This is my dog, sweet little gentle thing:
This is my dog on ducks:
Posted on 09/16/2009 6:51:43 AM PDT by frithguild
From the article:
“the two horse lovers made plans to go on a date to a Westchester, N.Y., stable. “
“But on their third date, when the two met on a winter afternoon, the day took a tragic turn. “
“Following the accident, Papp and Stanislav remained in touch for about two years.”
“Two years later, Stanislav, sued Papp, claiming he failed to provide her with an obedient horse . . . “
IOW, They decided to go horseback riding on a date. On their third date, she fell. After dating for another two years, out of the blue she sues him.
What is wrong with this picture????
Yeah, like run INTO something, or off into a ditch or hole, or . . .
Horses will stay upright on their own and not *usually* run into things (some are smarter than others). The more sensible ones will keep you from taking stupid risks.
Also, a horse can jump a fence or a stone wall without the aid of a dirt ramp.
What brand do you recommend? I have a Troxel event helmet, the one that probably needs to be replaced is an International (I used to represent them!)
I'm just sick that my mare is permanently unsound. She has more sense than some people. I have a chance to get her on with the Special Olympics, she'll be perfect for them and has worked for them before. People didn't believe she was the same horse I hunted on when they saw her carrying those little kids like they were made of fine china. If one of them overbalanced in one direction, she would shift sideways to get under them and bear them up . . .
I just don't know if I'm ever going to find a horse to measure up to my baby.
She was looking at big medical bills, and the statute of limitation for personal injury was about to run. In most states, it’s two years.
If I had a dollar for every big-talking newbie who shows up at the barn claiming to be an "expert rider", I could retire right now and live the high life.
That's why most stables make you take a private lesson for "evaluation" before they'll let you ride.
This is my dog, sweet little gentle thing:
This is my dog on ducks:
LOL! My dog, an Australian Shepherd/Border Collie, 70 pounds of gentle obedience, has killed and buried more than one duck in the back yard. I think he’s trying to save them for a rainy day.
If I had a dollar for every big-talking newbie who shows up at the barn claiming to be an “expert rider”, I could retire right now and live the high life.
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True that! :o)
They're expensive, so we use them in training until the dogs won't touch them. I actually saw one that was held together with duct tape . . . somebody said it was the first time they'd ever seen "duck tape" used for its intended purpose . . . whooweee those things get ripe!
The Geese Police use BCs and Aussies to scare Canadas off corporate lawns . . . . but usually they don't catch them. Labs of the hunting persuasion LIVE to catch ducks and geese. Hopefully they're dead when they get to them, but not always.
Have they mentioned whether ‘Teddy’ has filed suit yet?
This time next year he’ll be able to file.
Just when you think you’ve heard it all.....
I like the Charles Owens helmets. They have a model with extra padding behind the occipital surface of your brain, where you may well land if you fall off and land back-down. My doctor recommends this model and bought one for herself, and I was very damn glad of it last weekend. I think any good helmet would have saved me from a skull fracture but perhaps only this one would have prevented a concussion.
I am so sorry to hear about your beautiful mare. She seems to be remarkably talented. Maybe the Special Olympics would be a great way for her to spend her time.
And don’t fear. We all feel that we’ll never again find that perfect, once-in-a-lifetime horse, but there are more out there, and if we stay with horses we find that there are actually several such in a lifetime. I am riding one such myself right now, another beautiful black TB mare, 17.1, 5, and sweet as a peach. It may be that another wonderful horse is waiting to love you.
Miss Gracie is a splendid girl . . . the ONLY criticism I have ever had of her is that she's always been too slow to catch cold. When we hunted we would drift back and back during the day, until we were riding with the hilltoppers and the kids on ponies. We'd catch up when the hounds checked, then the process would begin all over again . . . but in the hunter ring the judges LOVED her smooth deliberate style.
Never rode a horse that could jump out of its stride better -- until she had to drop her hocks and reach back for a big one (around 3'4 or so was where you really noticed it) her jump just felt like a lengthened stride. And a perfect lady.
She's 27, no frank injury the vet can find (without an MRI which there's no point in taking), just a faint irregularity on the right fore that's more pronounced early in the morning before she gets warmed up. We're guessing it's her knee, and 6-8 months rest had no effect on it at all. Probably just old age.
I'm sure she's not the only lovely 16hh T'bred mare in the world . . . but right now I'm feeling rather down and disappointed.
That’s only if you’re inattentive enough to ride into a ditch or hole. I prefer not to ride in such a haze that I don’t see such things and avoid them. On the other hand, bikes never step into gopher holes and break their legs, bikes don’t get infections if they get a stone caught in a tire, and bikes don’t freak and throw you off just because they saw a stick that looked vaguely snake-like.
A good horse will spot and avoid holes as well as ant beds, low boggy places, and so forth. They're subject to all sorts of ailments (never had one get an infection from a stone bruise though) but they never throw a rod and they don't run out of . . . grass.
That's the difference between a living creature with a brain and a lump of iron.
I just prefer the predictability of the bike. Not disparaging horses (being here in TX, we do have a fair number of them around). As to low, boggy places - those are the most fun!
The Judge ruled correctly.
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