A little horsey humor

HomesteaderWife

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The famous humor horse story growing up would have to be about the Quarab mare we had. She had went through bad abuse as a youngster and upon getting her, also severely malnourished. She developed a spoiled personality in time and had a wild can't-touch-me attitude. Don't get me wrong, she was beautiful, had good muscle, and a motherly instinct towards the goats. But after her previous life, any sort of ropes or even brushing scared her.

They brought in a trainer- good guy with easy going methods. He came in one morning and spent three hours in the round pen with her to no avail- she didn't budge towards acceptance. She had broken a sweat, but still stood tough in her ways. So my grandmother brought him a plate of eggs and toast to eat while they took a break. As he sat down, if that horse didn't come up and look at him and turn all the way around, look over her shoulder, and lift a hind leg to kick that plate right out of his hands.

Needless to say, he gave up. I was too young to work with her then, but she ended up living a good life and though she never got trained- she got rescued. :love
 

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I've been thrown a few times in my life - even though I prefer to call it an "unscheduled dismount," lol!
Been thrown a lot in my younger days. I think I was 55 or 56 when I finally told my dad he was going to have to find someone else to break his colts.
 

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You stuck it out a lot longer than me! My self-preservation instinct gets stronger the older I get. Still love to ride. I don't mind a little sass and spirit from a horse - but the downright defiant ones are not my cup of tea anymore.
 

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This one's too small, but won't hurt if you fall off. :p
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LOL - true! Even though I once came off of a pony when I was about 12. Riding bareback with just a halter and Little $hit was running full steam ahead towards a big ol' mud puddle that took up the whole width of the trail we were on....he decided at the last minute that he didn't want to get his feet wet and stopped right at the edge - I didn't, lol!
 
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