Animal Cruelty? Shocking Photos Surface of Elderly Man Using Truck to Pull Horse
- Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:49am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Animal cruelty or just farm life? Or something in between?
Pictures of an elderly man pulling his horse using his pickup truck in Connecticut has neighbors worried and the community gasping. But the owner says the pictures tell a more dramatic story than what happened.
“I was just trying to get her down in her stable for her breakfast and apples and so forth,” 86-year-old Culver Modisette told WFSB. “No malicious intent.”
The station says the police are now investigating:
Connecticut State Police have launched an investigation after neighbors in Stafford Springs complained a man pulled his horse behind his pickup truck with a rope.
Culver Modisette, the 86-year-old horse owner, told Channel 3 he’s “not very familiar” with Annie his pure bred Arabian horse and meant no harm.
Irate neighbors said the horse could have died, but Modisette said the animal is currently in fine health.
Modisette said the horse got loose early Sunday morning, venturing to a neighbor’s house next door in hopes of mating with the male horses there, he said.
“What else was I going to do?” asked Modisette. “I’ve got to bring her down, I can’t leave her up there.”
Modisette used a nylon strap to attach the horse to the back of his pickup truck.
The station also talked to the horse’s veterinarian, who didn’t go as far as to call the move animal cruelty:
“I regret that I put her on the back of the truck, that was a mistake, but what else was I going to do?” Modisette said. “She just about threw me across the woods when I tried to walk her down.”
What do you think?
(H/T: Daily Mail)
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Comments (148)
mjazzguitar
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:43pmVisit a slaughterhouse some time.
Report Post »patriotic pony
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:30pmI own several horses and have for years. This poor guy was in a fix. He couldn’t leave his truck and walk all the way. He couldn’t leave his horse. He did what I believe a lot of people would do. He tried to bring both his truck and horse home. If the person taking the video had helped him instead of recording it. He might have been more successful. It wasn’t the ideal situation for either the horse or the man. But really, animal cruelty? People have big hearts but are as ignorant as the day is long. I knew of a man that was ripped viciously for working a pregnant mare in harness. The man assured the woman several times that his horse wasn’t pregnant. She argued and argued that this horse was and shouldn’t be working. Well after a few minutes the horse had the need to answer natures call. Soon it was obvious that this urinating horse was no mare..The woman grumbled and walked away. Big heart, no brain. This man wasn’t cruel, he wasn’t ignorant, he just did what needed to be done. No one was hurt. I am sure if he could have figured out a safer way to do things, he would have.
BTW his horse is well fed, has a glossy coat and a gentle disposition. All evidence that he takes good care of this horse.
patriotic pony
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:38pmForgot to mention. Mares in heat can be like us women with PMS. Scary and dangerous. The mare may have been up on charges of human cruelty.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:28pmYou can lead a horse to water, but you’d better not try to stop a mare from mating.
Report Post »ranchoazulmt
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:55pmNope. Last time I got bit by a stallion, the county treated it like I got bit by a dog or cat! I had to keep the stallion penned up for 30 days and have a vet examine it before and after quarantine! Good Lord some people can not be dragged to the truth even with a pickup!
Report Post »Rowwdy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:39pmBravo. Very well stated Pony.
Report Post »loghry01
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:58pmmy grandfather use to do this kinda thing all the time he once had a cow stuck in the mud out in the field so he pulled it out with the tractor and if one got out of the fence line he would tow it home with the tractor haha relax you bunch of peta crazys animals are tough and smart they learn from things like this and another thing ITS AN ANIMAL!!!!! be more concerned with your fellow man jeez like we put animals above god anymore
Report Post »Brae
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:58amThis guy had other options. One would have been to call his vet and have him sedate the mare, and THEN escort her home with some help. He did not have to take the action he took.
Report Post »neverfinal
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:57amHorse owner and trainer, breeder for years. the love of a horse is intense. It was the horse that wouldn’t cooperate. He was only driving in neutral. Not 25 mph. Horses fall and slip all of the time. She looks in good condition all in all. This man did not abuse this horse. The neighbors are just ignorant.
Report Post »wsmth575
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:58pmas an owner of a modest horse farm i agree with what patriotic pony said. also suspect this article may be misleading. if it was so terrible, why didn’t the person, or people, making the video try to help the elderly man with his mare? just for the record, it’s common on my place to move horses from one pasture to another by tying them to the back of a pickup or tractor. probably the only differences between this man or myself are that mine are tied to a high point, at least as high as the horse’s withers, such as a roll bar, and my horses are well-trained and know the drill.
Report Post »samrat
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 11:39pmIt’s not the best way to move a horse, but if the horse refused the truck, it likely would have hurt this man. We watched people who bought a mule at a sale travel down a highway with a lead rope out a window because they could not get the mule to load in the trailer. Sometimes you do what you have to do. It doesn”t mean the man did anything wrong. He could not have walked that horse home. I would question the woman who gave the horse to this man. It is either untrained or too much horse for this man, and how is an 80+ year old man supposed to deal with that? If he was driving wreckless and endangering the horse, that would be different, but the truck could certainly outmuscle the horse whereas the man could not. That horse did not want to go home, it would have fought no matter how he tried to move it. Selling it or giving it to someone who can handle it at this point would be best for both owner and horse. Get a gelding, they are usually easier to manage than a mare, especially one in season…
Report Post »Donluis
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:56pmThere is a lot of good commentary this event. Some facts missing or misunderstood. I’ve followed it from the beginning. It is entirely not what it seems. The story too lacks one picture .. the one where she is spooked, likely by the camera person behind.
She was, as you can see in the standing picture going along even if reluctantly, but if you look close, the line isn’t even taut enough to pull her neck straight. The man is ex navy and would not tie with anything but a bowline that will not close an choke.
The piece that remains unsaid is surfacing in the community. He was called about his horse, went unprepared to see what could be done, then told summarily to move his horse off their property NOW, right now, no time to call, no time to go home for feed or halters, etc.
He is not a horse person at all, his wife is, and she sick and down.
The people that owned the property refused to help him citing danger…horse people with four horses of their own, offered no equipment refuse to lead the mare, bug husky man at that, and the mare according the landowner, striking out.
To leave the mare would have broken at least one criminal law, abandonment in CT statutes, and civil as to laws of trespass. and possibility of suit.
Where that web line came from is anyone’s guess…they may have handed it to him.
Pulled him around for a time, then got to the truck and knowing he could not hold her, knowing it would be illegal not to, had all his choices,
Report Post »Balpit
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:28pm“And they call US stubborn,” said the mules.
Report Post »ranchoazulmt
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:09pmMules snickering!!!!
Report Post »cosmic dogma
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:01pmI have owned horses for over 30 years. Probably would not have done this, on the other hand, the guy is OLD, and the horse is strong and in heat and has broken out of her pasture. How in the world would you move an animal that weighs 10 times what you do and is a bit wild? If he had help, perhaps from the wonderful, non-judgemental picture takers, he may have been able to encourage the horse from behind, with a crop, to get her to move. Maybe the world would be better off with more people GIVING A HELPING HAND, than taking pictures and judging others actions.
Report Post »bumfuzeled
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:13pmAmen!
Report Post »samrat
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 11:42pmWell said!
Report Post »Spolic
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:32amOf the 72% who answered: No, this is just how things happen on a farm…how many of you have horses?
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:58amI have quite a few horses and haven’t ever pulled one behind my truck unless they were in their trailer. this for sure isn’t farm life. your horse gets out, you get on another horse and call your friends and all ride out and find it pony it home or if that isnt a possibility you get on your atv and do it. anyone who thinks this is how horses should be treated is crazy. don’t get livestock if you have no idea what you are doing with them.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:01pmI don’t have any now but we had horses and mules when I was growing up. We did, in fact, have to pull a mare home with an old “M” Farmall. She wasn’t pleased with it but I never saw any signs that she obtained any permanent emotional damage from it.
Report Post »Enough is Enough__Oath_Keeper
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:03pmHad lots of them growing up, I showed cattle also, one of the ways to break them to lead was to pull them behind a tractor. The other way was to strap them to a Burro. When the Burro wants to go somewhere they kick them (the cow) in the ribs until they go. Now if this go was driving slow then there should be no problem with it. If he was driving faster then a walk then it went beyond leading the horse home.
Report Post »SpunkyJones
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:03pmwe all do…you AS$
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:45pmyes a tractor is fine, a truck not so much. the guy is in his 80′s someone needs to be helping him. I am highly sensitive to the truck pulling, I went on a competitive trail ride last summer and a couple of drunk gals forgot to trailer their horses had them tied to the back of the trailer and took off down the 70 mile an hour highway, drug the horses to death. my young son was competing with me that day and the gruesome blood trail and horse bits, heads and legs all over the road was an awful sight for my 5 year old budding rodeo champ to behold.
Report Post »Enough is Enough__Oath_Keeper
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:01pm@Horse, While it is very sad & unfortunately it is common to see both drunk people, & also horses tied to the back of trailers (just the horses) at trail rides. Lots of us tie them to the side that way there is no missing the fact that you have not trailer-ed the horses before driving off. I hope your son recovers from that very traumatic scene OK. (Sincere).
I will point out the difference here in this story though. Here there was no trailer and The old guy could clearly see and stop when the horse fell down. He also had a vet come and check on it to make sure it was not hurt. I agree with your later post of that is why you keep them in stalls when they are in heat.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:07pmHave had many horses, Spolic- and this isn’t unusual as a method of transporting horses short distances. Not the best way, of course- but life isn’t perfect and if you have a better way, or want to complain about it, perhaps you should volunteer your help to any and all farmers and ranchers who need help moving their horses. I‘d bet they’d appreciate it… and laugh your azz all the way back to your apartment.
Report Post »Bookster
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:49pmRaises hand. Unless you have owned horses, you have no clue as to how difficult it can be to get them to do what you want. You also have no clue as to how incredibly strong they are. Seeing a horse on TV or at a petting zoo gives you no idea as to what is involved in owning horses.
Report Post »ranchoazulmt
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:59pmI have had from 2 to 14 for the last 25+ years. Ages from natural birth to natural death. Some times an animal has to be shown the correct answer and must be overpowered. This is normally the last resort.
I had a two year old Mustang that thought rearing up and hitting you with his front hooves was a good idea. Once I got the ropes set, I let him have his idea. Once he fell on the ground four or five times, he decided it wasn’t fun anymore and has not done it for over 25 years. I still have him!
Report Post »ranchoazulmt
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:11pm@Horsecrazy ever been to the horse track?
Report Post »bumfuzeled
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:16pmcurrently I have 7 and would think nothing of urging the horse to follow using a truck. I find treats often work but not always. U guess when I get too old to care for them I will have to put them myself to avoid cries of cruelty.
Report Post »neldahatcher
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:45pmI had a horse and actually pulled her behind my car for several miles. We both went very slowly and she was find. She was mad with me for making her go where she didn’t want to go. She is a beautiful Appaloosa/Tennessee Walker weighing 20 times more than I did and I had no other way to handle her that day. Her name is Babe, she likes iced tea, bananas, apples and tries to open the door to my house when she can. My brother says I have a big red dog.
Report Post »rosebud4u
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 6:06pmSpolic
Report Post »As a person who has worked for ‘rent-a-horse stables’, and a horse owner to boot; this is not abuse. This is what a person has to do sometimes. The abuse is when you ‘city’ folk come to ride a rent-a-horse, run them for the full hour with no breathers, and complain if the horse goes down. I have seen your ilk wind break a horse to the point of never being able to be rode again. I have also seen your ilk make a horse sweat blood twice in my life. Those horses almost died.
c0mm0nsense
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:55pmLooks like a pretty nice truck to be tying a Horse to the back of, could of do some real damage. But what was the old man to do? In hindsight he should of walk a ways into the woods and found a nice stick and beat the hoarse with it. Darn Horses can be stupider than a chicken. And could you imaging your Vet talking crap about you on camera? wonder if he got paid? Could of used the stick on him too.
Report Post »Rowwdy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:37pmI have 5 horses Spolic. Trust me, some horses can be a real pain and extremely dangerous. A mare in season can be a real obstreperous b*tch. This story has been blown out of proportion.
Report Post »Clubber1
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:07amI do, and I have done exactly this. 2 horses loose damaging a neighbors field. 1 me one truck 2 emotional 1200 pound horses and a mile to travel over open ground. What would YOUR solution be genius?
Report Post »Donluis
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:05pm25 years a professional horseman, national and international horse work, students, shipping, training, buying agent for an olympic team, horse show manager two years running, stable manager 150 horses, personally owned dozens, grew up in ranching country, pro at 13 in a racing stable, own my own training company for many years, two riding good store, importer, and occasional vet assistant on everything from Gnu to tigers. I’d rather be in the tiger cage, thank you.
Once even did an emergency consult how a young bull elephant might be calmed for a dangerous trip through a tunnel up on a cliff. Easy one there, load his belly wiht all the food and water he can hold. It makes any grazing browsing animal drowsy and slow, and of course content… just logic really.
Now ask me an animal question, quick. I haven’t worked with pangolin or ardvarks. LOL And yes, I have a healthy well deserved ego.
Report Post »watashbuddyfriend
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:15amANY thing to get on TV!
Report Post »keepswimn
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:15amHere’s an idea for the neighbors. Put the camera down and help your neighbor. like we did in the past.
Report Post »lildeb56
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:45amYou got it!
Report Post »PossumRoadkill
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:24pmI agree. What the hell were they thinking? They could see this man was elderly and was having a hard time managing the horse.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:42pmyes I really get sick of that. this guy is in his 80′s go help him so frustrating.
Report Post »Ruckus_Tom
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:22pmExactly. Who was the jack wagon who uploaded the darn pictures and why weren’t they helping the old man?
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:15pmIf the horse was not penned and was deemed feral could the DNR then come in and shoot it ?
Report Post »countryfirst
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:30pmWasn’t there a story where people stood back and let a man drown in three feet of water, And we are surprised when a JackA$$ films a horse in possible distress.
Report Post »bumfuzeled
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:19pmtree huggers don’t know how to help, they probably would have just made the situation worse.
Report Post »NLN
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:00pmDamn right.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:04amWhat a ridiculous story? The poor old guy, trying to deal with a female in heat!
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:39pmits called a stall in the barn. I have 6 mares in heat right now I don’t let them out so they dont break down fences to get to the neighboring farms stallions
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:46amI think if this old man had a good friendship with this horse things would of been different. There was a reason for this horse to try and get to a neighbors or why he/she tried to throw the man in the woods. My animals would never act like this. Treat your animals good. :)
Report Post »gotty
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:53amDarla–Whatever. your animals are just that, animals. you think they would never…do does the guy with the pit bull, “My dog would never maul a little child.” Until it happens. you Dang tree hugging hippies have got to get off the pot.
Report Post »Enough is Enough__Oath_Keeper
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:16pmDarla, where do I start.
Lets’ see…. Oh yeah I actually read the story and especially the part about the horse being in “season” or heat. When animals especially large ones decide it is time to breed they dont ask for dinner and a nice glass of wine. They typically tear up fences etc….. to get to the male of their choosing and since an adult horse is commonly over 1000 pounds with old-men being less then 200 it is just a bit of a struggle. In fact let me draw the line out for ya. The guy is out-horsed and really like any other animal that are larger than you the horse does what the horse wants to do unless you find something bigger then the horse (like a truck).
I find it funny all the negative comments on here by people who have obviously never dealt with large animals, or life on a farm. I hope you all have a large supply of food stored up because life is going to be rough on you city folk when you go to the grocery store and the shelves are empty.
Us Cruel Farmers & Uncivilized Country Folk, I am sure we will be just fine……
Report Post »neldahatcher
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:47pmShe was in heat. If you get between a mare in heat and a stallion, you are dead meat! You are also an idiot!
Report Post »Donluis
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 8:59amCulver said he didn’t know the horse very well. And that he didn’t know she was in heat. That’s plausible even for a horse person. Some mares don’t show signs until they are very randy.
Understand folks, those witness with the pics deliberately put Culver in this position, refused to help in any way, not even lend him a proper headcollar, were horse owners that knew better than to come up behind a horse being led in a place strange to her, knew she was in heat, had watched Culver get banged around by her.
Please don’t, those of you not knowledgeable about horses, ever come up on a horse from behind as these photos show was done to Annie. She shows that shes about to spook. She does. She falls. Culver stops and gets out. Culver is clueless enough (now ill and incapacitated wife is the horse person, and this is her horsse) as it is about horses that now decent horse person would have let him leave with a horse acting like this….they even claim on camera, Mr. Kelley claimed, the horse was thrashing around so badly he was afraid to go help. He called the situation “volatile.”
So then he goes and gets close in behind the mare like a predator approaches a horse? Gimme a break. I an all honest knowledgeable horseman can see on close inspection of the pictures this was a horse getting read to spook, standing on a slight downgrade that accentuated what looked like bracing, but in fact was preparing to spook, then spooked, and went down on slick wet road.
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:45amNo malicious intent. A younger man might have done it differently but I don‘t think this guy did any lasting damage and surely didn’t hurt the horse on purpose.
Not sure how I’d handle getting between a 1200 pound horse and his “date”…
Report Post »piper60
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:03amthe guy was acting like an idiot.
Report Post »Cynic-clinic
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:45amI had a young (3 yr.) arabian who refused to cross a small wooden bridge over an irrigation ditch. After many repeated attempts to familiarize the horse with the bridge while riding him and leading him without success, I decided to pull him across with my pickup. a wide, elastic strap was positioned around his rump and around his belly behind his fore legs. To him, the rump strap would feel like someone pushing him and the belly strap woukd pull without interfering with his legs or head. I slowly pulled him toward the bridge against him trying to plant his fromt feet in the dirt leading up to it. He gave up once over the bridge and assumed a labored walk over the bridge but not without a few snorts to show his displeasure. We turned the truck and horse around on the other side ard repeated the round trip process twice. Took off his strapes, saddled and bridled him, then rode him over and back several times. He never again refused a bridge–even went over them with enthusiasm.
There is nothing wrong with using power over a horse’s power when done safely. The old gent could use some horse training himself.
Report Post »samrat
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 11:52pmExcellent example!
Report Post »samrat
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 11:58pmOne more thing, if this old guy had let that mare win, he would have lost a lot more battles, and that would have been more damaging than her falling; learning a lesson through the process! I bought a brood mare who won too many times before I got her. Of course I didn’t discover the problem until I had paid for her and got her home! She wold hurt you if you gave her half a chance. Just to give her annual vaccinations was a battle, and if you got between her and the hitching post, God help you. I made progress with that mare, but when I sold her, she still had a long road ahead of her to undo the damage humans had done by letting her win.
Report Post »txannie
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:43amThis is not cruelty. If he had drug the horse at high speed down the road, yes. Using the power of the pickup to equalize the strength of the horse compared to the man, no. If this horse is bull-headed enough to lay down, she needs to be taught a lesson on who is the boss, and he needs to build a better fence to keep her in when nature is calling. In the horse world, strength dictates who is boss in the herd. If the man hadn’t wanted to make sure she was ok, the vet would not have had a chance to look at her, he would have hidden her. Abusers don’t care if they hurt someone or something. Prime example of people that don’t know didly about what it can sometimes take to handle such a powerful animal.
Report Post »Tyler520
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:37amMaybe its time for gramps to be put in a home if he is finding is so difficult to perform basic tasks around the farm – the useless geriatric
Report Post »tgp42rhr
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:45amI can tell you’ve been around a lot of horses! Thanks for your input.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:46amI sure hope you are being sarcastic because if you are not you are a dangerous person to people like me.
Report Post »jerseyjo
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:49am“Maybe its time for gramps to be put in a home if he is finding is so difficult to perform basic tasks around the farm – the useless geriatric.”
or…..God forbid…maybe its time for the selfish self-righteous neighbors to try and help this “useless geriatric” out instead of whining and feeling all indignant. Maybe if people had compassion and respect for humans instead of animals than MAYBE we would not be in all this BS that we are in.
Report Post »gotty
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:50amtyler520…you are an idiot.
Report Post »mjazzguitar
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:34pmBe sure to vote for Obama, Tyler, so he can put us old folks into death camps.
Report Post »NLN
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:09pmStupid, spend some time on a farm instead of watching opera, you might learn something. Large animals, especially when they are in heat can KILL a person. Maybe you need to be put in an insane asylum.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:33amThis is just another example of city dwellers, who have no experience or education about a subject, but that doesn’t stop them from flapping their mouth and spewing their ignorant opinions around. I’m sure if they visited a farm or ranch, they would find all sorts of things to be upset about, but are in fact, just the way things work, and having an 86 year old man take precautions to keep from getting stomped by an outraged 1000lbs+ animal, is only prudent…..
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:30amA horse in “heat” isn’t going to do what it normally will.
Report Post »The same rules just don’t apply and work.
If they are driven to mate … that’s a one track mind set until they come out of heat.
He, needed to have her secured or let out to mate.
Don’t fight nature.
afishfarted
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:24amya see, the problem is this ol‘ dude hasn’t realized that he’s supposed to be sissy-fied. Back in his day, that’s exactly what you did–bridle the horse, wrap the rope around the saddle horn, and start ridin’. These days, ya need to call in a shrink to talk to the horse, make sure she agrees to the move, call her a taxi, and have fresh straw in the stall for her to lie on as she recovers from the emotional shock of doing what she she was told
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:23amI don’t think I want to own a horse after this!
Report Post »Romanticpoet
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:21amAs a horse owner myself, mares and stallions during estrus season will do anything possible to mate.
The only mentions I have are:
1. Horses WILL balk at things “unfamiliar” to them. Being tied to a truck is one.
2. Why did this man get someone from his farm to ride up to the area with another horse familiar to Annie and “pony” her home?
3. Horses weigh between 1,000 to 1,200 pounds and vs. a human…..can KILL them if fear or aggression is present.
4. Some horse owners use Vicks Vapor rub applied to the nostrils of Stallions and Mares when they want horses to change their mindset. The Vicks rub deters the pheromones in the air.
5. It looks like this man tried to walk her home; BUT Modisette said. “She just about threw me across the woods when I tried to walk her down.”
6. If our horses get loose, we get a bucket of feed and shake it. Then let them nibble periodically until we get them back to the paddock.
This may just be a case of an 86 year old man that felt he had no other alternative since the horse showed hostility to being walked back home.
Report Post »tgp42rhr
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:51amI have two very friendly horses next farm down. On more then one occasion all the above has not worked and a more pursuasive methode has been needed to return them too thier stalls. Not one commenter here was an active participant in the event and I would have to assume the nighbor has no idea about horses. And, yes, I have been thrown about while trying to return a horse to her owner on more then one occasion.
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:49pm@Romanticpoet I agree, I cannot imagine a man that has owned this horse and cared for it for a while and seemed to be in good health had meant any malicious intent here, it does look to be more of lazy thinking and negligence on his part. There were plenty of viable options, such as you pointed out, he could have done.
Report Post »romadave
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:21amSo it is animal cruelty to make an animal conform to a path it obviously doesn’t wish to take?
I would like to accuse this administration of animal cruelty on behalf of about 200 Million of the 300 Million total American great talking ape population.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:14amPeople seem to have nothing better to do than spy on and then report their neighbors over everything these days.
Report Post »He was leading his horse home. Period. End of story.
muhamed
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:23amit‘s all about see ’something say something’ these days, isn’t it?
Report Post »CatherineAnn
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:12amI have had horses all my life and I can understand why he did it. First of all he is old and fragile looking. The mare was obviously a problem. He could not handle her and used the truck as a tool to get her home. If she was a willing mare she would have followed along. I know of two race horse owners in my area that pony their horses along side their truck to work them. They don’t go fast and the horses cooperate. This mare was not going anywhere and being an Arabian- stubborn. It is too bad he had no one to help him. I know of an 89 year old women who still has horses and would do the same thing.
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:27amIf he can’t control her, he shouldn’t have her. He’s too old.
Report Post »Enough is Enough__Oath_Keeper
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:23pm@Foxhole IDIOT,
bet you couldn’t control her either.
Report Post »ranchoazulmt
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:08pmWho knows that this horse is like this all the time? I have a mare that gets PMS (pissy mare syndrome) and when she does get it, she hates bugs that fly around during dusk. She will throw herself on the concrete to rub those bugs! We have had this mare lay down crossing a highway during her “special” time.
After you have had an animal for a while you learn all their little “quirks” and you have to decide if any of them are game changers!
Report Post »PATRIOTMAMA
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:09amLook. If you were so damn horrified by watching this, how about you get your ass out there and help the 86 YEAR OLD MAN with the very strong horse that is probably in season and trying to get to a stud (extremely powerful drive in an animal that is very strong to begin with.) What else would you have him do? Get out there with your able bodied self and help the man out so he doesn’t have to try and control her with a truck.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:17amThey won’t do that. They had rather video the event and then whine to the authorities.
Report Post »jacques.daspy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:19am86 years old people, do the math, get a grip. He has probably been handling horses for at least 70 years?
Report Post »SilentNoLonger
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:05amLooks like he‘s trying to break someone to lead and they’re being argumentative.
Report Post »tchriscoe
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:05amDid you notice the man is 86 years old? Horses in heat can be very unruly. He was going slow and it took time but he got the horse to do what he wanted. People you have to know animals to know what they can do to this man.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:58am.
Get a grip people, things like this happen all the time…………..
Besides horses were put on earth to kill man….
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