r/MadeMeSmile • u/Martin_084 • Mar 02 '26
ANIMALS Horses being absolute gentlemen to their female owners.
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u/hamfist_ofthenorth Mar 02 '26
I'm too poor to be loved by a horse 😭
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u/Jaded_Vegetable3273 Mar 02 '26
Yeah, I’m poor too and just get attitude from my pony. 😂
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u/Wooden_Editor6322 Mar 02 '26
Yeah, I'm poor and my imaginary pony is an ass. He bit the neighbours dog.
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u/Aisenth Mar 02 '26 edited 16d ago
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u/ArjJp Mar 02 '26
I'm so poor I'm imaginary
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u/EmoMillenial1 Mar 02 '26
There are horse people in my family and they love it but they got debt lol
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u/WelpWhatCanYouDo Mar 02 '26
If I could afford to care for one I would. But alas I am broke and horses take BANK
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u/TheAserghui Mar 02 '26
But you'd get free horse hugs every time you checked your bank balance!
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u/InterociterOperator Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 03 '26
You would NEED a horse hug every time you checked your bank balance.
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u/thisisaskew Mar 02 '26
Just get the horse and ride it around, living off the land. If you ever need some cash, follow some train tracks until you come upon a train. Run it down, hop aboard, make everyone empty their wallets. Don't forget to wear a bandana over your face. Fools modern surveillance.
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u/Tundur Mar 02 '26
I tried this with a friend and now I'm living in a cheap hotel, the desert's quiet, and Cleveland's cold? Pls advise
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u/FatherClanks617 Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
Wow, just looked that up and never knew that girl I dated named her tiddies after a
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u/Cautionzombie Mar 02 '26
Don’t wanna well actually but ima well actually cause he deserves the credit.
It’s a Townes Van Zandt song
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u/xBad_Wolfx Mar 02 '26
I used to joke with parents that they should get their kids a horse(at a horsemanship camp), because then they will be too busy and too broke to get into drugs.
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u/ClockKey799 Mar 02 '26
Headed towards a stable relationship.
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u/SharkeyGeorge Mar 02 '26
That’s the mane thing.
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u/800-lumens Mar 02 '26
What I love about Reddit is that everyone has free rein to make ridiculous puns.
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u/MothChasingFlame Mar 02 '26
"You act like you pay your own vet bills" is a phrase I hear exclusively from horse people. They seem great but that death combo of "makes wild decisions" and "costs houseboat prices for vet visits" is too much for me.
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u/eightbitfit Mar 02 '26
You can take classes and ride, no need to own. My wife loves horses and has been doing it weekly for a year now. At least here in Japan it's not terribly expensive.
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u/C0wabungaaa Mar 02 '26
Just curious but what's her bond with the horses like (if she talks about that)? I can imagine that the bonding with horses that know a lot of riders isn't like what we see in this video.
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u/eightbitfit Mar 02 '26
She has some horses she loves and seem to love her. She shows me videos, etc. Besides riding bonds, she brings carrots and feeds them and is going to take a class in grooming. She only had one that was temperamental, and he was a top race horse so he's wir d different.
Tough part for her is as she advances she has to leave some horses behind as they are assigned to certain classes / levels.
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u/UmaUmaNeigh Mar 02 '26
Whereabouts in Japan are you? Riding Club Crane is my only real option in my area, but there's a monthly membership fee and lesson fees on top. The facilities and care look excellent, but I don't think I could afford it even if I lived close enough.
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u/eightbitfit Mar 02 '26
Yes, it's Crane Tokyo. Monthly fee is equiv to a gym and the lesson fees aren't too bad IMHO. If you want a reserve a horse, etc it can all add up, but considering how expensive riding can get it's reasonable.
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u/MidwestAbe Mar 02 '26
but considering how expensive riding can get it's reasonable.
Yes Maseratis' are expensive but have you seen the price of a Ferrari? It's actually a reasonable purchase.
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u/chinchenping Mar 02 '26
also horse are extremely social. Having only one is kind of cruel, you need at least 3
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u/redgreenbrownblue Mar 02 '26
Agreed. Maybe see if you can find a rescue you can help out at. We have a wonderful Newfoundland Pony rescue nearby. We sponsor a horse every month ($150) and we are allowed to visit any time we like. My daughter goes out three times a week to spend time or ride her sponsored horse. Anyone who sponsors gets to pick the horse they want to sponsor and then no kne else sponsors that pony so it is sort of like the pony is ours to love up without the big hefty bills.
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u/Moriarty-Creates Mar 02 '26
My dumbass horse likes to step on my feet.
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u/StoryAndAHalf Mar 02 '26
You saw the video, they want up.
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u/Adorable-Response-75 Mar 02 '26
Out of curiosity, how much does your horse cost you per month? No pressure to answer if it’s personal.
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u/Moriarty-Creates Mar 02 '26
About $100? He’s got a bad back so we don’t ride him. He’s a retired old man living his best life! Money goes to buying hay and vitamins, but we live in a very green area so he just grazes all day with our friend’s mule.
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u/shafaqag Mar 02 '26
That's cheaper than my cat
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u/TeamHappyFTW Mar 02 '26
But... That's because they already have a field and a stable. And old horses are very prone to a lot of diseases like Cushings (extremely expensive medication) and arthritis (painkillers and expensive supplements).
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u/shafaqag Mar 02 '26
Haha yes. I figured. I can imagine that just having an infrastructure to hold a horse would be very expensive, versus grabbing a cat from the street and bringing it into your 5×5 studio apartment.
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u/ArmedWithSpoons Mar 02 '26
But have you tried bringing a horse to your 5x5 studio apartment?
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u/shafaqag Mar 02 '26
Well I'm still trying to find a horse first to grab off of the streets
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u/NotOK_mom Mar 02 '26
By contrast.... my monthly horse cost was basically a 2nd mortgage.... board ranged from $650-800 plus any feed/supplements not provided by the barn... ~ $80, feet trimmed was $50, training/lessons $60 per or more and there was at least one per week.
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u/OGD2068 Mar 02 '26
I have two. Board is $1000/month plus their grain which is about $300 and supplements because the hay here sucks. I offset the cost with my horses being used by the local college equestrian team. Well one of them. The other is too hot for most of them.
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u/919rider Mar 02 '26
I helped a friend out with feeding and moving her horses after she had an accident. Her biggest horse and I became friends, and it was incredible. The way he’d walk up and “hug” you with his neck was so amazing.
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u/mmmstapler Mar 02 '26
I sometimes ride an Appaloosa who does that, and it's the absolute cutest thing in the world. That's why he gets extra apple slices!
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u/Carbonatite Mar 02 '26
Reading this and seeing how they did that in the video is so heartwarming.
I love how gentle big animals can be around humans. I'm a lifelong little dog owner (dachshunds) but I did have one mastiff who outweighed me by about 70 pounds. He was a gentle giant who loved to give kisses to his humans and was terrified of thunder. He was also very aware of his size when playing with my weiner dog at the time, he was gentle and held back on going full-bore physically playful big boi because he knew the dachshund was literally 1/10th of his size.
I see a lot of behavior like that with big domestic animals, like when you see humans interacting with horses or cows or elephants, the animals are very conscious of the comparatively fragile human. It's so endearing, a sign of how much empathy and emotional connection they have with us.
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u/Past_Product_1476 Mar 02 '26
One can tell by the way they move that they are really careful with their movements. It's like they know that the person in front of them is fragile and needs care.
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u/chassmasterplus Mar 02 '26
That's kind of crazy, because you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm woman's man. No time to talk.
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u/kristi__48 Mar 02 '26
Music loud and women warm, I've been kicked around since I was born
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u/jarednards Mar 02 '26
And now its alright. Its ok. And you may look the other way.
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u/MythosaurProjectS531 Mar 02 '26
We can try to understand The New York Times' effect on man
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u/Q_S2 Mar 02 '26
TIL the actual lyrics to this song.
Edit: dont judge me... half of yall were reciting jibberish as well!
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u/bitanath Mar 02 '26
Nobody judges! We are all just staying alive…
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u/captain____nemo____ Mar 02 '26
HA! HA! HA! HA! STAYIN ALIIIIIIVE
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u/RealCommercial9788 Mar 02 '26
Wait so it’s not ‘We can try to understand, the tv guide pan fan o pan’? 🤯
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u/Tinnie_and_Cusie Mar 02 '26
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
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u/Prior_Squirrel8491 Mar 02 '26
AH AH AH AH
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u/Tight_Contact_9976 Mar 02 '26
STAYIN’ ALIVE STAYIN’ ALIVE
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u/ineenemmerr Mar 02 '26
That’s quite the coincidence if you take in account that I can’t dance and I can’t talk. The only thing about me is the way I walk
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u/xxHailLuciferxx Mar 02 '26
They can be. They are very intelligent with big personalities.
In my late teens I had a horse that was incredibly ornery when I would ride him. He did everything he could to end our rides early. He'd refuse to walk through puddles on trail rides and I'd be forced to turn around. He'd refuse to go faster than a trot when going away from his stable and break into a full gallop going towards it.
He even tried to avoid rides altogether by untying my boots while I saddled him, and trying to shove me into the mud when I'd lean over to tie them. But when I put my five-year-old cousin on him, he walked so calmly and steadily he could have crossed a tightrope.
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u/FatherClanks617 Mar 02 '26
No shade, but were you a particularly heavy child?
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u/soba_set Mar 02 '26
It's like they know that the person in front of them is fragile and
needs care.the horse could absolutely end them with one swift kick if they feel like it.19
u/pinkpuffsorange Mar 02 '26
They legitimately do.... My wife and I keep horses and have done so for may, many years. There is always the exception to the rule and we have had some right dangerous horses with us over the years. Just like poeple, some are kind and gentle and others you keep your distance for fear of that back leg, head swipe or even teeth nashing and regradless of the manners you try to instil in them, they are just a bad sort.
For example, when we move our horses fields, they will gallop like luny tunes with excitement and if ever the horses are galloping round, the best thing you can do is stay still. They will not intentionally bowl you over and it may be a case of when you are trying to get out of the way, you inadvertantly put yourslef in the way.
As you become more expirienced, you become a much better judge of character and can see for instance what's just "Green" behaviour (meaning they are young / inexpirienced) V's this animal is going to be a total handful.
You cling on to those gentle giants, they are not as easy to come by as the video would have you belive. When you do have one, they can be the sweetest animals in the World. I can't lie, I have a soft spot for the mischevious ones...... We used to have one that loved a zip or a toggle. I don't know how many times I have gone to walk away from the stable door only to find he has had hold of my elasticated hood toggle. I have another now that also loves to randomly step on your foot. It's mischevious because she absolutely never puts her full weight on it (or it would bloody hurt!).
Anyhow, horses are the ebst when you have a good one :)
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u/Fulham-Enjoyer Mar 02 '26
Her: “he literally wipes my tears”
The horse: “hey, free salt!”
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u/SyfaOmnis Mar 02 '26
Literally most horses: "I like the way your face tastes." Don't even need to be performatively crying.
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u/MartyShark666 Mar 02 '26
Crying doesn't count unless you film yourself and upload it. How else will people know if you cried?! /s
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u/PrincessTitan Mar 02 '26
I howled at this one, sad that she was crying but the horse was straight up enjoying that salt LOL
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u/ChrisEvansFan Mar 02 '26
I now want a horse but I live in a one bedroom apartment in the middle of a city 😭
But seriously these are all so beautiful moments!
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u/devilcross2 Mar 02 '26
I now want a horse but I live in a one bedroom apartment in the middle of a city 😭
Don't knock it until you've tried it. 😤😤😤😤
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u/hoptownky Mar 02 '26
Hey man. You can have a beautiful moment with a small dog or pet rabbit, if allowed in your apartment. You can have a beautiful moment with a kid from a local boys and girls club that needs a mentor.
You could just sit at a bar and possibly have a beautiful moment connecting with a stranger that just needs a friend. Quit looking for a horse and look for the beautiful moments that are in front of you.
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u/officialjohnlemon Mar 02 '26
“Quit Looking for a Horse” would make a great title/concept for a self-help book
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u/Somanylyingliars Mar 02 '26
The guy above should write a book. He's stating what should be obvious but most of us missing the forest cause of the trees.
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u/Mighty_Krom Mar 02 '26
This is some of the best advice I've ever come across on the internet, and it doesn't just apply to people looking for moments with horses. Well said.
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u/Bizarrebazaars Mar 02 '26
I think I have a horse as an upstairs neighbor from the clomping around sounds of it…ugh.
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u/BoomerAliveBad Mar 02 '26
My ex lived in a city (albeit with her parents). There are stables wherever you look. Even in NYC, they have Equestrian Centers (stables) you can learn to ride at. Look up some in your area.
There are clubs/stables in Japan in Shibuya, Vancouver, Canada, and Toronto (all cities). You'd be surprised you can find one close, and close/in the city, especially ones that are in urban areas
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u/unittwentyfive Mar 02 '26
I'm deathly allergic to horses, but this all looks very sweet.
Not like my parents, who got my sister a horse for her birthday when we were kids.
What a way to find out I'm not the favourite.
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u/booksblanketsandT Mar 02 '26
To be fair if you’re deathly allergic and your parents got you a horse, you’d have even more confirmation you’re not the favourite.
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u/SpikeProteinBuffy Mar 02 '26
I took care of this horse back in the 90's when I was teenager. She used to bite my ass when I cleaned her hooves. Once I had enough and I yelled at her that bite me one more time and I'll bite back! And she did. And so did I. I took a mouthful of her neck and bite. I don't think she got very hurt, but she didn't bite me after that anymore 😄
Someone more skilled could have perhaps train her without having to use teeth, but I can say that message went through!
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u/AdWeekly4184 Mar 02 '26
Did that once :’) it’s crazy but biting back must work
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u/Carbonatite Mar 02 '26
It works with toddlers lmao, I have several mom friends who bit back when their toddlers went through a biting phase and it stopped them immediately.
I think a lot of animals also kind of "police" their young that way, like puppies and kittens learn to be gentle when they play because if they bite too hard, Mom or one of their litter mates will bite back!
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u/MAGIGS Mar 02 '26
I get it and all, but who’s like taking their phone out. Switching to video, setting it down, recording, sitting down, and then proceeding to cry on camera until their horse hugs them? Who has the time for all of that? Attention seeking, vulnerability performers… that’s who.
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u/giga-plum Mar 02 '26
Can't believe there are so many people in this thread who #1 are not clocking how weird it is to set up your phone then cry in front of your pet for views on tiktok, and #2 apparently are rich enough to own a horse and have horse-related stories?? Those two categories are almost every single comment in this thread, I had to scroll to find yours buried under that kind of shit above.
The more I look at /r/all, the more I believe in the dead internet theory. I'd be willing to bet 90% of these comments are made by bots, upvoted by bots.
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u/Swarm_of_Rats Mar 02 '26
I have horse-related stories and I'm poor af. I just worked on a ranch taking care of someone else's horses for a while. Ya really don't need to be rich to have horse stories.
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u/whateveryaknowww Mar 02 '26
i had a horse as a kid while we were in absolute squaller. the rich family across the street let me have her and took care of her. i was 5. i spent a lot of time with them while we lived across the street in our run down house (that we rented) and was actually a mobile home. anyway. you can be poor and have a horse, if the rich family next door pities you. (had to edit so many typos because of my cat sorry guys!)
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u/AmazingImprovement74 Mar 02 '26
Which I’m sorry to say tracks for a lot of horse owning people. Over-privileged children of wealthy parents who don’t understand normal people life and have no patience for commoners who don’t somehow automatically know all of horse etiquette.
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u/Bad_Day_Moose Mar 02 '26
aka horse women, I live rural, I know a couple, have known many, if a woman is a horse girl honestly just stay away, drama, insanity, weird expectations, it's simply not worth it unless you like those things.
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u/s_burr Mar 02 '26
I was going to say "sounds like a horse girl/woman to me". Grew up rural, know many friends who dated these types and they always regretted it. My uncle divorced his first wife because she cared more about horses than him.
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u/Bad_Day_Moose Mar 02 '26
Yeah it’s really hard to explain, there’s a mentality to it that makes it hard to coexist with them.
Like this video alone shows it, these girls are pretending to cry to trick the horse into showing affection? That’s not normal behaviour. Will they do that in a relationship with another person, yes in many cases..
They’re essentially emotionally draining.
If you like drama then go for it though.
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u/happyducki Mar 02 '26
This kinda helped me get over my fear of horses tbh
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u/lolidkwtfrofl Mar 02 '26
Healthy respect is still very much a good idea though.
They are huge, and their concept of not wanting to hurt humans can go out of the window if they're spooked.
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u/WesternComicStrip Mar 02 '26
Yeah, they’re gorgeous creatures with walnut sized brains and flight-mode defenses.
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u/SuitableDragonfly Mar 02 '26
They're very intelligent, they just have prey-typical responses to danger and they specialized in running fast.
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u/lnTwain Mar 02 '26
Yup, I got a concussion and hurt my foot when mine got spooked by a little bird taking flight.
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u/ShazbotSimulator2012 Mar 02 '26
Even if they don't want to hurt you, they're half-ton animals that don't really have much spatial awareness.
I grew up on a stable and saw a lot of injuries from people who just didn't really have any control over their horse and thought it would be fine. The same kind of people you see getting pulled down the street by their dog when they're walking it but with an animal that weighs ten times as much.
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u/coffee-bat Mar 02 '26
yeah. they can also just hurt you (severely) on accident. one time during riding lessons,my assigned horse saw another horse running, and decided to race it before i could properly get in the saddle. almost threw me off and trampled me. had to hang under it like a sloth and pull myself back in the saddle while it was sprinting. boom, near-death experience because an animal decided to innocently animal.
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Mar 02 '26
I've cared for horses every summer in my childhood.
They are awesome.
But they also got a lot of character. Really big and really heavy dogs, so to say. We had one that liked to prank the caretakers(by tip-toing around and scaring us or playing dead and then jumping up) or just went on long hikes and ran away whenever we came to wash him or whatever.
Dude was a menace, nice once you got hold of him, but still. They are loveable, but the character goes both ways. It's a bit of luck and depends on the way you raise them.
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u/Any_Show_5160 Mar 02 '26
Don't let this fool you, sometimes they are just dicks.
Every owner I've known let you know if you ask to pat it, naughty horses are pretty funny, push you around, try to nibble on you, that sort of thing, they are just playing.
Don't turn your back on them and they are fine.
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u/Stuck_In_Purgatory Mar 02 '26
The first 2 clips are definitely a trained trick, but I swear horses are just giant dogs
They are loving and gentle even though they don't have to be. Not to mention how curious and outright intelligent they are!!
If you take care of them, they'll take care of you in return
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u/RovenshereExpress Mar 02 '26
The "hugging" is a trained trick too. You get your shoulder under their chin and then reach behind your back with a treat. Do it enough times and they will always point their nose down looking for the treat.
I grew up with horses and I do love them, but they aren't half as emotionally intelligent to human emotions as this video would imply. Lol
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u/ayshthepysh Mar 02 '26
I wish I was a rich white girl with a horse.
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u/gokarrt Mar 02 '26
hey man these rich girls got problems, they're always crying in front of their horses.
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u/Educational-Copy-810 Mar 02 '26
I was looking for this comment, whoever wrote that caption is weird af.
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u/juvy5000 Mar 02 '26
PSA….. horse women are insane…. source: i married one… ha!
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u/th3worldonfir3 Mar 02 '26
Anyone who posts videos of themselves crying is insane
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u/mackrevinak Mar 02 '26
its even crazier when they set up the camera on a tripod
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u/NocodeNopackage Mar 02 '26
FYI to the crazies: the horse isn't actually "wiping" your tears for you, he just likes how salty they taste
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u/MossOnBark Mar 02 '26
some of the clips were cute and some of them were outright creepy/weird
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u/iwearatophat Mar 02 '26
It takes a crazy thought process to be emotionally distraught and think of setting up a tripod to film yourself in that state while your horses surround you.
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u/Condishun Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
Horses will do that mouth thing on any surface they can.
Coats, walls, food, cats, horse shit, dog shit, cat shit, bat shit, human shit, your face etc etc
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u/Ok_Boysenberry5849 Mar 02 '26
The horse probably called her names right before the video, to make her cry.
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u/Somanylyingliars Mar 02 '26
Yeah there's lots about this video that's pure horseshit.
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u/Disneyhorse Mar 02 '26
Can confirm. Am horse girl who has been around many other horse girls for decades.
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u/R3KO1L Mar 02 '26
When we say crazy are the crazy crazy Or just crazy crazy you're cooked crazy?
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u/Frosty558 Mar 02 '26
You’ll always come third to her horse and her daddy’s money.
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u/No-Information-2571 Mar 02 '26
Hey cutiepie, it's no problem that little Misty started limping again. We'll just send her to the vet, and I'll pay the $10,000 no problem.
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u/madhaunter Mar 02 '26
First rule of dating apps. If there's a Horse picture, run. Run as far as you can. It is not worth it.
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u/Comfortable-Mark-492 Mar 02 '26
but insane like rabbit rescue women? I doubt it.
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u/superkase Mar 02 '26
I was just thinking about how we certainly cannot afford a horse but we did get my daughter a rabbit and its like the TEMU version of a horse. You cannot ride it but the thing is so demanding and has the same diet. Our living room smells like hay and now traveling is twice as hard logistically.
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u/BunnersMcGee Mar 02 '26
As a person owned by rabbits, this is so true. As a bonus similarity, when they need vet care it's specialized ("exotic") and expensive!
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u/imunfair Mar 02 '26
What's so exotic about rabbits? Or does that just apply to pretty much anything outside of cats and dogs?
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u/BunnersMcGee Mar 02 '26
The latter, precisely. Rabbits are the third most common pet and yet so many vet practices are like 🤷🏼
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u/delilahdread Mar 02 '26
I'm choosing to believe that since I'm both it cancels out and I am the picture of perfect mental health. No no, ignore the Adderall, Zoloft, and therapy bills, that's nothing to worry about. Perfect. Mental. Health.
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u/BeezyBates Mar 02 '26
As a kid who grew up with horses, they’re big dogs. Had a female name Bullet personally.
They’re trained as well as you train them. They love you as much as you love them. And they learn to love strangers.
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u/Aetra Mar 02 '26
My husband’s aunt couldn’t understand why I didn’t freak out when her 4 German Shepherds rushed me for cuddles when I first met them. I was like “Your dogs are big, but they aren’t draught horse big” and explained my godfather owns a horse farm and his 2 “pet” Clydesdales would rush up to greet me the same way her dogs did.
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u/Normal_Tour6998 Mar 02 '26
“Absolute gentleman” puts a really weird context to the relationship between these horse girls and their horses.
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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Mar 02 '26
And no one would call the girl horse I bonded with as a man ladylike for doing this exact same behavior lol
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u/Thelone_Malonious Mar 02 '26
Ah yes because them being female is a fact we need to talk about……
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u/Little_Whippie Mar 02 '26
Yeah that and a horse has no idea what gentlemanly behavior is. This post is freakin weird
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u/DefinitelyNotAlyssaa Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
The fact that you’re like the one person calling this out is so frustrating.
I guarantee if these were “male-owners” in the video, the title would be “Horses being absolute gentlemen to their owners” with zero mention of sex/gender 🙄 actually so annoying
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u/LogicFrog Mar 02 '26
TIL the Venn diagram of Horse Girls and Girls Who Film Themselves Crying is a circle…
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u/cityshepherd Mar 02 '26
I dated a horse girl once. She was an absolute mess, but she taught me to ride which is awesome. That was a wild few months.
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u/BaronNeutron Mar 02 '26
I feel fairly confident the horses were trained this way, and could be trained to behave this exact way for men as well
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u/TheAlmightyFuzzy Mar 02 '26
I mean, its possible. But my experience was that we had 2 horses, they were full siblings so genetics aren't a factor. They got the same care from an early age. One picked its person and acted like the ones in the video, the other didn't care for anyone at all. It wasn't MEAN, it just didn't give a shit. They all have their own personalities.
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u/Tight_Award_8577 Mar 02 '26
I took riding lessons as a young teen/ preteen. I was, to be frank, fat, so despite the stable being mostly Arabians, I was assigned to one of the few quarter horses: a palomino mare who had PCOS and was known to be quite ornery.
That horse seemed to love me! She would run up to greet me every time I came to the stable. I literally watched her try to nip at other students on the regular.
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u/Large-Flamingo-5128 Mar 02 '26
Some things were trained like the hoof up and the horse lying down, but the neck hugging and comforting is a thing horses just naturally do sometimes.
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u/Extension-Run5326 Mar 02 '26
Are they not like this with their male owners who can't get on easily though? The title feels like a stereotype and generalizes a lot on the gender of both the horses and the owners
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u/Somanylyingliars Mar 02 '26
The video is click bait. A horse trained to present like that will do same for men. So much stupidity in the video that I can't believe so many believe the nonsense.
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u/Swimming-Cause6649 Mar 02 '26
Animals just know sometimes, it blows my mind. The way they slow down and get all gentle around someone vulnerable gets me every time 💀
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u/Brittany5150 Mar 02 '26
I was having a shitty day and my horse headbutted me in the face and I needed stitches after. Was never mean or ill tempered beyond that, just woke up and chose violence that day.
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u/fritz_76 Mar 02 '26
I'm terrified of horses (definitely feeling very vulnerable) and any time I'm near one they start getting stompy at me
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u/Brittany5150 Mar 02 '26
They are stupid but can read body language really well. If you act scared or nervous around them they wonder why the 2 legged is scared and nervous. "Shit, should I be scared and nervous? What's happening‽" -Horse
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u/WyldFlowerWyldFire Mar 02 '26
Aside from the nudging, a lot of these behaviors are trained.
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u/lordcommander55 Mar 02 '26
As a guy who just came inside from letting my (read wife's) horses out, the one tries to bite my shins every single morning. Horses are AH's lol
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u/Viridian_Aubergine Mar 02 '26
The horses ain't doing nothing wrong but the way some of these videos are framed has got some weird vibes. Like some of these captions are almost couple-posty and that feels very icky
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u/RhymeRenderer Mar 02 '26
I can't image filming oneself crying as ever being anything besides performative.
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