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Title: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: MechAg94 on November 04, 2019, 11:49:44 PM
https://nypost.com/2019/10/22/lazy-horse-plays-dead-every-time-people-try-to-ride-him/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

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“He’s just playing dead,” sighs a bemused horseman, whose point is proved when Jingang stands up immediately after the rejected rider leaves. However, when the cowboy makes like he’s trying to make a second pass at the horse, Jingang topples to the dirt once again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3dC3Z8pf5U


(https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/lazy-horse-36.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=568)

The horse better be careful where he does that.  Someone might try to beat him.
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: TommyGunn on November 05, 2019, 12:11:04 AM
- - - Or shoot him, to put him out of his misery. [tinfoil]
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: K Frame on November 05, 2019, 07:51:34 AM
I think that horse is my spirit animal...
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: MechAg94 on November 05, 2019, 08:36:17 AM
Somewhere there is a guy saying "Hey, my wife does the same thing!"
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: makattak on November 05, 2019, 11:32:34 AM
- - - Or shoot him, to put him out of his misery. [tinfoil]

All I can think is this horse isn't fulfilling its job.

Unless they can monetize its antics, he's a useless beast, just taking up space and feed. (I have some familiarity with how much it costs to take care of a horse.)

Once the novelty wears off, I'm pretty sure his owners will "take care of him" one way or another.
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: WLJ on November 05, 2019, 11:40:18 AM
Somewhere there is a guy saying "Hey, my wife does the same thing!"

I remember some comedian saying he and his wife always did it doggy style. He begged and she rolled over and played dead.
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: MillCreek on November 05, 2019, 12:33:31 PM
I remember some comedian saying he and wife always did it doggy style. He begged and she rolled over and played dead.

I just repeated this, and oddly enough, my wife did not think it was funny. Huh.
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: Hawkmoon on November 05, 2019, 02:12:54 PM
I can't help but think that the horse has been trained to do that.

It's also a very small horse -- hardly bigger than a pony.
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: Pb on November 07, 2019, 09:03:31 AM
I just repeated this, and oddly enough, my wife did not think it was funny. Huh.

It's not funny, except in the most bitter way.  It's sad.
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: Firethorn on November 07, 2019, 08:22:53 PM
I agree with Hawk - trained to do that is a likely thing.  I mean, the first time the horse even had his tongue hanging out!

Still, my backup idea is that maybe the horse is actually hurting somehow, and that's the way he keeps weight off the painful spot?
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: Pb on November 11, 2019, 08:46:16 AM
I don't think this is the first horse that has ever learned to do something like this... on its own.

I think people were less willing to put up with it in the past though.
Title: Re: Lazy horse plays dead every time people try to ride him
Post by: MechAg94 on November 11, 2019, 09:53:14 AM
To me it just looked like the horse was playing around.  I note how the horse started to get up and then dropped back down when the guy moved back toward him.  Could be trained.  Could be having people ride him is something the horse doesn't like at all (for one reason or another).