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this is my horse blog about horse. i make text posts i think a horse would make and i tag those with #horse posting
sometimes i dont do that and that is a #mod post
sometimes i talk about my horse from real life and that is #irl horse posting
i love when people clip hearts into their horses its like we want to leave a mark on them to show that they are loved. even if they dont understand it
aw dang im crying over horsie at 12:05 am
today i wanted to ride chief but they were settting up a bonfire in the paddock that shares the fence with where i tack him up, and the car driving in full of dead branches and people moving the dead branches and the wind and all the cows freaking out about the dead branches really freaked my poor boy out. I though he was going to bolt on me and snap his bailing twine. i managed to calm him down though, i think im pretty good at that ngl, im proud of how i keep my head in those situations. for a bit i had to just let him dragon snort at the car because all i could do was make sure i wasnt pinned between him and the fence, but eventually he started checking in with me again, i asked him to put his head down and threw some of his favourite treats on the ground and when the car left to get another load i asked chief to move in a circle and yield his hindquarters both ways before walking him back to his paddock, since it was pretty clear we werent going to ride today.
When i took his halter off i thought he was going to bolt away to his friends but he took three steps away and then changed his mind and turned back to me <3
my heart just melted in that moment, we shared some cuddles and walked together for a bit and then he went to join his friends. i am so lucky to have been given the chance to be his person
fuck i love him so much i love horses so much i want to keep them safe forever and ever and ever
you see a stick on the ground, do you
pick it up in your mouth and toss your head
freak out
good news everyone
you can now pat the micro horse
i miss my horsie...
Literally the eeby sleeper
Do you agree with the statement "People who own horses only to ride shouldn't own horses"
Yes
No
Nuance
I mostly hear statements like this when the topic of privileged equestrians comes up. The kind of people who board at a stable where turnout, feeding, mucking, etc is all taken care of, all of the owner does is come to the stable, tack up, ride, and then return the horse to the stall.
Or the kind that neglects things like proper feeding, turnout, etc because they only own a horse because they want to ride them.
Another example is people who sell competition horses the second they retire or become injured and can no longer compete at the level they used to.
bicycle is there for u if u dont want to shovel shit. its ok if u dont want to shovel shit. u just have to ride bycicle instad. dont worry. it is also fun
Are you even a horsegirl if you never pretended your bike was a horse
I never did that but I pretended I was the horse galloping along wjen in fact was riding my bike
For the past week for breakfast, I've been eating this which looks exactly like supplement feed you'd give to a horse. It's tasty anyway, but I do enjoy my little feed more knowing it's like what you'd give a horse with poorly joints
hello is that- *snorrfffff*
is that for me? *snnpfuhhh*
can i have some?
Do you agree with the statement "People who own horses only to ride shouldn't own horses"
Yes
No
Nuance
I mostly hear statements like this when the topic of privileged equestrians comes up. The kind of people who board at a stable where turnout, feeding, mucking, etc is all taken care of, all of the owner does is come to the stable, tack up, ride, and then return the horse to the stall.
Or the kind that neglects things like proper feeding, turnout, etc because they only own a horse because they want to ride them.
Another example is people who sell competition horses the second they retire or become injured and can no longer compete at the level they used to.
bicycle is there for u if u dont want to shovel shit. its ok if u dont want to shovel shit. u just have to ride bycicle instad. dont worry. it is also fun
I could become a stablehand at the circus. I'm sure the circus needs poop shovelers. I think it speaks to my impeccable mental health that I'm once again thinking about running away with the circus.
do it
oh my god who said taht?
Raul ♡ i love you so so much, my horsie..
Today we walked in the arena where he felt less anxiety because no grass. We did well and i am happy to see his floopers flop to the sides and about - he was having a fine time too, it seems. Then we grazed some outside, and he felt MUCH less anxious about leaving after a long continuous chunk of grazing ♡ either i got lucky or my master plan i pulled out of my inexperienced ass is working
Bonus: caught someone trying to figure out and potentially eat my braid ♡
Horses are probably some of the most mysoginised animals I know of
This! A horse that is absolutely stressed from being in fear or pain is dismissed because she's 1) a mare & 2) she's a chestnut. And I think a lot of us have had experiences like this ourselves.
Although my username is chestnutmareenergy, it is meant to articulate the very real, valid issues I present with and is instead boxed off with "oh she's just x, y and z". Uterus havers crippling pain gets dismissed by the doctors, chronically ill people develop new symptoms and it's dismissed because "it's just a part of The Thing™️ that's going on with them." The list goes on. Where I grew up, mare was used as an insult to any woman that expressed a negative thought/feeling. It was used to describe a situation that is not going well.
So yeah of course we are going to snort and hoof stomp the stupid head of society.
Good morning everyone, it's been a week! 1!
i do agree about the people being mysoginistic towards mares thing 100%. its so awful and stupid and like god the impact it has is so frustrating like these horses genuinely cannot find homes because of this. and there absolutely are mares that are much harder to manage when they are in heat but there are also geldings that still think they can fuck and are absolute dicks about it and thanks to mysoginy only mares get a bad rep >:(
i did have a more abstract idea when writing the original post though. i think the material conditions of horses in their relationships with humans overall are very similar to mysoginy. I touched on it in the tags in a reblog somewhere else but, i think i can do better maybe?
Horses are not livestock. We do not keep them in fields to produce a resource, they are not part of agriculture. The horse-human partnership, in theory, is that of a companion animal. Like a dog. They had jobs to do, the jobs provided value and in return they were given food and shelter and healthcare.
However, in practice, it is generally a much more coercive affair. The labour horses are asked to do is not species appropriate, it is not safe, and it is not fair. And asking the horse to charge a line of pikes or hold it's neck in the way the cameras think is prettiest is done (and has been done for centuries) using coersion.
Pressure is piled on top of this animal over and over and over. Discomfort is ignored, corrected, tightened, until the horse learns the safest response is to just shut down. It is standard practice to train your horse with avoidance. The default way of getting them to do something is by convincing them that every other option is more unpleasant than just falling in line.
And although horses are not livestock, they have an industry. They are seen as tools and assets and are bought and sold based on their utility and potential. No other companion animal is treated like that. And if they are, its seen as cruel. When this kind of thing happens to a dog, there is a the Dodo video with sad piano music and a donation link about it.
So when i made the original post saying horses are mysoginised i meant in a comparative sense. Because i see an animal that was meant to be a companion, that is still called a companion, pushed into this role of asset by immense pressure, without being allowed to express discomfort without being labelled "mad".
You explained this so well, the parallels are so horrific
*smiles sweetly with barely repressed rage* :)
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Horses are probably some of the most mysoginised animals I know of
This! A horse that is absolutely stressed from being in fear or pain is dismissed because she's 1) a mare & 2) she's a chestnut. And I think a lot of us have had experiences like this ourselves.
Although my username is chestnutmareenergy, it is meant to articulate the very real, valid issues I present with and is instead boxed off with "oh she's just x, y and z". Uterus havers crippling pain gets dismissed by the doctors, chronically ill people develop new symptoms and it's dismissed because "it's just a part of The Thing™️ that's going on with them." The list goes on. Where I grew up, mare was used as an insult to any woman that expressed a negative thought/feeling. It was used to describe a situation that is not going well.
So yeah of course we are going to snort and hoof stomp the stupid head of society.
Good morning everyone, it's been a week! 1!
i do agree about the people being mysoginistic towards mares thing 100%. its so awful and stupid and like god the impact it has is so frustrating like these horses genuinely cannot find homes because of this. and there absolutely are mares that are much harder to manage when they are in heat but there are also geldings that still think they can fuck and are absolute dicks about it and thanks to mysoginy only mares get a bad rep >:(
i did have a more abstract idea when writing the original post though. i think the material conditions of horses in their relationships with humans overall are very similar to mysoginy. I touched on it in the tags in a reblog somewhere else but, i think i can do better maybe?
Horses are not livestock. We do not keep them in fields to produce a resource, they are not part of agriculture. The horse-human partnership, in theory, is that of a companion animal. Like a dog. They had jobs to do, the jobs provided value and in return they were given food and shelter and healthcare.
However, in practice, it is generally a much more coercive affair. The labour horses are asked to do is not species appropriate, it is not safe, and it is not fair. And asking the horse to charge a line of pikes or hold it's neck in the way the cameras think is prettiest is done (and has been done for centuries) using coersion.
Pressure is piled on top of this animal over and over and over. Discomfort is ignored, corrected, tightened, until the horse learns the safest response is to just shut down. It is standard practice to train your horse with avoidance. The default way of getting them to do something is by convincing them that every other option is more unpleasant than just falling in line.
And although horses are not livestock, they have an industry. They are seen as tools and assets and are bought and sold based on their utility and potential. No other companion animal is treated like that. And if they are, its seen as cruel. When this kind of thing happens to a dog, there is a the Dodo video with sad piano music and a donation link about it.
So when i made the original post saying horses are mysoginised i meant in a comparative sense. Because i see an animal that was meant to be a companion, that is still called a companion, pushed into this role of asset by immense pressure, without being allowed to express discomfort without being labelled "mad".
Horses are probably some of the most mysoginised animals I know of
Horses are probably some of the most mysoginised animals I know of
