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As an observer, this is absolutely beautiful. As a horse owner, you're holding your breath while they're running around.
Feb 16, 2019 4:11 AM
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As an observer, this is absolutely beautiful. As a horse owner, you're holding your breath while they're running around.
mayarai42
Horse parent here. I totally hear you. Mine used to gallop in the ICY paddock in his blanket. Good Lord...
Loquatsandwildhoney
Hash tag buffhorses
lettersandnumbers808
At least there's plenty of ice for the blown tendon
PutShoeOnHead
well we also have that longrat who at first didnt like snow but then was running back to have more of snow. fix your title.
PutShoeOnHead
there was a gif of a dog who loved to slide downhill. man... there are a lot of creatures who love snow.
larskongo
SnartHelg
Eh, you either get to witness nature's beauty or like a month's worth of hamburgers. Win/win.
tightwolf
Field puppies!!!
atarujun
This cold weather has made me a little hoarse.
Royoffinland
What little I know about horses, I can understand your stress.looks majestic, though!
allPall
Running and screaming..fuck it's cold..fuck its cold
NeedPizzaAsap
WayToCanadian
Mine just look at me and stand by the gate until we bring him grains.
ScatterJ0Y
Me: Please don't slip and fall. Please don't slip and fall. Please don't slip and fall. OMG, please please don't slip and fall.
onthe6ball
my dog, too.
princessdogface
Horse owner here. Can confirm. “They know where that root is, right? And that hole-thing...? What about the slippery mud in the corner?”
probshouldntsayitbut
You may own their bodies, but their spirits will always be free (dramatic music)
lenomdeplume
If you worry about them....you can’t afford them.
Oddmonster
Do you still shoot the horses if they break a leg?
lykwo
More common for race horses.
fourfingersdeep
Queen of England still ate horse meat up until about 1955 a butcher from Yorkshire was the last to provide her with Her stable diet
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
Oh god what about hidden rocks or uneven ground or ICE?? This is too stressful. Good luck, prancy bois.
poxodi
as an owner you have to keep their paddock clean and safe for them so no rocks or holes/ditches
nolittleplans
Seriously horses are suicide machines
ILikeAminalsAnFibshAnInsectsAnStuffAnThingsButNotPeople
For something so big and strong they are so fragile. But what about Clydesdales, are they as breakable or nah?
wilkins1952
With Clydes they are even worst with regards to oh its a minor break time to put it down, simply due to the fact they are so large and heavy
ILikeAminalsAnFibshAnInsectsAnStuffAnThingsButNotPeople
Oh, that unfortunate.
Fargus57
Err .. they did evolve for thousands of years without human intervention in the wild. This included rough terrain and bad weather.
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
...They evolved for a bit longer than that. Arguably for the past 3.5 billion years. But so did we and we still do dumb shit.
Fargus57
My point was, and still is, that they got this far without our help/guidance. As long as the paddock is maintained, they should be fine.
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
They also sometimes just break their legs and die. That shit's stressful; compared to a dog, for example, they're delicate little flowers
achtung42
My Morgan gelding flew up to me in an ice storm and wiped out, taking me out with him.
tobucks
Are you both okay? One of mine is a Morgan, too. He's 29 or 30 yo. He's still happy and healthy and runs up and down our hills.
achtung42
Yeah we were both fine luckily. The moron was just happy to see me lol
tobucks
Was he at least contrite after doing that?
DarkHorseDreams
If you don't fuck with their feet and don't try to protect them from things they do well with in the wild like slick.. It's rare to get hurt
DoktorWyvern
Horses aren't toddlers, a broken leg is a dead horse.
DarkHorseDreams
But I get it. When it's yur baby rare is risk enough. Kind of a woman thing though. So nurturing it does more harm than good with horses ?
SpookyNerd
Wait, what? What are you implying?
JayKaySC
Kind of a woman thing? What the what? Idk what you are trying to say, but its not working