By HOLYCOW - 23/01/2010 01:01 - Canada
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Ok, my horse is a freaking rescue horse. He panics at the drop of a pin, I rescued him just a month ago from near death because of all the abuse he's been through. I'm currenty rehabilitating him and helping him through this rough patch.
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thats funny that it kicked u!
I hope you get ran over. Getting kicked by a horse ******* sucks.
54 wat the heck kind of "racehorse" do u have that wouldn't freak out by that?! I ride horses right off the track.. they r super sketchy for awhile.. and for sure would freak out if I screamed.
10 points fur tha horse .. -100 points fur tha horseshoe on yurr face o.O
Did you get the spider out of your ear?
That happen to me when I was ruggjng my horse! It was a huntsman and it was huge I started jumping around and screaming too :) Luckily I have a quiet, old mare who just fell asleep
I'm very arachniphobic too. Today, my crush was out mowing his lawn across the street, and someone started knocking on the door, so I went to answer it. I opened the door and there was a HUGE spider dangling in front of my face. I screamed and starting having a panic attack. Not only did the person at the door see it, my crush did too. ._.
That happened to me once, I got stung by a wasp and screamed and my horse kicked my in the thigh.
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As a professional equestrian, I feel I have the knowledge to suggest you take the time to train and desensitize your horse. If all it takes is for someone to scream to cause your horse to spook bad enough to kick or strike out, you've got a very green and/or traumatized horse. If you were flailing around in panic, this would be more rasonable, but just screaming shouldn't spook your horse to act out so dramatically. I would expect a jump off to the side, maybe even bolt if he or she is young, but to kick out at you proves that you need to work with your horse a little and develop it's confidence considerably. How do you expect your horse to tolerate the everyday occurances if he/she panics simply by any loud noise? If you ever plan to show, trail ride, ride off your property, or let anyone else (besides an accredited trainer) ride this individual, please desensitize and train your horse for the safety of your horse, yourself, and anyone else around.
Oof. Getting kicked by a horse is not a good thing. I would know. I got kicked by a really pissed off horse before, and trust me it wasn't a great experience.