1. Carts and Wagons: "Look. You put a human on our backs, we can always buck them off. But tying a horse to a wheeled object that keeps chasing him all over the place? It's just not natural."
2. Windy Days: "Two words: Impending tornado. Besides, it messes up our manes."
3. Ponies: "Cute, clever, hardy, but devious and deceptive. They really want to take over the world."
4. Ropes and Hoses on the Ground: "Dreaded North American Trail Snakes just waiting to swallow us whole."
5. Plaid Horse Blankets: "Hey, when was the last time you wore plaid? It adds 100 lbs."
6. Babies and Little Kids: "Long lost tribe of horse-eating, ankle-biting pygmies."
7. Trash Cans: "They've been known to swallow horses and transport them into another dimension - never to return."
8. Puddles of Water: "Quicksand 10 feet deep - no question about it."
9. Barking Dogs: "What? You've never read Steven King's 'CUJO'?"
10. Blowing Paper: "At any moment it could whip up into our faces, covering our noses. We could suffocate. And don't try to tell us you'd do CPR."
TWH and Trail Skills
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Tennessee Walker: Here's a very nice video showing a Tennessee Walking
Horse practicing a trail skill.
The horse is TWH Chief's Fancy Blue Eyes and rider i...
Icelandic Horse, Heavy Contact
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The telltale bridle drop, and the mouthpiece of the bit peeking out of the
mouth of the Icelandic Horse are hints that the hands are heavy and that
ther...
Halter Training Icelandic Horse / Islandpferd
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From the video poster: "Foal in Germany learning about a halter. It
eventually gave up and layed down."
There are different ways to train foals to halte...
Parelli Level 3 Horse Having Fun
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The owners learn "horsemanship" by going through the levels of PNH (Parelli
Natural Horsemanship) and build good relationships and two-way
communication ...
New Study of DNA in Horses
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From Cornell:
We are researchers looking at the genetics of body size in the domestic
horse. Horses come in a range of sizes, shapes, and temperaments. Th...