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komet.
Reg. Jun 2012
Posted 2015-05-08 3:01 PM
Subject: RE: Sometimes our horses outsmart us...



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hoofs_in_motion - 2015-05-08 8:14 AM

pinx05 - 2015-05-07 9:17 AM I had a gelding that was the  biggest pig I have ever seen. He would eat anything. We rented out our arena to some ropers. Someone left the door to their truck open and when they turned around he was trying to get in the cab of the truck to reach an empty cheeto bag on the dash. One time he was half way loaded in their tack room messing around with empty feed bags. He would eat a burger wrapper straight out of the trash if you weren't watching him (while you were on him). Those ropers HATED him! lol. So they started putting up anything that looked or smelled like food. So he just untied all of their horses that were tied to the trailer and would take them to the very back of the pasture, getting them all riled up. They were always chasing their horses lol. If their kids were playing outside of the arena he would steal their toys and take off with them... good luck finding them. He was probably the most comical horse I have ever seen. The ropers always told us "Why don't you feed that horse so he will leave us alone!" Yeah right.





Oh I will also add that when we bought this horse. After being penned 3 days we let him out to graze. Went in the house, came back and he was gone. He jumped the cattle guard and ran back to where we bought him from! It was about 3 miles. The old owner said he was outside talking with his friend. Then they heard this horse running. They were talking about what idiot would be running his horse on the street like that... then over the hill comes Buckwheat. He runs straight past them and stops at the gate to the pasture lol. When my dad went to pick him up he said "How many times a week do you sell this horse?" lol We had to borrow one of their horses until we could buy him a buddy horse, that was the only way to keep the horse we just bought at home!

So when is he popping that baby out?  Goodness he's a fatty

He's not fat.... He's just easy to see...
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imturnin3
Reg. Apr 2010
Posted 2015-05-08 3:23 PM
Subject: RE: Sometimes our horses outsmart us...


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One of mine figured out how to take the stall door off the hinge and get out.
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Chandler's Mom
Reg. Jan 2015
Posted 2015-05-08 11:20 PM
Subject: RE: Sometimes our horses outsmart us...



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mtcanchazer - 2015-05-06 9:22 PM

Today was the day for me. My lovely, beautiful 3 year old gelding (see my profile pic) decided he would feed himself. I had him tied to the trailer, with the trailer door open, thought I had him tied short enough, and went and rode my mare. When I came back, here is what I found...he didn't just stick his head in the bag to eat, he decided to take the bag OUT of the trailer. This picture is almost exactly as I found the "scene of the crime." LOL.  

Well we can tell from the picture what the problem is-----he's obviously underfed and mistreated!!!!

My big sorrel gelding learned to open his stall door, and then after he let himself out he went to the other two stalls to "help" them get free! So we had to use bolts to reinforce the locks from then on. But now he's developed a habit that is actually a blessing for me. I am an above-knee amputee, and have a hard time carrying the feed pails at feeding time and then getting them over the stall doors. So I started opening the doors instead and pushing the tubs in there. Now when I open Faci's stall, he grabs the tub and pulls it in. And, I kid you not, sometimes when I start to pick them up after feeding, he will grab his with his teeth and toss it out into the alleyway. All I need to do now is teach him who gets what feed and what supplements and I don't have to go to the barn anymore!!! People that don't think animals have personalities are dead wrong.
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