do horses prefer vegetarian owners?!?!

[Bowen4Horses]

so... i've often wondered (i'm sad like that) if horses bond better/quicker with vegetarian owners... ?

when they smell our (meat eating) breath, do they see us as a potential predator?

what do you guys reckon?

 

[Vizslak]

i have a mare who eats meat so prob not!

 

[Grey_Eventer]

no. LOL

 

[Bowen4Horses]

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i have a mare who eats meat so prob not!

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really?

i did find what looked like a mouse skeleton in my horse's poo the other day... maybe mine does too...?

 

[Cop-Pop]

Well my ponies prefer me to their last owners but as I keep threatening to turn them into sausages I'm not sure its because I'm a veggie...

 

[Quadro]

nah i had one that had a right thing for bacon rolls!!! so i very much doubt it

 

[Vizslak]

yep really she will nick any sandwich containing meat, turkey salad, corned beef, ham and cheese, bacon! The only part she doesnt eat is the lettuce, she spits that out. cow bag! i have lost my lunch many times and she has been known to knick em out of small childrens hands from ova their shoulder!

 

[Bowen4Horses]

well, at least i can stop pondering that one then...

i'm sure i'll think of another random one soon enough...

 

[j1ffy]

Has anyone known a horse that preferred synthetic to leather? I guess that would be similar - if they prefer veggie owners they might prefer non-animal-based tack too...

I don't have a horse these days, but I recently became an omnivore again after 3 years as a veggie. I didn't notice any difference in how the school horses reacted, though I tend to eat a couple of polos if I have just eaten a load of meat!

 

[charlie55]

I used to ride a gelding that loved ham lol

 

[Rhiann0n]

My TB's had my Coronation Chicken sandwiches.......

......... and whisky from my hunt flask

 

[Vizslak]

oh i nearly forgot, shes the plague of hunt meets too often pinching the sausage rolls of the host trays as they walk past!

 

[YorksG]

My mare eats the pastry from suasage rolls and deliberately spills gin so that she can lick it of my hand!

 

[PapaFrita]

Weeeell, I don't know about horses, but apparently dairy-eating Europeans smell foul to Chinese people.
I don't even remember who told me that

When I was teaching English I used to feel so mortified when I caught whiffs of 'stable' on my boots in class

Totally off-topic and irrelevant. I apologise.

 

[badgerdog]

Well I'm a vegetarian and I don't think my horses have appreciated the fact that I don't smell of meat! Knowing my fillies fear of cows she'd probably think it was great if I was carnivorous and was responsible for killing them!