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26-03-07, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Paws

B) Horses ARE NOT dumb! they are v smart creatures

Just as an interesting (possibly) aside; in the science world, horses are rated as less intelligent than rats, and they actually have a very small brain for their size. Indeed you can shoot a horse in the head and have a good chance of missing its brain totally. Not that I condone it

. I thought it was an odd thing to learn too, but if you think about it, rats are inquisitive, and can be taught to solve puzzles etc, whereas horses just stand in a field (with very small fences even!) and eat grass.

26-03-07, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Warthog

Just as an interesting (possibly) aside; in the science world, horses are rated as less intelligent than rats, and they actually have a very small brain for their size. Indeed you can shoot a horse in the head and have a good chance of missing its brain totally. Not that I condone it

. I thought it was an odd thing to learn too, but if you think about it, rats are inquisitive, and can be taught to solve puzzles etc, whereas horses just stand in a field (with very small fences even!) and eat grass.

but they can be highly trained so if theyve got small brains they must have condensed intelligence then

what do you mean they just stand in fields?

they go to graze and rest usually after theyve worked - so on the contrary - they know where theyre better off

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Biker Biggles · 26-03-07, 09:45 PM

"Horses just stand in a field and smoke grass"
Sounds like a pleasant life so they can't be that daft.

I have always found horses to be very intelligent.They have little strategies for getting what they want,and you can't tell me that a horse that has just chucked it's rider off into a muddy quagmire does not have a well developed sense of humour.
BTW I'm not a horse rider and I don't hunt,but I have plenty of reservations about the authoritarians poking their arrogant unwanted noses into any of our lives.

26-03-07, 09:53 PM

People that talk about constant forward observation and 'always' have a way out are just plain unrealistic (or they don't ride a lot). I hear it a lot at IAM meets where you get the stuffy BMW (sorry for the stereotype) riders who think that a peice of paper makes them fantasticly good riders. Even a 60 minute bike ride can result in many instances where the unexpected can dicate your outcome, regardless of any forward planning or observation. And 'expect the unexpected'!!?. Well now how can you do that?! If it's unexpected you cannot possibly expect it!

Let's put that cliche away now eh. Sure it's essential to plan ahead etc but it cannot always be done, regardless of how good you think you are. That is just the sad truth of it. Spending time teaching CBT's will soon make you realise that some things just cannot be prepared for!

Anyway, I'm tired. All I know is horses ears make me laugh but I still don't know why. Goodnight one and all.

26-03-07, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warthog

Just as an interesting (possibly) aside; in the science world, horses are rated as less intelligent than rats, and they actually have a very small brain for their size. Indeed you can shoot a horse in the head and have a good chance of missing its brain totally. Not that I condone it

. I thought it was an odd thing to learn too, but if you think about it, rats are inquisitive, and can be taught to solve puzzles etc, whereas horses just stand in a field (with very small fences even!) and eat grass.

hmmm you need to meet some of my lot ive ridden-

Magic-can untie her lead rope and legs it.
Merlin-crawled UNDER ANY fence (inc electric ones!) as he prefered human company to his field mates
Annie-would push fencing over just to get to better grass
Paddy and ryan-terrible 2, these 2 plot whose gonna play good guy, whose playing bad-think im joking, these 2 are sooo naughty!

26-03-07, 10:05 PM

My wife loves horses, I rode only once (the horse not.....never mind).

The horse had managed to get into the store where they keep all the food and was so fat that the seat wouldn't fit so I had to ride bareback. Was quite fun actually, although I REALLY wanted to use his ears as handle bars.

26-03-07, 11:05 PM

We've had this debate before havent we. We get loads of horse sh*t on the roads around my local streets/roads. Keeping to the side is a good idea - although I think they tend to ride in the middle so car drivers can avoid the sh*t on their tyres - more important than bikers I guess - and more likely to complain about it as well.

No doubt the EU will introduce some new regulation over the coming years for horse nappies.

26-03-07, 09:45 PM	#63
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Re: Dangers of horseriding "Horses just stand in a field and smoke grass" Sounds like a pleasant life so they can't be that daft. I have always found horses to be very intelligent.They have little strategies for getting what they want,and you can't tell me that a horse that has just chucked it's rider off into a muddy quagmire does not have a well developed sense of humour. BTW I'm not a horse rider and I don't hunt,but I have plenty of reservations about the authoritarians poking their arrogant unwanted noses into any of our lives. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

26-03-07, 09:53 PM	#64
DanAbnormal Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Dangers of horseriding People that talk about constant forward observation and 'always' have a way out are just plain unrealistic (or they don't ride a lot). I hear it a lot at IAM meets where you get the stuffy BMW (sorry for the stereotype) riders who think that a peice of paper makes them fantasticly good riders. Even a 60 minute bike ride can result in many instances where the unexpected can dicate your outcome, regardless of any forward planning or observation. And 'expect the unexpected'!!?. Well now how can you do that?! If it's unexpected you cannot possibly expect it! Let's put that cliche away now eh. Sure it's essential to plan ahead etc but it cannot always be done, regardless of how good you think you are. That is just the sad truth of it. Spending time teaching CBT's will soon make you realise that some things just cannot be prepared for! Anyway, I'm tired. All I know is horses ears make me laugh but I still don't know why. Goodnight one and all.

26-03-07, 10:05 PM	#66
DanAbnormal Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Dangers of horseriding My wife loves horses, I rode only once (the horse not.....never mind). The horse had managed to get into the store where they keep all the food and was so fat that the seat wouldn't fit so I had to ride bareback. Was quite fun actually, although I REALLY wanted to use his ears as handle bars.

26-03-07, 11:05 PM	#67
Demonz Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Dangers of horseriding We've had this debate before havent we. We get loads of horse sht on the roads around my local streets/roads. Keeping to the side is a good idea - although I think they tend to ride in the middle so car drivers can avoid the sht on their tyres - more important than bikers I guess - and more likely to complain about it as well. No doubt the EU will introduce some new regulation over the coming years for horse nappies.