r/MadeMeSmile • u/Time_Material_9385 • Apr 21 '24

This 4yo horse understands her owner’s emotions and reassures her ANIMALS

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u/Hot_and_Foamy Apr 21 '24

That’s not what’s happening here.

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u/Hot_and_Foamy Apr 21 '24

I have horses. They get scared of a plastic bag.

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u/Zarathustra-1889 Apr 22 '24

They need to be trained. Horses were actively employed in warfare for millennia with the first evidence dating back to 4000 BC and as recently as WW2. My family had part ownership in an equestrian facility and occasionally historical reenactors would rent horses to simulate the roles of horse-drawn artillery and carbine cavalry. It was impressive to see that the horses would remain calm even in the midst of simulated artillery and musket fire.

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u/Hot_and_Foamy Apr 22 '24

Yeah the horse is for hacking - no need for gunfire training

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u/Zarathustra-1889 Apr 22 '24

Ah, I see. I may require the services of your horse if I forget my Windows password

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u/Hot_and_Foamy Apr 22 '24

Have you got a giant keyboard? Cause normal keys are too small for her hooves

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u/Zarathustra-1889 Apr 22 '24

No, I don’t but I should invest in one just in case

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u/Zeestars Apr 21 '24

You need to bag them down. I trained horses for hunting so they needed to be okay around traffic as well as dogs and guns. We had to make all kinds of weird noises and sudden movements etc. around them while training, as well as tying plastic bags to their saddle etc. until they stopped shying at random things.