r/MadeMeSmile • u/Intrepid_Minimum_635 • 23d ago

Wholesome Moments Small actions make the biggest impacts 😍

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u/nwaa 23d ago

This is very cute, but where on earth do you live to have not seen a horse irl? Even big cities near me have police on horseback

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u/independentchickpea 23d ago

I hope you get a chance to, they love attention, I'm sure you'd have so much joy petting and grooming them.

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u/99FoxGirl 23d ago

Me too. Quick question all those contraptions on the horse it doesn't cause them any pain and discomfort does it?

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u/independentchickpea 23d ago

When properly fitted, no, they bridle (head harness) and saddle don't hurt them. You do have to work with bit-training for both the rider and horse. The "bit" is the metal bar in the horse's mouth, and you can hurt the horse by yanking on the reins hard enough, but even novice riders should know not to do that. I used to live on a horse ranch, and my favorite horse to ride, Spree, didn't even require a saddle or bridle, could hop on her bareback and hold her mane, and she'd go where I directed her by squeezing her with my legs, and a good rider should be able to do similarly in a saddle too. It helps if the horse has a good nature, they have very big personalities and some are more stubborn than others.

That being said, horses get mistreated a lot, and poor riders with improperly fitting tack do hurt their horses a lot. Horses take a LOT of maintenance to keep healthy.

But I loved working on that ranch, grooming the horse's was my favorite, they make all sorts of silly faces. My favorite horse would press her head so hard into me when I was brushing her that my knees would buckle, haha. She was just so into it.

Definitely hope you get a chance to meet some and feed them and pet them at least. They're adorable, despite being absolutely massive.

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u/99FoxGirl 23d ago

I don't like the sound of a "bit" . That's really awesome that they all have different personalities. I volunteered at an animal shelter throughout my adolescence and I loved the cats. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that they too have different personalities and literally nobody believed me when I told them lol. Where I grew up people only had dogs and cats were always viewed as arrogant and rude.

What are horses manes like? Are they soft like cat fur or is it more like human hair?

Thank you for telling me about Spree and your experience working at a ranch. It sounds very wholesome

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u/independentchickpea 23d ago

I don't like the bits either, which is partially why I preferred to ride Spree, because I prefer not to put all the tack on if I don't have to, but not all horses can obey bareback without a bridle with a bit. She was a smart girl, though.

I'm struggling to describe their manes. They're coarse, they have coats similar to a short haired dog like a pit bull or boxer, but their manes are really different. More like the strongest hair you've ever felt--more like a paint brush, but not as stiff. Of course you can condition and brush and oil it, and get it pretty soft, but cats are MUCH MUCH softer.

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