Every other week I ride on a hack. Not my favorite experience, especially in winter. Why you ask?
Horses are runners: they see danger, they run. Not the best response for the rider on top of the spooking horse.
Most freak out sessions are thoroughly avoidable if people (the general public) knew a little bit more about horses. Thus I an here to educate you.
1. For some reason horses don't like umbrellas, so we would all appreciate it, if you closed them.
2. Apparently Christmas trees are a source of terror, please hold them in an upright position
3. Leash your dogs! Please, don't let them run in-between, under, and through the horses: a. it spooks them b. if the horse spooks and kicks your dog, it probably won't be getting up anytime soon
4. Don't walk up directly behind a horse (especially with a stroller), if that horse kicks you (or your baby), the end picture is not going to be pretty
5. Please wait for a minute, until we've passed, to go sledding down the hill
6. Don't rev your engine, nobody thinks that's cool.
7. If you're a kid please don't scream, if you're a parent please stop your child from screaming, if you're an adult, I hope you've outgrown the tendency to scream
That's if for now. Some of these, whatever you'd like to call them, are not just to make our lives easier, but to prevent accidents. People need to understand that if a child runs directly in front of a horse, there is a likelihood that it will spook. And you don't want a horse to kick your child.
2. Apparently Christmas trees are a source of terror, please hold them in an upright position
3. Leash your dogs! Please, don't let them run in-between, under, and through the horses: a. it spooks them b. if the horse spooks and kicks your dog, it probably won't be getting up anytime soon
4. Don't walk up directly behind a horse (especially with a stroller), if that horse kicks you (or your baby), the end picture is not going to be pretty
5. Please wait for a minute, until we've passed, to go sledding down the hill
6. Don't rev your engine, nobody thinks that's cool.
7. If you're a kid please don't scream, if you're a parent please stop your child from screaming, if you're an adult, I hope you've outgrown the tendency to scream
That's if for now. Some of these, whatever you'd like to call them, are not just to make our lives easier, but to prevent accidents. People need to understand that if a child runs directly in front of a horse, there is a likelihood that it will spook. And you don't want a horse to kick your child.
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