what is Horse breaking?
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Horse breaking (or horse starting) refers to the process used by humans to get horses to let themselves be ridden or harnessed. Before such a learning process is accomplished, a horse will normally reject attempts to ride it.\n\nSome people believe that violence sufficient to break the will of a horse must be used to cause the horse to submit to the will of human beings. Other people, based on their experiences that are consonant with the words of Xenophon, John Solomon Rarey, and other humane horse trainers, observe that there is no point (outside of a rodeo contest) to engage in "bucking bronco riding" if the cooperation of the horse can be secured by kindness. All of these methods have their adherents.\nStarting at least as early as the Greek equestrian Xenophon, people have had the knowledge that would let them conclude that the idea of horse breaking is a bad one, or at least that the term is extremely inappropriate to describe what the best trainers actually do. Nevertheless, violence is still sometimes visited upon horses in pursuit of the goal of breaking their spirits to make them tractable equine servants.\n\nHorses are large and extremely powerful animals. They owe no automatic deference to human beings, and before some ground rules have been established a colt may nip a human being in the same spirit of testing for dominance as he will nip a pasture-mate. A horse may also contend with a human for dominance in the pasture, and in so doing may charge at any human beings entering the pasture with the intent of driving them into submission. Horses work out their own dominance order among themselves, and they must learn to be civil both among themselves and with human beings. It is easier for humans to deal with a young horse that has been civilized by older horses (who will retaliate in kind if the youngster bites or kicks), but in any case the horse must learn that the cost of an attempted bite or kick is prompt and measured retaliation. That generally means a cuff on the muzzle for an attempted bite, and a swat with a switch of some kind for an attempted kick.\n\nSome owners of horses believe that it is necessary to drive a horse into submission so that it has no spirit of its own with which to oppose the will of its rider. In the past, trainers have risen to prominence through use and advocacy of this method, but in the past 150 years or so there have been no well-received books that have advocated this method. The authors of the past who have risen to public notice through forceful domination of horses, the use of cruel bits and other intentionally painful devices of control, etc., are discussed below.\n\nXenophon argues that it is better for the average citizen or military man to take his young horse to a professional trainer to start the horses career as a mount for human beings. But he clearly understands the basis for a successful relationship between human and horse to be other than for a wild animal, frantic with fear of the unknown, to be taken into confinement and bullied until it no longer resists. Instead, he clearly directs that the owner of the young horse shall have established a loving relationship with the horse before it ever sees a trainer. He advises the owner to establish a clear understanding with the trainer on what the horse is to be taught, and then continues: "At the same time, pains should be taken on the owner's part to see that the colt is gentle, tractable, and affectionate when delivered to the professional trainer. That is a condition of things that for the most part may be brought about at home and by the groom -- if he knows how to let the animal connect hunger and thirst and the annoyance of flies with solitude, while associating food and drink and escape from sources of irritation with the presence of man. As the result of this treatment, necessarily the young horse will acquire -- not fondness merely, but an absolute craving for human beings. A good deal can be
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It means the cow ate the horse's food.
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Google. Images. Horse racing.
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Male is stallion, mare is female.
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The idiom the straw that broke the camel's back is from a proverb about loading up a camel beyond its capacity to move. This is a reference to any process by which cataclysmic failure (a broken back) is achieved by a seemingly inconsequential addition (a single straw). This also gives rise to the phrase "the last straw", used when something is deemed to be the last in a line of unacceptable occurrences.
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When the horse exerts a force on the cart, or pulling forward, it is exerting an opposite force on the earth with its feet and this causes an equal and opposite force by pushing the earth backwards.  But because of the very large mass of the earth, that motion is not discernible.\n\nMoral of the story is do not have a smart horse, a dumb ass will do.
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Hi - I just looked for this information myself and your question popped, so I thought I'd respond.  The most helpful answer to me, I found on http://www.horse-sense.org/archives/20021109111000.phtml.  It is, in part, as follows: (hope this helps)\n\nIn the case of your question, it's something I've studied, and I've been lucky enough to know some vets who specialize in orthopedic injuries, repair, and rehabilitation, but you should still take this letter to your vet and discuss every bit of it, point by point, with him. He probably has more up-to-date information than I do, and he can certainly point you toward studies, cases, and published research on the subject. In the meantime, here's what I can tell you. \n\nYes, your wife is right, there are such things as artificial limbs for horses. They aren't common, they've very expensive, and they're not always successful, but they do exist. \n\nA broken leg isn't an automatic death sentence these days - if you have a young, healthy animal with a simple fracture, today's veterinarians have a lot more options in the way of treatments and healing modalities. Some broken bones can be healed, some horses can be made "pasture sound", and some can continue to serve as riding horses, even if they are no longer up to the most demanding types of competition. But horses with broken legs DO get put down every day, it's just that nowadays, event organizers do their best to see that this doesn't happen in the sight of the public. Most of the injured horses that hobble onto the "equine ambulance" trailers at the racetrack aren't on their way to rehab... \n\nFracture-healing is not an easy process though, and it's SLOW, even if the horse is given the very best and latest forms of therapy (TENS, therapeutic ultrasound, active magnetic field therapy, cold laser therapy, etc.). Even though television programs and articles may feature the success stories, it's still the case that most broken legs will be "treated" with a bullet or a lethal injection. Horses just don't do well when their legs are fractured. There is so much weight involved - and it's held up by four very slender legs. \n\nWhether to treat or euthanize a horse with a broken leg depends on many factors - it's not just a matter of the expense, or of what an ordinary person can afford. Some horses and some fractures are not treatable - an old horse, for instance, would be less likely to heal, and multiple and/or compound fractures are just too difficult to manage. Some horses, like the late, great Ruffian, are unable to remain calm after surgery, and injure themselves flailing around. Some remain calm but are unable to get through the lengthy process of convalescence, which is extremely stressful. \n\nSome owners may have too much money for their horses' good - when someone can afford to ask for all the latest and most high-tech treatment options, and the expense is no object, it's quite possible to do too much, and treat the injury instead of the horse. Horses can often be kept alive in conditions that make any quality of life impossible. A horse that is constantly on drugs that irritate and ulcerate its stomach, for example, is not a horse with a good quality of life. Neither is a horse that can be kept alive and standing ONLY if it lives in a small padded stall and is never permitted to move freely, or indeed for more than a few steps at a slow walk. This sort of confinement and immobility is extremely stressful for horses, so owners who have empathy or even sympathy for their animals will usually opt to have them euthanized instead. \n\nThe exceptions - the situations in which horses are given the maximum surgical/technological efforts to repair the break - usually involve a combination of two factors: an owner who can afford to keep the horse alive at any cost, and a financial reason to invest in the horse's prolonged, ev
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equine=horse\nrenal=kidneys
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If you are talking about when something happens during a race a horse can be taken down from any posisition and placed lower moving other horses up.
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Yu must understand this carefully : The book of Revelations is written symbolically. The 'horse with Death as a rider" means a certain time period  - which further means that when the horse begins to ride over the earth, there's going to be a lot of death occuring due to natural calamities, pestilences and what not - we are seeing cyclones, floods, tsunamis, terrorisms, famines, and so many many tragedies occuring - meaning that the death horse rider is busy riding over all the earth.  Where there is death, there is ofcourse Hell following.
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Pull on the bit (not so hard that you hurt the horse’s mouth) and try to sit heavily on the saddle so that the horse feels your weight.  If that doesn’t work you can pull a bit harder on the bit.  If that doesn’t work, pull on the reins briefly and then release, then pull again, then release, etc. This makes it harder for the horse to get up on the bit and just ride through your pressure on his/her mouth.  The only time you can ever pull hard enough on the bit to really hurt the horse is if it is a serious emergency.
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The horse has had the most negative impact on my life. Damn Horse. My sister had a horse when we were younger & i rode it one day. It bolted on me & i fell but my ankle was stuck in the stiruup so i was getting dragged along by the ankle. The horse then dragged me along a barbed wire fence & when i FINALLY fell off, i fell in horse sh!t.... real nice hey... yeah, its safe to say i dont like horses.
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Check out the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Assn) or the AAEP (American Assn of Equine Practitioners) websites.  Both organizations support continuing horse slaughter.  Good for you and your daughter for looking at both sides of this complex and highly emotional issue.  Good Luck!!
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Barbaro was not in the 1940s-1050s - nor was Ruffian (who did NOT win the race she broke down in) nor was Devils Bag (although the rest of that is true). Colin won the Belmont on questionable legs but that was in 1908. Bold Ruler was in the 1950s and had run with an undetected bone splinter in his ankle - not quite a broken leg. I don't know of ANY horses contemporary or historical that won on a broken leg. Many were injured during the race or at the finish.
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if that's the horse that won the Kentucky Derby, they said on the radio this morning it was 50/50 as to whether he'd have to be put down or not.  if a horse can't put weight on their leg after the surgery to fix the broken bone, they have to put them down so they don't get an infection and suffer.
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Do not give it to a horse
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horse back riding. It frees the mind and body at the same time.