The proud cut gelding was what some people would call "spirited".
No, he was just mean.
Posted on 05/19/2004 6:22:07 AM PDT by billorites
Now, how about those sugar cubes...
(I still don't have any sugar cubes...)
Horses become too mouthy (even my kind ole Bay) if you feed them treats too often.... But I have been known to approve of an apple or a carrot on occasion!
I think onle barbarians eat dogs, horses and cats. Their close association with human beings over millenia of domestication as pets, companions, comrads in arms or hunting pals should negate their consideration for food.
Maybe the degenerate French would find dog stew or filet of mustang palatable, but I certainly don't.
ISn't Bo Derek a conservative Republican, or do I have her mixed up with some oother Hollywood blonde who is????
My cats have monkeys on their back, and it's all my fault.
Yes, I know I could just so no, but there is nothing worse than a cat strung out on pounce...
Yeah. They also eat snakes, sea horses, starfish and other kinds of inedible slop in the orient. In some places they eat the brains of live screaming monkeys.
And we ALL know where SARS came from - civets in China.
In Africa they eat monkey meat and that's probably where AIDS and Ebola Zaire come from.
And if your strung out cats weighed 1200 pounds, you'd have a heck of a problem on your hands ;~D
"Horses are no different than any other animal if you're hungry."
How do you feel about people? I wouldn't want to get near you when you have a good appetite up.
We're not tlaking about starving humanity here. These are people who ELECT to have horse on the menu.
Horses, Dogs and Cats, because of their close, long, and special connection with people are animals apart from all others.
I agree with you 100000%.
You are right on the mark.
Some of the "Conservatives" on this board should grow a heart.
Horses and dogs and cats have had a long, special and very intimate association with people, especially with westerners like us.
When the frirst hordes of Indo-Europeans came swarming off the southern Russian steppes, they were riding horses and using dogs a s companions guards and hunters.
In just about every war ever fought with the sole exception of the most recent ones, horses were essential companions of the soldier - especially the western soldier and the Asian soldier. Horses in a sense, made us what we are. Knights, cavaliers, the concept of gentlemanly behavior, all had its roots in the kind of horse culture which produced western civilization.
God bless you. What a refreshing response.
Makes me wanna come back as a saddle!
"Many find eating cattle, chickens, pigs, etc... barbaric."
Yeah. PETA nuts.
"Many people are also repulsed at the thought of shooting a deer, butchering it, and eating it. But I love it!"
Deer have always been the subject of the chase in western hunting and there is nothing wrong with killing them and eating them. But many a European stag hunter rode to the hunt on his companion horse with a dog at its side.
"There are no sacred animals. Human life alone is sacred, made in the image of God."
I think ALL life is sacred because God is present in every living thing.
There is nothing wrong with eating certain animals - perhaps most animals, but God gave Man dominion over animals, not the right to abuse them.
And regardless of your PERSONAL feelings, horses, dogs and cats have ALWAYS had a special place in western civilization and that place has never been in the cookpot.
Cindy.... Here is the fine line that you will find between horsemen. Those prone to severe treatment of their animals claim they work because they claim to have solved the most horrible behavior using these extreme tactics. What they don't realize is that the horrible behavior often didn't happen without a reason.
Horses can be made to comply out of fear and pain. You can beat them into submission. But fear also brings with it many other instincts of self-preservation that are dangerous behaviors. The rougher the cowboy, it seems the more extreme behaviors they are forced to confront. I have never had a horse that would bite me when I got on, but then I have never had a horse that through pain or rough treatment ~resented~ my riding that much.
In other words, you will get better work out of a horse that trusts in your leadership than you will a horse that only fears you. What is trustworthy leadership? You know this... Firm, in charge, clear and consistant rules, kindness in reward and fairness in punishment.
Adios.
I watch and I see different styles. I had to find mind. My horse has shown me his teeth a couple of times and got popped. I read all kinds of stuff to do if they bite you but I've decided the first time he does I'm just going to bite him back:') (how is that for staying on topic on a horse eating thread?)
I have seen a couple of crazy horses though. Don't know if they were born or made that way but loco.
The stallion I had in high school was the most 'mouthy' horse I ever had. Stallions in general tend to bite more than other horses... and with him, I had to be even more rigid because he was always thinkin' of doin' stallion things. But he was an easy stallion as they go. I'd like to think I had something to do with that.
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