Sunday, June 1, 2014
Houdini Horse Mariska
This is amazing. Mariska the horse is nicknamed Houdini because no stall can hold him. He not only goes where he wants, he takes his friends with him. I've had horses sort of like this, but not this smart. Geez, you'd have to put padlocks on everything! And they say no one taught him this, he just watched humans and learned it himself. Wow.
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That is a beautiful horse. And I bet it's fun to have around.
I'd worry all the time that it would get out into the road. I saw a Shetland get hit by a semi in front of our house once. OMG, I thought it was our pony, but, it was the neighbors. It was horrible. Pony puddle.
I'm pretty sure that video was staged, as the camera pans across the breezway. There are lots of horses at my barn that have those mountain climbing clips on their stall doors so they can't escape. They will work a cheap clip till it opens and help themselves to expensive sweet feed and supplements. Then they colic. My horse is locked up in maximum security. I took away his gate and side window. He broke a iron stud gate I treated him to(it cost me 150 bucks) and bent the metal on his window. So, no more spaces he can get his big huge head through. He's happy though. I saw a horse get hit on a highway in ensenada. We pulled over and helped the people and horse, don't know if it lived, it just ran off.
Good for you for taking care to keep your horse safe. I had one that would kick down posts and walk over the fallen bits. She did it so much it drove me crazy. Because she took the others with her, she was the lead. We had to reinforce with metal. Seeing a pony hit by a semi was traumatic. I can't even imagine what you'd do. And going out to collect all the horses, on the highway, on a dark night sucks big time. It freaked me out, but, I had to do it. If I could halter the lead, the rest would follow. But, that lead horse was a bitch and hated people. She was huge too with a bad temper. I am too old to have horses now, and I know it.
I am not so impressed. A lot of horses can open those bolts. Those are easy.
I did knew a horse that could open all kinds of locks - basically everything that did not need a key - and even those if you forgot the key...
It also loved to trap you with its butt (so you could not hit it where it hurts to force it to release you) and on very evil days it would then pee. Yes, a very formidable horse. Only the most experienced riders worked with it - and with those it was pretty well behaved, most of the time.
I'm fanatical about safety. I love the preparation leading up to the actual ride. The action of saddling and bridling a horse is so old and seriously, you have to follow a set way of doing it or you will have problems. No skipping steps. Same with unsaddling and bridling. Leading a horse has tons of safety steps as well. They can seriously hurt you if they are not ground trained. I tried to help a girl in my barn who is a novice and married to an asshole who feeds the horses in the barn isle. He has been asked a million times and still does it. She has a gorgeous gypsy cob mare. It was leaning against the arena fence scratching itself. The fence is wooden and very old. Our barn was built in the 20s. Anyway, she is flapping her arms and begging the mare away from the fence. I walked in with a lungewhip about 30 feet away and shooed her away from the fence. The owner, Lorna, is a wicca witch person. She calls me over and says "I'm so mad at you, I want to kill you" I was like, whaaaaaaaa????? We exchanged words, but my calm demeanor just pissed her witchy self off more. Needless to say, I put her name in the freezer. I'm scared of freaky witch girls. friend her on facebook. lorna walt. Now, I see her and her obese cob and think, I would step over her dead trampled body any ole day.
Smarter than the majority of most people on this planet!
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