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Horses are so Injury Prone!
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<blockquote data-quote="Hippie Rancher" data-source="post: 509675" data-attributes="member: 4203"><p>Yes, in a way. Experience is one of the best teachers. Animals that have experience with hazards tend to know how to get around them better than pampered pets.</p><p></p><p> No you would still be responsible for their well-being. I'm saying you can get obsessive about protecting things and safety. Reasonable is more what I advocate. Yes clean up the loose fencing, ladders, etc. No don't install padding on the corrals.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Got three grown kids and have been on this place (~150 to 200 head) for 22 years full time. But then not teaching kids how to behave safely around dangerous situations is a much better way to raise them, eh? I didn't say teach a 5 year old how to play with knives. I said teach them ABOUT knives and they could play with them safely. I am not sure if you can grasp the difference, but there is one. You can't protect children from everything, but you CAN teach them caution and care.</p><p></p><p>Animals can learn too. Check out any junkyard horse. Now put some fancy overpriced show animal in the same situation. Same with kids, poodles, livestock. Common sense can be learned.</p><p></p><p> Depends on what that is - I completely agree for some junk, maybe not for something that is just a freak situation. It really isn't practical to build padded rooms for horses - and knowing some, they would still hurt themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hippie Rancher, post: 509675, member: 4203"] Yes, in a way. Experience is one of the best teachers. Animals that have experience with hazards tend to know how to get around them better than pampered pets. No you would still be responsible for their well-being. I'm saying you can get obsessive about protecting things and safety. Reasonable is more what I advocate. Yes clean up the loose fencing, ladders, etc. No don't install padding on the corrals. Got three grown kids and have been on this place (~150 to 200 head) for 22 years full time. But then not teaching kids how to behave safely around dangerous situations is a much better way to raise them, eh? I didn't say teach a 5 year old how to play with knives. I said teach them ABOUT knives and they could play with them safely. I am not sure if you can grasp the difference, but there is one. You can't protect children from everything, but you CAN teach them caution and care. Animals can learn too. Check out any junkyard horse. Now put some fancy overpriced show animal in the same situation. Same with kids, poodles, livestock. Common sense can be learned. Depends on what that is - I completely agree for some junk, maybe not for something that is just a freak situation. It really isn't practical to build padded rooms for horses - and knowing some, they would still hurt themselves. [/QUOTE]
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