Re: RC: Re: Re: uh-oh, Insulted Farrier

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

><< But isn't it irritating when the horse has just stood on your toe when
he
> barged into you because he was being a brat, and you've wasted those
> valuable three seconds leaping around on one foot, telling him his parents
> were never married, while he gazes at you in disbelief, and you then can't
> hit him, even though you REALLY REALLY want to, so you have to kick the
> stall instead, to vent your spleen.  It's the only time I wish horses had
> longer memories.
>
>
> Tracey. >>
>
>We had a Standardbred in our stable that would purposefully step on my
>brother-in-law's foot every chance she got--at least twice a week. He never
>caught on, but it had me in tears a couple of times. Another would
frequently
>cow-kick him. And the more agitated he got about it, the more they'd ensure
>his misery. The whole shedrow of horses would chuckle when it happened.
>
>ti
>

Yup, they're great levelers, aren't they.  Course, at times like these, the
idea of using them to, say, level and pave a driveway (you gotta slice em
real thin) is very appealing.


Tracey