[jfisher256]

"I have a girl and boy horse, and two boy ponies."

Haha, I have to say this to everyone I talk to. While of course I'm so used to saying 'mare' 'gelding' 'stallion,' etc. But when I talk to my friends and family I'm always like "boy, girl" or "male, female" lol. When I go to say gelding or mare I have to stop myself!

 

[PintoTess]

We were doing a big riding demo at college one day to a bunch of high school kids. You know how there is always one know-all in the group? Well we had one of them. First thing she did was walk up to our 3 horses (showing off to her friends) and was like "Bay, chestnut, Bay" When really they were Black, bay and roan. Well that didn't bother us but then she asked that because she was a very good rider if she was allowed to get on our horse and jump it. We were like "ummm no..." Then she went on to tell us that she had 7 chestnuts, 3 bays and about 9 palomonios at home. We just shut our mouths. This girl could have had all these horses but we had our doubts. Then she was going on about how at home she has a black stallion that won't let any one get a "seat" near it and tie the "rope" around its stomach. It was unbroken but she can ride it and jumps all the fences to her paddock bareback. Theres always one in every group haha!

 

[Can He Star]

hahahah omg lol ^

 

[hemms]

I really have no problem with all the laymen, lol.

My two biggest peeves are cattlemen that get into horses and movies that really mess up the facts. A little slip up with girl/boy bits from scene to scene... That I totally understand. But completely different COLOURED horses? Na-ah. And if I ever had a horse that lapped up water LIKE A DOG, I'm sure I could figure out how to make some serious coin off the freak show.

I'm so sick of cow men being astounded when the "stupid" horse actually goes through the gate he prefers to leave permanently open cause he's too damned lazy to get off his tractor to open the rag-tag barbed wire piece of crap. "Really? That $3000 gorgeous 3 year old ridiculously promising gelding you just bought for your spoiled little beeyotch was dumb enough to lose his eye on one of the zillions mounds of rusted out heaps of garbage in your "pasture"?! And now he's too icky for her to ride? SHOCKER. Go milk a steer."

 

[cebee]

I never mind when someone expresses interest in my horse, and certainly dont mind if someone does not refer to horses by the correct breed, or color, or sex. I know NOTHING about... say... goats. But if I am taking the time to be interested in what YOU are interested in, or to learn a little... or even just be friendly... I surely hope no one is on a forum somewhere making fun of my 'ignorance'... I guess if it bugs you, just dont hang around with Non-Horsey people!

 

[Rachel1786]

What really annoys me is when my boyfriend of 7 years tries to tell me how to correct the issues I'm having with my horse(whatever the issue may be). I can't really think of an example, but he'll be like, oh well why didn't you just do this when she did that and his suggestion will be something that is impossible or just not something that any horse savy person would ever do.It also bugs me when he thinks he can hop on a horse bareback "like the Indians did" He's 31, and out of shape, no I don't think you can do that, but if you want to try make sure i'm there to laugh at you when you bust your ***!

 

[Equenix]

The worst thing for me is not so much as what they say but how they say it. Some tend to think its easy and anyone can do it. I hate hearing "oh yes I rode before blah blah blah jump blah blah blah gallop... At the fair (or) customer trail rides" News flash the horses that you probaly rode were dead broke and I still have issues to fix after riding half my life.

 

[PintoTess]

Oh and another. "Last time I rode a horse I fell off" I hear this so so much it is getting rediculous haha! But yes, I like when people express and interest in what I am doing but oh my gosh they come out with some funny and weird things!

 

[Horse racer]

It's probably easier being a girl that loves horses than a guy..... I always get told " isn't horse riding and horse stuff for girls?" annoys the crap out of me! And I'm really liked at my school, but some people get hung up (especially girls) that I'm a boy and have a passion for horses.:evil:

 

[sommsama09]

We need more guys like you HorseRacer... You are welcome at my school :wink:

 

[Horse racer]

Hah, thanks! I think there is only 2 other people that love horses in my school, and they're both girls! I'm the only boy......but my school is really small. Only about 30-40 kids per grade.

Like most horse lovers, anouther thing that irritates me is when people think or say "horses are stupid, they're as dumb as cows." but I used to think like that before I started loving horses....but I just kind of ignore it or say "they're way smarter than any dog I've ever met!" they just have to understand horses are prey animals and dont express affection and emotions like a dog.

 

[Saranda]

Not a particular case, but, as a trail ride guide, I am sometimes annoyed by beginner riders who ride only at walk or sometimes are even ponied around the trails, but who still boast all the ride long about their wonderful and extreme adventures with horses, share completely wrong facts in a know-it-all manner, objecting to anything that I might say, and even trying to disregard my instructions that might seriously affect their safety. I've had even some cases of somebody trying to take a different route (thinking that I'm not watching, which is never true), or trying to go past me in a faster gait. If such a thing happens, they are made to dismount and we walk by our own legs back to the barn.

Also (this is more of a funny thing), when I tell someone that we have geldings and mares in our herd, they'd often ask - Oh, that means you do breeding and have lots of foals, right?

Umm, no. And, when they are told why, they sometimes get offended that we don't give our horses "the freedom to love" and "the joy of motherhood'.

 

[hemms]

^^yup yup yup^^

Used to call them "John Weiners" when I was guide.

You could usually spot them the second you mounted them up...

"Whoa Boy![girl] Whoa!! Got me a WILD one, here!"

Sir, the most animation I've seen out of THAT horse in the past 3 years is a simultaneous cough/fart. :?

 

[HipHopHorseman]

So with me bring african american and the only horse person 99.99999% of my friends know, anytime i say Im going to the barn, someone asks which bar are you going to... no not bar i said barn... what u going there for ... AGHHHHH!!! ****

 

[Country Woman]

can't you ride with only 1 lesson

 

[waresbear]

The most annoying thing in the world and said to me all the time by non-horse peops. - "Why do you take lessons all the time? I thought you knew how to ride". If I hear it one more time, I will type out the explanation, make copies & hand them out to anyone who asks.

 

[LonesomeRanch]

Lol!!!! You guys crack me up. I work with all men. Its not the "stupid" that irks me. Its the rude and inconsiderate. "You'd have more money if you didn't have those hay burners"
"My harley doesn't need fed"
"My chevy has 400 horses, you only have 3"
I actually had a guy say to me "if you ever get sick if them, call me. I never shot a horse in the head before" that guy got turned into not only management, but also my father who has 30 years with my company, and is more intimidating than being fired!
I don't mind questions from people who don't understand, but I hate the insults. You don't need to tell me how much money I wasted on horses, right after I heard you say you put $300 rims on your bad *** harley. It all spends the same, its just what matters to you.
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[Hazels]

I don't have a horse-I wish more than anything that I did-but I do get some pretty snarky remarks when I talk about them.

"The poop smells."

So a bunch of compacted grass smells. Because that's really all it is.

"They can kill you!"

And so can a mushroom. Get over it, anything could kill you if you thought about it, god.

 

[LonesomeRanch]

I don't have a horse-I wish more than anything that I did-but I do get some pretty snarky remarks when I talk about them.

"The poop smells."

So a bunch of compacted grass smells. Because that's really all it is.

"They can kill you!"

And so can a mushroom. Get over it, anything could kill you if you thought about it, god.

Lol!!!!! Yes a mushroom. A spider in your sleep. A truck while you're waiting at a stop sign...

I tell people these same things when I hear the bs about dangerous.
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[Randella]

"He's so BIG!" - in regards to a 14hh pony

"Wow, he's fast! Is he a racehorse?" - In regards to a draft trotting (and it wasn't even a trot, it was a lazy man's jog)

"What's that thing for?" - in regards to a girth or cinch. It's crazy how many people are unaware that saddles don't just magically stay put.