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Are horses just giant puppies then?

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WillowtreeHouse · 05/05/2023 19:46

I have found a new route to take my dog for his evening walk, river on one side and a field on the other. There is a massive and I mean massive horse in the field and almost from the first time we went, he comes over and walks along the fence with us making little noises. Ddog is a gentle old lab with arthritis and has clearly fallen in love with said massive horse (I've decided his name is Major) and won't move until he's over at the fence and walks with us.

Tonight ddog dropped his ball over the fence and Major the horse picked it up, ran away with it, kicked it around for a bit absolutely living his best life, then brought it back and gave it back to ddog. Honestly never seen anything like it in my life, he actually gently gave it back to ddog. I have now also fallen in love with this horse. 🐴

So my question is, how do I keep a horse in a small house with barely any garden?

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margarine17 · 10/05/2023 09:56

mamabear715 · 08/05/2023 14:33

@margarine17 you reminded me of my late Arab / Connemara who could let himself out of his stable & bang on the kitchen window for food.. ;-)
If he was in a field, he could get into the barbed-wired-off barley field.. never found out exactly how, apart from a few of his hairs on the lowest rung of the barbed wire.. :-0
My friend's pony would go missing from a different field & we would find him lying in the middle of a herd of (also lying-down) cows ;-)

OMG. They are so lovely but so naughty.

Pixiedust1234 · 10/05/2023 11:19

countrygirl99 · 09/05/2023 15:35

A lot of horses think donkeys are evil.

If thats the case why do so many use or recommend donkeys as companions? Just curious.

OP, thank you for starting such a lovely thread!

countrygirl99 · 10/05/2023 11:57

I took mine to spend time with donkeys to get him used to them after I had a nasty accident. He was fine for a while but then didn't see them for a while and now they are evil again. If I had my own place I'd keep a donkey just to stop him freaking out when he sees one out and about. And pigletd. Slow grunty pigs are fine but scuttly, squeals piglets are as bad as donkeys. Combines, gas guns, rattly trailers, peletons of cyclists etc no problem though.

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Wrapunzel · 14/05/2023 19:45

I have an addition to doofus horse stories. I was plaiting mine today for an event and he knocked me off my stool just as I was mid-perfect-plait. I swear he had a twinkle his eye.

GenderCriticalTrumpets · 14/05/2023 20:00

This has made me feel really tearful for some reason! I hope Ddog and Major continue their love story @WillowtreeHouse ❤️

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