Sentimentality - for the love of horses

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Do you all love your horses or all horses?

There are some horses (Bruce) that I adore, feel very strong emotions for and I know I could never sell. I miss Brucey every single day - each time I walk onto the yard I wish he was there. I am starting to feel a bit like that about the new one, John Terry. I don't feel it about Busted, the broken Palomino...though I like him alot and would never sell him, I think something switched off when I thought I was going to loose him.

There are others that I simply like, enjoy riding, but if someone offered me the money, I would take it!


And, in honesty, I am completely and utterly uninterested in any random horse! My mum always points out the horses hacking along the bridleway next to the new yard, like it is a big novelty, and I couldn't care less! I dont actually like very many horses, if I am honest. That's not to say I would leave one to rot, I just don't like all horses....

My mum said I am heartless...I don't think so at all. They just dont interest me on the whole. Is that a bad thing?
 
I love the breed.

However, there are some horses that I don't like. But I'm always interested in them.

Unfortunately I am in love with Thumper - which means that I will probably not sell him........
 
I only really love mine. I have passing affection for other horses, and of course would never willingly let a horse suffer, but they don't warrant the same endless love, patience and time that my own does. We have a bit of an understanding.
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I would imagine it'd be impossible to love every horse you come across..

My un horsey relatives imagine that I will love every horse that comes along or that I see but thats daft just like it would be daft to like every human I see..

I do love my lot though and won't sell any if I can help it. I've had most of mine a good few years so they are part of the family, except Benji who is a fairly recent addition but we love him to bits already..and Bilbo, who I like but am holding out on in case I can't keep his laminitis at bay and he has to be pts..

I have given away 2 ponies that I aquired but I knew they would always go so I kept an emotional distance from them although love to see/hear how they are doing.
 
I love one of mine and tolerate the other two and I could take or leave anybody elses, dogs on the other hand I love in any guise.
 
I'm unitnerested in other horses, most of them I tolerate but very few I actually like. I like big personalities but hate rude horses and the two often go hand in hand, there are a few at the yard I'm at that I like but I don't love all horses by any stretch of the imagination. I have always said if offered enough money I'd sell my girl (it's unlikely now she 23 and a bit of a cow) I care for her and would be terribly upset if she got hurt but love is a very strong emotion and I don't think I'd go that far.

In saying that I hate to see any horse in distress, I would never wish pain or upset on any horse...foxes yes but never a horse.
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I love my 2 horses for different reasons...I am mildly fond of OH's mare but wouldnt give a toss if she was to be sold.

Occasionally I look at other peoples horses and think yes, thats my type, but I dont love or even like that many other horses......in fact I'd go so far as to say there are horses on our yard that I actively dislike.....
 
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......in fact I'd go so far as to say there are horses on our yard that I actively dislike.....

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Agreed we have Dutch Warmblood who like to stand on her two back legs just cos she can, tell her off and the front leg will be aimed at your head. And WB x Heavy draught (think cart horse will a teeny tiny WB brain) who is spooky as hell and would run over anything that gets in his way, you foot, leg, body, head...anything! And his feet are the size of dinner plates to difficult to avoid
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I get in a bad mood at the though of handling either of them and regualrly threaten them with a shot gun.
 
Yes...I dont like my friends horse at all....he is big and ugly, fair enough...but foul natured and nasty in the field.....I am tempted to lob a half brick at him on occasions when I am trying to get mine out of the field and he's carrying on, but I dont.....(honest!)

He needs teaching some bloody manners though, the git.
 
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Nah cos there's never a half brick to hand when you really need one, a well aimed pebble can do the trick though
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I don't do that honest
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I adore my horse. I said to someone the other day I would sell my house before I sold my horse.

I like some peoples horses, and really dislike others.
 
I ADORE Monty (as you can probably guess)..........even though he's an awkward buggar and pretty much wrecked my confidence. When I got Zoom I wan't fussed but now worship the ground she walks on.....even though she has reared twice in the last 3 weeks and had me off.

Neither horse I picked, they just came to me by chance so I had come to the conclusion that I would love any horse I got to know. Then 6 months ago I started looking after another horse at the field 3 times a week. She is better in hand than mine and better to ride. She is friendly and doesn't cause me any trouble.

I don't like her at all!!!!! It's so bizarre. I don't dislike her......just not that fussed. Although I do like to look at every horse that goes past (police horses etc).
 
I love both my horses and like nearly all other horses. I have in the past fallen for some of teh horses I've helped look after and have had to resit the urge to buy them as they were wildly unsuitable.
 
I adore George as you are probably well aware, and would do my utmost to always keep him and keep him well. Other horses I like and I do like looking at other horses, but I don't love them.
 
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I adore my horse. I said to someone the other day I would sell my house before I sold my horse.

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Yes, Gin, I certainly felt that way about Amy. I'm not soo sure about that with Thumper - and hope I never have to have the theory tested.

I am hugely sentimental.
 
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Yes...I dont like my friends horse at all....he is big and ugly, fair enough...but foul natured and nasty in the field.....I am tempted to lob a half brick at him on occasions when I am trying to get mine out of the field and he's carrying on, but I dont.....(honest!)

He needs teaching some bloody manners though, the git.

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That sounds freakily like one at my yard - nasty git!!!

I love my horse to piece. I like my pony alot, if I had to sell her I may shed a few tears but would get over it very quick. I competed my mare and someone elses gelding on Sunday - getting on my mare after the boy was like slipping into those comfy slippers, I know her inside out 85% of the time I can predict her next move. Like the others have said I would sell everything before her (and to look after her).

Oh dear it appears I am a huge great softy.
 
I am interested in most horses but I certainly don't love them all, some I struggle to like. I however am besotted with mine. Interestingly though had another youngster last year that I just didn't really bond with and sold him on once he was broken. He was a lovely lad, but I didn't fall for him...

Lucas on the other hand - turned up at the yard and I knew I'd buy him and I won't be parting with him... River was the same - love at first sight and dispite all the problems of the last 18 months - there is no contest between anything else in my life and River... I sometimes think it might be a bit much!
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I love my horse, but there's a lot to love about her. There are a couple of youngsters I really am fond of at my yard but all the liveries, without exception, are awful and barely tolerable. The majority are rude and bargy, with personalities that do nothing for me, and are all types that Im not fussed by.

I do have to look every time I hear hooves on the road, just because I am sad. There are very few horses I truly like though!
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I'm not bothered about other horses.

I nod and smile and admire when required but I'm not that fussed!

Ellie will stay with me forever and we are starting to build up a really good bond. Chad is on loan for the foreseeable future but he may go home at some point so I know I won't let myself get too attached to him.
 
Oh I am a very bad horse person. I don't do kissing horses, I don't do calling them my babies/little star whatever
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They are a horse tbh. I feel affection towards the odd one, but can honestly say I feel very little real emotion towards them.

I'm a bad and wicked person
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I'm also bored to tears by horse sports... bar XC. I cannot abide watching dressage/sj/showing.
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Oh I am a very bad horse person. I don't do kissing horses, I don't do calling them my babies/little star whatever
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They are a horse tbh. I feel affection towards the odd one, but can honestly say I feel very little real emotion towards them.

I'm a bad and wicked person
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I'm also bored to tears by horse sports... bar XC. I cannot abide watching dressage/sj/showing.
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So what is your motivation to have a horse then?
 
I enjoy riding them, I like jumping etc myself, not watching someone else. They amuse me, if I'm with one horse one on one, I imagine I would build up more of a bond (I don't have one atm and ride a bit of everything...)

Like with my dog, I only like mine, everyone else's are just blergh as I have no contact with them really. But I love Tinkerdog...
 
I love mine, more than anything, and have all the time in the world for his mad TB idiocy. I'd be devastated if anything happened to him. Some other horses I like, some I dislike intensely, some I do love but nowhere near as much as Dylan (generally friends' horses who I've spent a lot of time with).
 
Seems I fall into the majority view. Worship my own beyond all reason. like some others, feel nothing for most but would never wish harm on them - unless they're a pillock! Dogs, on the other hand, all make me melt.
 
So does anyone ever meet a horse (or any animal really) - and it's love at first site?

I'll qualify that. A horse that I had not previously met was retired to my yard last year. I felt a real connection to him immediately. And this was strengthened by having a lot to do with his care.

Another friend has recently re-homed a dog. And he is an absolute heartbreaker.
 
I like horses generally and I will always take an interest if my mum (who sounds like your mum!) points them out to me. I love my own horses and I like other people's when I know them. I wouldn't say I love other people's horses and I have friends whose horses I don't like, but I guess that's the same as there being some people you don't like.

I adore my Welsh Cob and I like the breed as a whole, though I wouldn't own another one. New boy is an IDxTB and I love him to bits now, though it took a while to get used to him. About half the horses on our yard are IDxTB and I can happily say I really like all of them, they all seem to have a very nice, soft temperament (sp - for some reason that looks wrong?!).

There are other breeds I don't like - don't like Arabs at all and wouldn't entertain even riding one, let alone owning one. Also don't really like coloured cob types as something I would want to own, however I have yet to meet one that wasn't "likeable" if that makes sense. I had a WB mare who was lovely, such a sweetheart and I really did like her, but I'm not overly keen on WBs generally and don't think I would have another.

Majicmoment...I love that you have a horse called John Terry, brilliant
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So does anyone ever meet a horse (or any animal really) - and it's love at first site?

I'll qualify that. A horse that I had not previously met was retired to my yard last year. I felt a real connection to him immediately. And this was strengthened by having a lot to do with his care.

Another friend has recently re-homed a dog. And he is an absolute heartbreaker.

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Yes. Brucey, and John Terry I had immediate connections with. Buster Ithought was gorgeous and I would make good money on (which I would of done, until he broke himself)
 
I love all horses, my own, other peoples, i find them each one an individual and interesting, therefore none of them to me could ever be boring nor could I ever turn a blind eye.
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