Never punch a horse

[mcmahonfan85]

[Lick Ness Monster]

Here I thought this was going to be a Blazing Saddles thread.

Still funny and semi-freaky regardless.

[Brother Coyote]

Why would you provoke something SO much larger than you? I don't mess with horses, one of those things killed superman.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

I thought that was common knowledge, don't f*** around with a horse. Those things are evil!

[Lupin the Third]

I believe Mongo would disagree with you.



Caution: Contains a little foul language.

[Wolfpack Bitch]

Most horses don't act like that. That is how they would treat another horse who was in its space, not a human. The act of turning with it's mouth open, ears pinned, is one of warning, not aggression. If the horse had a history of being aggressive with people, the parents of that child should have neglect charges or child endangerment charges pressed against them.

From the looks of it, the horse is a young clydesdale (budweiser horses). They call them "gentle giants" for a reason.

As for the kid punching the horse, I guarantee you that horse didn't feel a thing. These animals kick each other in play, a human, no matter how strong, isn't going to effect a horse in the least by punching it or kicking it.

[Wolfpack Bitch]

and for the record, I have punched several horses over the past 30 years I've been riding.

[The Booty Disciple]

Nov 25, 2009 21:18:40 GMT -5 Wolfpack Bitch said:

and for the record, I have punched several horses over the past 30 years I've been riding.

I would agree with everything stated. I never personally practiced the horse punch, but when I was learning bulldogging (steer wrestling for those not around the rodeo), I saw many a cowboy punch a horse in the side if they were holding their breath and they couldn't pull the cinch up enough. Can't blame them, because if you're falling off of a large moving animal onto a smaller-but-still-large moving steer, having the saddle slide over on it's side while you're leaning down to take a horn with one boot out of the stirrup is a recipe for disaster.

I suppose we could definitely make the argument that all us bulldoggers are also slightly insane, but that's another discussion for another time.

Insofar as a child of that age being in the corral, more-or-less unsupervised, with a draft horse, it seems very upsetting just because of the sheer size of the animal. Generally, a draft horse is 16-20 hands high, and are just huge. Even if the horse hadn't been aggressive or anything (and Wolf, you're right, they're usually extremely docile and gentle animals), if the child falls and the horse steps wrong or something random, it could wind up extremely tragic.

There are far more parties at fault here than the little (albeit misguided) girl and the horse.

[Insomniac]

I was about to go out, find a random horse, and punch it. Good thing I found this thread first.

[The Booty Disciple]

Nov 25, 2009 21:46:26 GMT -5 Insomniac said:

I was about to go out, find a random horse, and punch it. Good thing I found this thread first.

Strange way to spend a long weekend. Punching horses, wondering if your hair will get you yanked around worse than a Diva's match.

In another horse-related story, one of the old quarterhorses the guy I was learning to bulldog from had...wow...kinda scary then, but pretty funny now.

My stepmom has blond hair. This horse was as gentle as they come, but it was a bit older and it had some failing eyesight. So, evidently, anytime she stood too close to the corral, he thought that my stepmom's hair was hay, so he he'd start to try to eat it. Could've been bad, but thankfully, my stepmom was around horses all her life too, so she knew how to handle it.

[Wolfpack Bitch]

Nov 25, 2009 21:46:26 GMT -5 Insomniac said:

I was about to go out, find a random horse, and punch it. Good thing I found this thread first.

That's fine.. just don't sneak up behind one or try to go horse tipping.

[hypnoticgenes]

I think she looked a gift horse in the mouth.

[H-Fist]

I thought this was going to be about the University of Cincinnati basketball team incident where Art Long punched a police horse, Danny Fortson was charged with disorderly conduct, and I think Ruben Patterson was with them so somewhere between 4 and 31 area women were punched or assaulted.

[default]

I don't think I could punch a horse, but I have no interest in riding one.

I did punch a cow once, as it was chasing me as a kid at my great uncle's farm. He hauled off and socked it between the eyes and said that was how to get it to stop following. Someone yelled as it was a family reunion and he had to explain that the animal barely felt it.

My great grandfather did get his horse drunk once on a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon with his friends. He ended up sleeping in the stable with it as my great grandmother wasn't too happy.

[strykerdarksilence]

I've been around horses since I was younger than her and I have one thing to say...SHE WAS ASKING FOR IT!

No, seriously, it was just the horse being young and daft and the kid being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[Sajoa Moe]

If she hadn't punched that horse, she wouldn't have spent that year at college.

[Back to being Cenanuff]

Nov 26, 2009 2:15:00 GMT -5 H-Fist said:

I thought this was going to be about the University of Cincinnati basketball team incident where Art Long punched a police horse, Danny Fortson was charged with disorderly conduct, and I think Ruben Patterson was with them so somewhere between 4 and 31 area women were punched or assaulted.

Nah, it was just Art and Danny. Funny part is, Art said he was trying to pet the horse...because everyone pets horses with their fists.

[♥ Bunnyslinger ♥]

If I hadn't punched the horse, I would never have met your mother.

[Grendel]

Nov 25, 2009 20:54:01 GMT -5 Lupin the Third said:

I believe Mongo would disagree with you.



Caution: Contains a little foul language.

One of my favorite movies of all time ... and what I thought this thread was going to be about when I clicked on it.