Buy a horse?

ClemSparks wrote: I prefer my hobby/lifestyle (cars) to the Girlfriend's hobby/lifestyle (horses) because when a car breaks a leg, I don't have to shoot it.

alex wrote: ... I'll keep trying to steer her toward motorcycles in the hopes that will distract her...

My girlfriend sold her motorcycle to buy hay for her horse.

Nevermind that I bought the motorcycle, lol.

I was out riding my bike one day and saw a guy that I knew standing out in his yard. There was a horse grazing behind him. I told him that I never knew he had a horse. He just shook his head and said, "When my wife was eleven, she and her sister got horses for Christmas. That berkeleying horse is thirty five years old."

Woody wrote: I was out riding my bike one day and saw a guy that I knew standing out in his yard. There was a horse grazing behind him. I told him that I never knew he had a horse. He just shook his head and said, "When my wife was eleven, she and her sister got horses for Christmas. That berkeleying horse is thirty five years old."

I didn't know they lived that long. I guess I just never paid attention to the horse people in my life. Guess it doesn't matter, since most of them are ex-girlfriends anyway...

Yeah, some of them live to be real old geezers. Most of them don't because a lot of people won't keep them after they've outlived their usefulness. And a lot of sports type horses have been subjected to such hard use and drugs that they don't live to twenty.

Lesley wrote: Yeah, some of them live to be real old geezers. Most of them don't because a lot of people won't keep them after they've outlived their usefulness. And a lot of sports type horses have been subjected to such hard use and drugs that they don't live to twenty.

That may be where I got the impression. Perhaps I watched too much horse racing as a kid ("..in this race for three year olds..")

I actually kind of liked riding, until I spent a week helping my (then) wife's cousin work some stock on his little cattle farm. I was the only one there besides him and his wife that could ride. They tried to teach me how to keep them moving, and were actually pretty happy to have some help (although half-way useless, IMO ) as they went after the stragglers.

He gave me a sorrel to ride that just didn't like me at all. Is it possible for a horse to be "passive-agressive"? No runaways or bites/kicks, but he drug me through every single overgrown bramble patch on the property. After a week of that, I looked like I had been in a wrestling match with a room full of feral cats. I took the "never again" pledge after that.

friedgreencorrado wrote: Is it possible for a horse to be "passive-agressive"? No runaways or bites/kicks, but he drug me through every single overgrown bramble patch on the property.

Hell yes.

Oh yeah... they are the master of sizing you up and realizing what they can get away with.

I was invited to ride with some friends who owned a large Welsh pony. Smart little berkeleyer, and totally spoiled. After a fit of bucking, I pulled up and grabbed a nice piece of green tree branch, just the right size for a pony whupping. A few smart cracks on his backside, accompanied by "You. Will. Behave. Now" and he was a good boy. Shame really, that they let him get that spoiled, he was really a nice horse and we had a great ride.

As an owner of two horses, I don't approve of buying a horse NOW.

Makes a vicious cocaine habit seem fiscally responsible. Not to mention the expensive gear needed should one actually compete on the damn things. Thank god they make the missus happy.

Horse trailer: $26k My car trailer: $500

^This.

My wife has a horse.

The upside is, She doesn't get to complain how much money I spend on motorcycles.

Have you ever thought "damn, if only I could cross my Miata with a E46 M3, I'd have the perfect berkeleying toy". Well, with a horse, you can do that.

But you only ever have ONE horsepower...

DaveEstey wrote: As an owner of two horses, I don't approve of buying a horse NOW. Makes a vicious cocaine habit seem fiscally responsible. Not to mention the expensive gear needed should one actually compete on the damn things. Thank god they make the missus happy. Horse trailer: $26k My car trailer: $500

I was told " You know you're a horse person when you tow a $25k trailer with a $2k truck". Check and check.

We have four horses of our own now and a couple of boarders. Keeps us busy.

Trans_Maro wrote: But you only ever have ONE horsepower...

It's the one horsepower plus sentience that makes it exciting . . .

I've been downright scared once or twice while riding, and subsequently horses never feel underpowered.

This thread brings to mind one of my favorite horrible and insensitive jokes of all time!

What's the opposite of Christopher Reeve? .

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In reply to Woody:

GAH!

Pic no workie!

How about now?

"Image hosted by angelfire"?

Trans_Maro wrote: ^This. My wife has a horse. The upside is, She doesn't get to complain how much money I spend on motorcycles.

I wish my g/f would get a horse... for this reason... not gonna happen, unfortunately...

Woody wrote: This thread brings to mind one of my favorite horrible and insensitive jokes of all time! What's the opposite of Christopher Reeve? . . . . . . . .

nope

World's oldest horse:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288910/Worlds-oldest-horse-trots-final-furlong-Irish-draught-Shayne-51-sleep-Essex-sanctuary-reaching-120-human-years.html

No lie, I just recently saw a facebook post about a friend wishing her horse a happy 29th birthday, and I'll be honest- I had no idea those bastards lived that long!

My wife loves cows. Specifically when the skin is dried, dyed, and sewn into a handbag or shoes... that's her favorite kind.

Okay, I resisted it for dang near two whole days. If you're old enough, you know what it is..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSsuohepbVk

friedgreencorrado wrote: Is it possible for a horse to be "passive-agressive"? No runaways or bites/kicks, but he drug me through every single overgrown bramble patch on the property.

Or the classic, wait until you're about to mount, and as soon a you get your foot in the stirrup and are about to put weight on it, take one big side step away from you.

Then, if your foot is still in the stirrup the usual course is to walk sedately to nibble clover about 30 feet away