Re: Horses Gone Wild
Everyone wants a fucking horse, but they are just like guns. They can be fun and do you a lot of good, but if you don't know how to use them they can kill you without even trying. This is why people like this piss me off. When they actually see someone taking control and demanding respect from a horse they're the first to cry foul, and thing the horse is in some way being abused. They are not pets, they are stock. I weigh about 150 lbs at best. A medium sized horse weighs about 1200 or so. Do the math, because even if that animal means you absolutely no harm, they will still kill or maim you in a blink.
But then to get one worked up, let it get out of control, run around and create all kinds of chaos only to create reactions from other horses in a cascading domino effect of destruction... Yeah, way to go. Let's stand around and watch... no wait! I got it!.... Let's continue to feed into their natural flight response by chasing them and yelling.
This is the equine equivalent to a public range.