[cinives]

Horses are not pets. You can love them and take care of them, but they are not pets. They are work animals.

Regarding them as pets leads to this type of stupidity. Just ask the horse rescue people.

[Alamo-Girl]

Horses are not pets. You can love them and take care of them, but they are not pets. They are work animals.

No doubt this is "truth" to you, but that does not mean it is "truth" to everyone or that it is Objective Truth.

Many of us who accept horses and dogs as companion animals - and in many cases, companion animals that also do work - would never treat them as common livestock.