Is your horse your pet?

[Walrus]

Just a random question after a discussion in my office. Would you use the word "pet" to describe your horse or "animal". When you say pet do you think of dogs and cats and fluffy bunnies more than ponies?

I'm not sure I'd use the word pet, it seems a bit trivial for half a tonne of horse!

 

[sallyellis]

Nope I would agree with you on that one...in fact I think of my horses as part of the family but then maybe I am mental?

 

[charlie55]

I would call my boy my pet, and if floor boards would hold out id have him at home with my dogs lol

 

[Vizslak]

I have one that i call 'the pet' as he thinks he is a dog not a horse! does that count?!

 

[angiebaby]

Yes, my ponies are my pets; and as charlie55 says I would have them in the house if it was bigger!!

I know they are part of the family because I couldn't part with any of them even though two are just field ornaments

 

[Michelle73]

Mine is my baby! In fact talking about her with my neighbour last night she said that I talk about my horse the same way as she talks about her son!!! We were comparing notes on parenting!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!! I hasten to add here that I have no human children, just my girl in the signature!!! Mine would go in the house two if it was big enough. One of our stallions let himself into our kitchen when I was about 12 years old!!!

 

[milliepops]

I don't think my horse is my pet, I think I am HER pet

It certainly feels like she owns me sometimes!

 

[JadeyyAndLadyy]

i wouldnt class them as either pet or animal. more family, or even a best friend

 

[StarFell]

Not sure I'd use the word pet as it does remind me of dogs and cats and little fluffy things, but he's definately more than just an animal - he's part of the family

 

[Kenzo]

He is an animal that I have for pleasure purposes, therefore I yes I would class him as a pet, although I don't actually use the term pet.

If I had a few horses in training for example, then no I wouldn't class them as pets, despite not treating them any different, they would owned for the sole purpose of making me some brass...hopefully!

 

[Quadro]

im a hard woman i class them as working animals!!!!

 

[jo2601]

My baby is just that - my baby - I love her to bits and talk constantly about her, I too would have her in the house if I could

 

[zoeshiloh]

To me a pet is an animal that you love, look after, spend money on, and that is never seen as a business - you never expect them to make money, and if something were to happen to them, you stick with it all the way through (no "companion home wanted" just because you can no longer ride horse).

 

[Stacie_and_Jed]

He's my boy!

I dont really know what catagory that comes into?!?

 

[f_s_]

They are my employers!!!!!!

Oh and our pets really!!!

 

[Hippona]

Part of the family really.....I dont call em pets, seeing as I cant squash any of them into a bowl or a cage.....

 

[Hovis_and_SidsMum]

Ours are "the boys". wouldn't call them pets though. I have a pet dog and a pet hamster and horses!

 

[martlin]

Couple of them are my pets and I do call them pets, the rest are dealing stock/in training etc, but I don't treat them any different on a daily basis.
The pets have different purpose, so I suppose my expectations of them are different - read Grace does as she pleases...

 

[kimky]

Family

If i could squeuze he in my house i would

But i would be a bit worried about if she started the midnight snacking hehe i would have no food or kitchen left lol

 

[Fransurrey]

If asked how many pets I have, I include him, but I agree, the size just doesn't match the description!

 

[stacey_lou]

my little man is most defintly my pet if you like I love him to bits and even though we compete it dosen't just make him an animal thats just rude lol.

 

[Riverboy]

River is a pet... mainly because I can't really do anything with him but give him cuddles and gentle walks!!!

I guess Luca is too - but it feels odd to think of him that way - more a partner where I hope to achieve things (only personal goals but none the less!)...

 

[spotty_pony]

No I wouldn't call them pets, they are more like members of the family to me!

 

[pottamus]

Well my OH always refers to him as my 'very expensive pet'!!

 

[tabithakat64]

Yes, both mine are pets.

 

[Silverspring]

Toughone, I always refer to her as my horse, never used the word pet before. Then again I probably wouldn't call my dog a pet either...I would call a gerbil a pet

something that couldn't be trained or used for anythign useful (other than gerbil kebabs) yum!)

 

[Enfys]

No.

None of them are. One way or another they all pay towards their keep.

Definition of Pet: " a domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than utility"

 

[Shellby27]

Yep Rosie is known as "the expensive pet"!!!!!

 

[Doormouse]

Yup, mine owns me. I suspect she thinks I am staff though not a pet!

 

[jenmac_85]

Tyler is definately my pet, more than that , he is my baby boy (although I haven't seen many 650kg babies about!!)

He gets spoiled rotten and isn't expected to do very much so from his perspective I am the maid!!