I gotta laugh over this one

[Willl]

Do you ride your dog????

Huh ?

I think it's because most dogs try to please their owner, a horse on the other hand, not so much.

Might have something there, I distinctly remember a few horses that would either a) step on my foot, b) step away just as I was jumping from stump to saddle, or c) use a low branch as a 'scraper'.

 

[JimR]

We are talking about training a horse to not deficate while riding. You can't teach your dog not to do this because you don't ride your dog.

Try leaving your dog in the house for a day and see what you find when you get home. You can train a dog to go outside. But when he has to go, he has to go to just like a horse does.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Hmmmmm, it wouldn't surprise me at all to find out horses can be trained to go outside. If you've been around horses you will notice that a horse will generally pick a place to go and do most of it's going there. So if a horse had a stall that opened up into a corral I could see a horse choosing either through training or natural good habits from our perspective to go out there.

The glitch in this theory is horses are grazers. If you allowed them to they'd eat continually. A lot of horses die each year because they were allowed to get into unlimited food and didn't know how to stop eating.

So I imagine the processing isn't quite as complicated and involved as our own. A system that is designed for instant turn around you might say isn't going to come with the discretionary disposal options, right?

 

[shvl73]

The glitch in this theory is horses are grazers. If you allowed them to they'd eat continually. A lot of horses die each year because they were allowed to get into unlimited food and didn't know how to stop eating.

So I imagine the processing isn't quite as complicated and involved as our own. A system that is designed for instant turn around you might say isn't going to come with the discretionary disposal options, right?

Maybe it's just me but, when I read this, I instantly thought of some people I've seen out and about.

 

[PitbullMidwest]

If anyone could shed light on this, it would be CowboyDoc and I'm surprised he hasn't chimed in yet.

 

[JimR]

Maybe he is trying to train his horses to see if it actually works. (8^`)

 

[higgy]

Well, horses are on the flight side of fight or flight, therefore maybe these sh** and get!

 

[roxynoodle]

I think all horses poop the minute they see the trailer. In fact, you can use this test if you think your horse might be collicking. So they may not poop in the show ring because it is all where your trailer was parked at home and in the trailer. But, I have even seen horses poop going over a jump.

However, my horses will not poop in their pasture. They all hold it until the minute they are back in their stalls. Or they will go poop in their run in stall if they can't hold it. People are always commenting on how there is no poop in my pasture and think I clean it everyday. But, the truth is the horses won't poop in it. Instead of cleaning my pasture I am always cleaning it out of their stalls. I think it is because the grass is food and they don't want that in their food. Some years ago I was given an old horse that was also blind. The first day she was here and went to poop in the pasture, the boss mare ran over and herded her over to the run in stall. After that she also started only pooping in there. Every horse here has learned to do that. Since other horses poop in their pastures though I wonder if my boss mare is responsible for my clean pasture. She doesn't want it there so no one else is allowed to put it there either. They don't poop when I ride them there either. I can't take responsibility for "training" them not to poop though. Given the choice I think I'd rather clean the pasture than the stalls!

Yes, horses can be housebroken apparently. Many disabled people are using minis as guide animals.