse lunge and a young boy, and bite his shoulder so hard when he tossed his head the little boy went flying.

The kid cried pretty hard and had a pretty decent set of black and blue teethmarks on him when it was over.

You have to have a healty respect for animals that size and I am afraid our schools along with the help of Pixar and Disney, only teach kids to relate to fish in aquariums or friendly whales and dophins.

[Happy2BMe]

This same incident happened in West-Central Oklahoma in 2003.

Child was a toddler (3, I think) and was crushed by the horse after biting his arm off.

The Humane Society didn't say a word.

[Edgewood Pilot]

Our 19 year old daughter is a Level 2 CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association) instructor who owns her own horse. From her I come away with a healthy appreciation of the dangers of horses.

As a hired hand in Utah years ago, I was bucked head over heels and landed on my back.

[Ruth A.]

Well, I have learned a lot about horses on this thread.

You know, if the kid had been in school as he was supposed to be instead of riding around carefree, he would have been okay. He was in the worng place at the wrong time and sometimes that turns out to be very, very bad.

[Rebelbase]

Carnivorious equine ping.

[Uncle Meat]

This story reminds me of a seven year old nephew who was dumped off at my house for the wife to babysit.He has a bad habit of telling these outrageous tall tales.He was telling me and my neighbor about this horse that he killed with a stick.He had red paint all over his face,so I asked him,"Is that where the horse bit you before you killed him with the stick?"My neighbor started busting a gut laughing,and the kid started stretching his story even more than he already had.