Horses

DEFTLEFTHAND · 08-09-2018 5:50pm #1

I've a field directly behind my back garden. My gf's father breeds horses and I rent him my field.

There's 3 there at moment, Bess a black mare, her foal who hasn't been named yet, we refer to him as foley, and a grey Stallion, John Paul.

They're such beautiful social creatures, I go out every evening and they come over to the fence to me. I can see why people love them.

I'll hate it now when he takes them away.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 08-09-2018 5:51pm

Buy yourself a horse?

Fighting Tao · 08-09-2018 5:52pm

There was a TV programme where a guy married his horse in the US. Maybe you need to move there to sort out this personal issue.

frag420 · 08-09-2018 5:58pm

The next time he asks to use your field just say....Nay!!

That will learn him!

per aspera ad astra · 08-09-2018 6:01pm

Maybe you could stop renting the field to him? – If you let the horses stay free of charge he won't be moving them! Which do you love more – the money? – Or the horses? You decide... Or – offer to help out, for free – bits and pieces just, wherever they're kept. That way, you can still be around the horses...

Giraffe Box · 08-09-2018 6:24pm

The boy in the hallway was drinking a glass of tea.

McMurphy · 08-09-2018 6:29pm

I remember many years ago running up the back field in excitement to break the wonderful news to my grandfather that his horse Barney was having a foal.

We could see its leg hanging out of Barney's belly.

per aspera ad astra · 08-09-2018 6:31pm

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

I remember many years ago running up the back field in excitement to break the wonderful news to my grandfather that his horse Barney was having a foal.

We could see its leg hanging out of Barney's belly.

And what happened???

McMurphy · 08-09-2018 6:34pm

per aspera ad astra wrote: »

And what happened???

Barney lost his erection.

Inviere · 08-09-2018 6:36pm

Insert sax solo

per aspera ad astra · 08-09-2018 6:37pm

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Barney lost his erection.

Oh. I see... – I was wondering why she was called Barney!!!!

Hammer89 · 08-09-2018 6:38pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They're such beautiful social creatures, I go out every evening and they come over to the fence to me. I can see why people love them.

They come because they think you have food, not because they're social.

08-09-2018 6:42pm

They're not everyone's cup of tea (inexplicably), but i agree OP, they're incredibly peaceful, relaxing animals even just to watch.

One of the most beautiful things about horses is their silence. They don't ordinarily make a sound, and even then they usually neigh only out of excitement, for example when they're arriving into the yard and catch sight of their colleagues.

But when they're in pain, they cannot yelp or make a noise to let their human know what's bothering them. When I was a kid we had a pony with kissing spines. This meant that it was agonising for him to have a rider on his back, because the vertebrae and the associated nerves would rub together (you can imagine how painful that would be), but we only found out accidentally. That used to make me cry, thinking of how brave he was. Horses, in general, have a great, quiet bravery to them.

I can't even bear to see a horse with a piece of straw in its eye, because they can't just flick it out like we can, or cry in frustration. They live in their own inner worlds. Which is probably why i find cruelty to any animal, but especially horses, to be so obnoxious.

per aspera ad astra · 08-09-2018 6:42pm

Inviere wrote: »

Insert sax solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas6akz1jWU

DEFTLEFTHAND · 08-09-2018 6:45pm

Hammer89 wrote: »

They come because they think you have food, not because they're social.

I've been doing this every evening for the past 6 weeks. I never have food on me.

At first they were very standoffish and wouldn't let me touch them.

Now they come over and put the head in for a few rubs.

per aspera ad astra · 08-09-2018 6:51pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I've been doing this every evening for the past 6 weeks. I never have food on me.

At first they were very standoffish and wouldn't let me touch them.

Now they come over and put the head in for a few rubs.

I'd say they just like you.

08-09-2018 6:54pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I've been doing this every evening for the past 6 weeks. I never have food on me.

At first they were very standoffish and wouldn't let me touch them.

Now they come over and put the head in for a few rubs.

Yeah, many horses love to be stroked, by humans or by one another. They'll often even (literally) scratch one another's backs. it's very reassuring to know, despite all we put them through, that they still enjoy our company!

jaxxx · 08-09-2018 6:55pm

I love horses, and donkeys

Yamanoto · 08-09-2018 7:01pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

One of the most beautiful things about horses is their silence.

That's a poncey sentence.

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Horses, in general, have a great, quiet bravery to them.

Another one there, I saw it.

08-09-2018 7:03pm

Yamanoto wrote: »

That's a poncey sentence.

Another one there, I saw it.

Who cares, like? I'm not twelve, and I don't want to be in your gang.

Badly Drunk Boy · 08-09-2018 7:04pm

My sister moved house 2 months ago, and the new house has a few different sorts of fruit trees in the back garden. Behind the house, there's a field with this lovely white horse in it. My nieces love the horse, and a good percentage of the apples from the apple trees have gone to the horse.

twignme · 08-09-2018 7:48pm

A local farmer puts his horse on my field next to my house, which I let him use for free. Some of the horses come over for company, some will only come at the sight of a carrot, a bit of cupboard love. But whatever tempts them, I get the chance to breathe in the wonderful scent of a horse that you can only get around their neck and ears. Nothing quite like it in the world. Wonderful creatures.

Your Face · 08-09-2018 7:50pm

Theyre nice to look at.
Not as easy to work with and care for.

Fighting Tao · 08-09-2018 8:01pm

Horse steak is delicious.

gozunda · 08-09-2018 8:06pm

twignme wrote: »

A local farmer puts his horse on my field next to my house, which I let him use for free. Some of the horses come over for company, some will only come at the sight of a carrot, a bit of cupboard love. But whatever tempts them, I get the chance to breathe in the wonderful scent of a horse that you can only get around their neck and ears. Nothing quite like it in the world. Wonderful creatures.

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a person"

Paraphrased from Sir Winston Churchill

Horses

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