On 4/25/08, susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And I don't think doing a 15 minute ice tolt is the > same as allowing your child to play in the street. It > would be more like allowing your child to ride a > skateboard. And I would think the ice studs in the > shoes would equate a helmet on the kid. >
mmm, for me an analogy would be ... MAKING your kid ice skate as fast as it could and hoping it doesnt pull any tendons or anything or fall down and break a leg, which for a kid isnt life threatening, so maybe a better analogy to say MAKING a kid ice skate as fast as it can and hope it doesnt break its neck. Ice studs in the shoes wouldnt be the same as a helmet at all. they would be like heel caulks, grabbing the ice and torqueing the tendons etc. Look, I see bad stuff every day and turn my head. I cant even go two blocks without seeing something that appalls me. I just get used to turning my head. I am going to a biglick walking horse show tomorrow night in fact. There are other things there I enjoy watching a lot and some people there I enjoy visiting with. ANd I just pure love seeing horses, all kinds. I cant save the earth, I cant help any horses but what I can, now and then, do something for. But I would not do stuff like that to my horses. ANd I will speak out about how I feel about it. I just cant see how icetolting could be good for a horse, even for fifteen minutes, and thats how I feel. I watch rodeo and see the bucking horses and it makes my heart hurt, because I know they are afraid and mad at the world. But I watch PBR and love it because I know a bull bucking for 8 seconds one nite a week is not something that bothers them, in fact they seem pretty happy about it, arrogant, etc. They arent terrified. They are being bulls. Seems a good life to me. I'm sure plenty would disagree. But horses are so much more sensitive emotionally than cows. So much smarter. More kind and full of love. I grew up with cows. They dont love anybody. They just chew grass all day every day and moo. I honestly think calf roping is terrible, more terrible than PBR. Because the calfs are afraid and bawling. SO are pigs when they are in greased pig contests, I am against that. And I am against ice tolting because i believe it is making a horse do something dangerous, and they get used to doing what we ask so it is contingent upon us to ask them to do things that wont be a big risk to hurt them. I have a friend whose paso did the splits when a foot slid out in the back on asphalt as she was crossing a highway to get home and he pulled a tendon and she fell and tore all kinds of ligaments in her knee. Not a happy day for either one, and that is not as slick as ice. I also am deadset against people yahooing horses fast through deep mud or sand and I wont do it and I ask them not to do it or say something like "y'all dont do that because you can hurt your horse.." and they go yahoo and run off and leave me. So thats all I can do about it! But I know a pretty awesome totally lame mare right now that was ridden by a teenage girl repeatedly through deep sucky mud, even did turn and burns or rollbacks whatever they call them and everyone told her not to, she did it anyway, the horse is lame and has been on pasture rest two years sooooo. this is how i feel. I am also very much opposed to taking a recovering horse thats been in the hospital recently out on a several hours ride in 90 degree heat, riding any horse in high heat/humidity if its not in shape and acclimated to it, and gaiting fast constantly on the trail without a break. Also I am against John Mccain for president and most zoos depress the crap outa me. also I hate men who have trophy wives. And I hate dick Cheney. and i cant even believe anybody in america would like george bush right now exceopt maybe some idiot who has more money than sense. I also believe abortion is preferable to having crack babies. thats about all i can think of right now. i will try and post some more things i hate later if i think of any. oh! I hate people who sell horses at auction. Janice-- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
