tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post8769228260463378820..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Horses -- not so dumbStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-42965729634727996862012-05-21T03:45:38.678-04:002012-05-21T03:45:38.678-04:00that was kinda funny! (and maybe time to change th...that was kinda funny! (and maybe time to change the lock mechanism) I kept imagining the other horse going "FREEDOOOOM!" as it galloped past...Illohttp://members.iinet.net.au/~melbournecup/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-69385043431359334282012-05-20T09:47:14.002-04:002012-05-20T09:47:14.002-04:00That's funny! I particularly like the pause wh...That's funny! I particularly like the pause where he puts on this angelic "Who, me try to open this gate" look shortly before he gets down to business.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711442427307922688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-1094714887062890312012-05-20T05:44:44.045-04:002012-05-20T05:44:44.045-04:00its good to know horses have there own minds and a...its good to know horses have there own minds and actually react nothing worse than to see a horse that just doesnt react to anything! <br /><br />glad to see that the video, think its really cute <3AmberRose- Girl With a Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985661554315096806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-28088679762346098092012-05-19T20:18:31.195-04:002012-05-19T20:18:31.195-04:00Love it! Horses are definitely smarter than people...Love it! Horses are definitely smarter than people give them credit for. I do agree that they are mostly reactors, though. But when food is involved, they can become quite the actors!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168070368360018750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-29883415371714446772012-05-19T18:47:05.106-04:002012-05-19T18:47:05.106-04:00That's my kind of horse!! My Friesian is exact...That's my kind of horse!! My Friesian is exactly like that. He knows how to make things happen for himself and his "friends." One night, after a mild bout of colic, he had to be shut in a smaller, four-board dry paddock while his friends got to go on pasture. This was when he was four and kept at a lovely, 200 acre boarding facility.<br /><br />Later, we discovered all four boards Friesianwelshxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11559821379568055421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-11488465402434895882012-05-19T14:57:18.894-04:002012-05-19T14:57:18.894-04:00I have owned two "manipulators." One lea...I have owned two "manipulators." One learned to open his stall door and got out one night. He marched through the barn opening only the stalls of his friends and the "Bay Boy Raiders" wrecked the place. <br /><br />My Chance is another one. He's torn up two of my jackets and let one of the other horses out of a makeshift pen by untying triple square knots in baling twine Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.com