My horse, Night Time Genius, will retrieve a frisbee and bring it to me.
This calm gentle giant(a shiny black Tennessee Walking horse gelding) always
has people smiling when they see him to this trick. They are always surprised
and just can't believe it. They always asked me, "How did you get him to do
that?" I smile and answer that it is our little secret. - Jackie Barton of Hilltop Farm

 

My horse Manche is only about 20
months old at the moment, but he does the most unusual thing I have
ever seen a horse do. In winter I feed our horses some hay and scatter it around the paddock ( as there are four horses.) And this little man, Manche, thinks he's really good stuff. That is the only reason I can think of him for doing this for... he will walk over to a selected pile of hay, eat a bit of it and then walk over the top of it, and do what a male dog does to
mark his territory all over the hay. He then walks off to another pile leaving it for one of the other poor horses to eat. - Linda Cornelius

 

My 12 yr old daughter Hannah was one who always wanted to be on a horse.
Hannah would usually be riding mine before I got the chance. One day, I
decided to get her her very own horse.I bought a fiery red chestnut Arabian
mare named Selena. Selena was abused and misunderstood by her previous owners.
When we first got Selena, she was a bit of a handful. Around a year later, she
started to settle down and become more trusting. One day, Hannah and I went
out to the pasture to ride our horses. I had already caught and put a halter
on my horse when I noticed Selena heading down into the woods in a brisk trot.
Hannah and I followed her and discovered her standing behind a tree playing a
sort of hide-and-go-seek. When Hannah went towards her, she would sneak at a
trot to another tree and wait for Hannah to approach again. She never tried to
run and definately enjoyed the thrill of the hiding! I can't say why she plays
hide-and-go-seek but I can say both my daughter and her love to play it
together!! -Rhonda O'Neil

I have a very unsual horse. Why? Well she has a best friend who isn't quite
her breed, let alone her species. Her best friend is my dog Sadee. Sadee is a
Shetland Sheepdog and Jazz is a Quarter Horse. Not what I'd call a close
family. But that really isn't the oddest thing. It's the way they like to
travel. Jazz just loves it when she gives Sadee a ride around. Usually Sadee
will ride Jazz with an english saddle but she's been known to jump on western.
Jazz would not be the horse you'd expect would do this. She has a rough stride
and a little bit of a need for speed but Sadee rides like a pro. Together my
horse and my dog adjust until they can jog around an arena. Everyone loves to
come and see Jazz give piggyback rides to her friend. I really think I'm lucky
to have the wierdest friends around. As far as I know, no one has ever found a
horse who gives rides to their dogs! - Fran Shipka

 

I volunteer at a stable that offers therapeutic riding to people with
disabilities. I was grateful for the chance to work with the horses, but have
since become enthralled in the benefits seen in the participants. During this
time, I have seen many funny things, including a Norwegian fjord who enjoyed
playing receptionist one night when she and the other girls got out of their
pen. The best story, however, involves a chestnut throughbred named Absolom.
Abby is not a therapy horse, but is available at the stable to be groomed in
the event that there is a large group of volunteers. Abby was a race horse in
his previous life, and can be a little high strung, but he LOVES to be
groomed, and makes the funniest faces if you happen to hit a particularlly
sweet spot. The best thing that he does is when you'e picking his hind hoofs,
he crosses his legs! If you ask him to give you the left, he'll cross the
right over top the left, and raise the right to where you need it to pick it.
And he does it for both feet! - Erin Beirne

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