Other pets I'd like except....

We should make a "past horses" thread or something similar

This is me on my last boy that I sold:



He's up in Northern VA now, I'm planning on visiting him in the Spring!

Horses don't kick up and out at flies (unless there's a big ol' nasty horsefly on their rump) and VERY few horse people I know stand at the optimum distance behind a horse to get kicked in the head. Not saying a freak accident doesn't happen, but freak accidents happen whether it's a horse or a skateboard.
I was kicked (intentionally) by a nasty mare when I was cleaning her stall. She backed me into a corner, but all I got was a huge bruise and hoofprint on my leg because I stepped closer to her just before she kicked. The closer you are to the kick, the safer you are from being badly hurt.

Cats if I wasn't allergic. I would still someday like to try and own a Sphinx.

because I believe in giving into peer pressure -



The paint was sold to the lady that owned the palomino's sire. The Pally is about 30 minute from home, she taught a couple of girls to ride and her current owners keep saying that she'll teach their younger 2 kids to ride when they're old enough.

He's a cutie! What breed? Were you hunter/jumper or did you event?

I just dinked around on Rusty, he'd been a speed horse with his previous owner and was a little crazy at western horse shows. Had too much animation for western pleasure, didn't like to jump, so I competed in Hunters on the flat with him, trail rode, played around with trail class obstacles and did the whole holding-your-arms-out-to-the-side while galloping bareback (remember the Black Stallion movie?)
Rocket was my next horse (Morgan) and I did horse trials with him. He was a lot of fun on the cross country course.

When they create the automatic self cleaning litterbox with no problems.. I will have a house full of hilariously grumpy fluffy cats

I got my first horse at age 9 and owned her for 20 years until we had to put her down. During that time I also owned a gelding and spent 10 years working at a stable as a stable hand and trail guide. You get hurt, yeah, but I never broke a bone. The worst I injury I got was from a horse rearing and flipping over on me (not my horse) and I did something to my back.

My husband, on the other hand, had two concussions growing up-one from field hockey and one from jumping a homemade ramp on a bike, and broke his upper jaw rough housing when he was 12...

I've heard amazing things about this (I just don't think it will hold up to my seven cats!)

My foot was broken in 5 places when a 120lb extremely overweight malamute jumped on it "just right". A "bruised butt" is not the only thing a dog can cause by jumping.

I was hurt by one (miniature, at that) horse when he got spooked while we were shaving him for a show, jumped up and fell back on me. I got up, finished shaving the horse and walked away . The only time we had an issue with one of the "big horses" (percherons) was when one of the dogs got out and ran into the pasture, the mare hated dogs. Even then, we walked away with bruises.

So long as you are aware, and know your surroundings, you likely won't die. You'll get bruises. Maybe a broken bone.

As far as horses...I've had to go to the hospital twice. Once, for an xray of my hip, which was just bruised. Another, I was thrown and had to be amublanced and put under observation for a while, I had a concussion and something with my kidneys, I was peeing blood (hah). I would have been killed if I wasn't wearing a helmet, the helmet was smashed. I still have a 'spot' on my back/hip about the size of my hand that is a little hard to the touch, and when you press it it feels like pins and needles. I fell off an OTTB at a full gallop, knocked the wind out of me (I was certain I was dying, that was it, done) and puked for several days but didn't go to the hospital. Those were all school horses though...when I got to the point of owning my own horses, I rarely fell off, and if I did I usually landed on my feet. But when I bought the horses I knew what I wanted and bought as sane as possible.

But I also have had serious biking injuries, flipped over the handlebars and ate the concrete. Trick-or-treating I slipped fell and split my head open. Shrug. Anything can happen.

Nice! A good kids' horse is worth its weight in gold. Been awhile since I've seen a palomino with dark colors in its tail, I think it's referred to as smutty overtones, the last one I saw had dark overtones on the body color, too. My QH, Rusty, was registered as a chestnut since he didn't have the black points of a bay.

Probably should start a former/current horse thread...

Holy crap, it's Charley and Skipper! Well, that horse (paint) actually looks nothing like Charley, but the palomino looks a lot like Skipper




I am honestly so jealous of horse people, lol. Especially when they have no fear of the horse. I wish I was that brave, but I have a really poor understanding of horse body language that holds me back a lot. But I didn't get to spend a lot of time out at the farm anyways, because of familial disagreements.

I mean, yeah. Charley was only a year younger than me, so I'd known him for a LONG time. But I always had a fearful respect for him, because he's bucked me off a few times... hard. He wasn't super people-friendly, but he was a good horse either way. I miss him a lot.

But it was really a smaller horse that did the worst damage to me- bucked me into a barn (she got spooked) so hard that my helmet was destroyed and I have had memory issues ever since.

Either way, I still love horses a lot and wish I could have a milder version of Charley. Or an exact replica of the horse I learned on, Stormy. He was the SWEETEST horse on the face of this earth, and one of the hardest beings for me to let go. I couldn't go near horses for like two years after he died. Losing him was harder than losing Buddy, the dog I had before Roxie.

I'll be honest, if I ever have the land and cash, I may go searching for a horse... just so long as my cousin helps me out, because she has horse telepathy, lol.

I love horses.
horses do not love me.

I forget they are prey animals...and everything dogs LOVE about me (the high pitched voice, the wiggly movements, the bouncing, the happy voice, being so happy to see them)... horses tend to really dislike :rofl1:

and everything I love about dogs, I expect from horses....which leads to a lot of "your horse is really weird. Why is it so dumb? Why is it so scared of everything? Does it even like you?" haha which of course none of which is usually true!

so I just enjoy them from afar!

Thanks He's a Welsh/Arab (maybe with some TB thrown in there), large pony. I did H/J the entire time I rode. Took a few dressage lessons and rode a couple western reining horses (WHICH IS SO FUN), but I always stuck with H/J's.

Is that Rocket in the pic? He looks handsome!

A lot of horses will be respectful even when scared. I was leading Tristan and his turnout buddy into the barn one day when another horse got away from someone. One of the two I was leading knocked me over, right under Tristan's front feet - like my head was on them. The other horse took off running, and Tristan stood their like a rock while two loose horses were galloping off. If he'd taken one step, he could have done some very serious damage.

There are some idiot horses out there, and I learned as I got older to be comfortable saying "I am not handling your horse". But the majority are really not out to do harm and may try to actively avoid it.

Granted, I'm terrified of chickens, so I'm not sure I get to mock anyone who is afraid of horses

As for the question - there aren't many. I won't get another horse after Tristan dies, at least not for a long time, due to financial reasons. In my perfect world, I'd have a little barn at home for him and a pony or two. Just cute little Welsh ponies with huge eyes and wee ears and bushy manes. I don't even care about riding much anymore, I just want to brush them and feed them cookies.

I'd consider a cat if I could do indoor/outdoor again like we did as kids. I wont own any animal that needs to go to the bathroom in the house. I don't do birds or reptiles, and most rodents don't appeal to me.

Boston, I've found when you have a bond with a horse they do tend to be pretty considerate. Maybe that's a weird way to put it, but. . .

I've been around horses a lot and the worst I've ever had was being kicked by a very playful little filly. She was only 4 months old or so, but bam- I had small hoof shaped bruise on my shin for a long time.

I've never broken a bone in my life, with horses or without. Aaaand now that I've said that, tomorrow I'm going to fall over and break my leg, lol.

I want a kitten but I don't want to move three mammalian pets across the country in a couple of years.

Indie is like that. My cousin's horse. I also really liked the other horse she had gotten recently, Waco. Waco is a real sweetie, although I never sat on him, he would follow me around if I was cleaning the barn (I would have the door open so the horses in the pasture could come around and get some grain and pets if they wanted to) and just want attention.

But Indie is the horse version of Roxie. LOVES humans. She's a pretty hot horse, but gods is she ever nice. You could go out to the pasture and she'd come right up to you, just for pets and neck rubs.

One time my cousin and I were out riding around the neighborhood- I was on Skipper, she on Indie, and she wanted to ride Skip for a bit. I was scared to death because Indie is way too much horse for me, but I agreed anyways... Skipper ended up falling down and Indie just sprinted (think horse turning into wind... that fast) over to make sure my cousin was okay. I was really shaken up, lol, but it was so sweet.

So I don't doubt that horses are amazing animals at all, but they still scare me to death. I think my Arabian, Tulip was the only one that never scared me at all. She was much more to my level, even though she had a lot of fire in her (which I liked).

Everyone needs a Beastie!

I keep threatening to buy a pony for my niece and nephew