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George McGovern

(6,047 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:29 PM Sep 5

Ever been whipped in the face by a horse's tail?

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Ever been whipped in the face by a horse's tail? (Original Post) George McGovern Sep 5 OP

No. But if you want, I can point out an entire horse's ass, 3Hotdogs Sep 5 #1

That would be timely 3Hotdogs. Thanks! George McGovern Sep 5 #11

LOL! I can't say that I have. LoisB Sep 5 #2

Well I'll Ya LoisB -- it ain't soft! George McGovern Sep 5 #12

Thank you. I will make sure that experience is not on my bucket list. LoisB Sep 5 #16

No, but I was thrown from one once. Deuxcents Sep 5 #3

WOW!! That's a hard ground that you land on! And you got back on -- how 'bout that? No wonder no horses since! George McGovern Sep 5 #13

I've been hit with horse tails lapfog_1 Sep 5 #4

Wow, reminds me of my aunt getting her collar bone broken when the stalion decided to go wild and she, a good ridder, Dave Bowman Sep 5 #8

Ouch for sure Dave Bowman! Must have been a long and painful recovery. Thanks. George McGovern Sep 5 #25

WOW!----I've come late to horses, nowhere near the experiences you've had lapfog_1. Thanks for letting us into your world. George McGovern Sep 5 #17

Just a Lab tail. Diamond_Dog Sep 5 #5

That Would Be Bad Enough! Diamond Girl. Thank You! George McGovern Sep 5 #18

No, and it's not on my bucket list,,,, KarenS Sep 5 #6

Well, no ---- I can imagine about a million experiences that would be on your bucket list KarenS. first. Thanks! George McGovern Sep 5 #19

Many times by different horses, that is until I trained them with the cue "tail down" every time I in2herbs Sep 5 #7

You know what it feels like in2erbs. Glad you taught them well since. George McGovern Sep 5 #20

Yes, it hurts, but it isnt as bad.... getagrip_already Sep 5 #9

No I'd say not ANYHERE near as bad. "Special." Thank You getagrip_already! George McGovern Sep 5 #21

I've been whipped in the face a couple of times. Dave Bowman Sep 5 #10

Sounds like you have more and better memories of being around horses Dave Bowman. Hard not to miss those days. George McGovern Sep 5 #22

I use a horse hair brush to dust the talcum powder cachukis Sep 5 #14

Ha Ha, I'll bet that's an effective brush cachukis! George McGovern Sep 5 #23

From the old barbershop days. They always gave a dood dusting. cachukis Sep 5 #26

No, but I have by a cow's tail and too many dogs' to count. sinkingfeeling Sep 5 #15

Well heck, sinkingfeeling, you've been "THWAPPED" and then some!! I can only imagine. George McGovern Sep 5 #24

Yes, many times. Lunabell Sep 5 #27

Gracious Lunabell. I get the feeling you'd have more "tales" to tell. George McGovern Sep 5 #28

It stings a bit Bayard Sep 5 #29

Yeeha Indeed Bayard!!!!I'll bet you're a stable, stappleless rider. George McGovern Sep 5 #30

Yay❗ Duppers Sep 5 #33

Cows whacked me a bunch of times. Not the worst place to get hit. twodogsbarking Sep 5 #31

I'd agree twodogsbarking. Thanks! George McGovern Sep 5 #32

3Hotdogs

(13,403 posts)

1. No. But if you want, I can point out an entire horse's ass,

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:31 PM

Sep 5

running for president.

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

11. That would be timely 3Hotdogs. Thanks!

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:08 PM

Sep 5

LoisB

(8,671 posts)

2. LOL! I can't say that I have.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:33 PM

Sep 5

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

12. Well I'll Ya LoisB -- it ain't soft!

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:15 PM

Sep 5

LoisB

(8,671 posts)

16. Thank you. I will make sure that experience is not on my bucket list.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:24 PM

Sep 5

Deuxcents

(19,727 posts)

3. No, but I was thrown from one once.

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:34 PM

Sep 5

Literally took my breath n I thought I was gonna either be paralyzed or die and yet, they picked me up n put me back on! Haven’t ridden a horse since even one as pretty as yours

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

13. WOW!! That's a hard ground that you land on! And you got back on -- how 'bout that? No wonder no horses since!

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:19 PM

Sep 5

lapfog_1

(30,168 posts)

4. I've been hit with horse tails

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:35 PM

Sep 5

stepped on, pushed against a solid wall, shook off the back of a horse, scraped off the back of a horse, and thrown into a huge coil of barbed wire. Things you get used to when you grow up on a horse ranch. The only one that I blame the horse for was when the stallion did not want to go riding... so he found a low branch of a big tree and intentionally took me "under" the branch and scrapped me out of the saddle. He was so damn happy about it. But I got back up on him and we continued to ride.

The barbed wire was an accident... but that one left scars

Dave Bowman

(3,623 posts)

8. Wow, reminds me of my aunt getting her collar bone broken when the stalion decided to go wild and she, a good ridder,

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:42 PM

Sep 5

slammed hard on a big tree branch and fell. Ouch!

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

25. Ouch for sure Dave Bowman! Must have been a long and painful recovery. Thanks.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 04:00 PM

Sep 5

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

17. WOW!----I've come late to horses, nowhere near the experiences you've had lapfog_1. Thanks for letting us into your world.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:29 PM

Sep 5

Diamond_Dog

(34,662 posts)

5. Just a Lab tail.

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:35 PM

Sep 5

That’s bad enough!

Great photo! What a pretty horse.

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

18. That Would Be Bad Enough! Diamond Girl. Thank You!

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:31 PM

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KarenS

(4,634 posts)

6. No, and it's not on my bucket list,,,,

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:36 PM

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George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

19. Well, no ---- I can imagine about a million experiences that would be on your bucket list KarenS. first. Thanks!

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:35 PM

Sep 5

in2herbs

(3,130 posts)

7. Many times by different horses, that is until I trained them with the cue "tail down" every time I

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:36 PM

Sep 5

was around them.

George McGovern

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20. You know what it feels like in2erbs. Glad you taught them well since.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:37 PM

Sep 5

getagrip_already

(17,440 posts)

9. Yes, it hurts, but it isnt as bad....

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:43 PM

Sep 5

As having a cows tail, that has been sitting in manure and urine for hours, slap you in the face when you get her up for milking.

That is a special moment in your day.

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

21. No I'd say not ANYHERE near as bad. "Special." Thank You getagrip_already!

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:42 PM

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Dave Bowman

(3,623 posts)

10. I've been whipped in the face a couple of times.

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:49 PM

Sep 5

It was either while putting on or off the saddle or checking the hind feets but it wasn't only the tail. I miss those days, though.

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

22. Sounds like you have more and better memories of being around horses Dave Bowman. Hard not to miss those days.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:46 PM

Sep 5

cachukis

(2,675 posts)

14. I use a horse hair brush to dust the talcum powder

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:20 PM

Sep 5

off my neck after a shave trim when my wife cuts my hair.

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

23. Ha Ha, I'll bet that's an effective brush cachukis!

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:48 PM

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cachukis

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26. From the old barbershop days. They always gave a dood dusting.

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #23)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 04:01 PM

Sep 5

Have some old shoe polishers with horsehair. From my father who polished three pair every Sunday evening for the week. You can tell a man by his shoes, he would say. His parents worked making shoes for United Shoe, back in the day.

sinkingfeeling

(52,998 posts)

15. No, but I have by a cow's tail and too many dogs' to count.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:20 PM

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George McGovern

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24. Well heck, sinkingfeeling, you've been "THWAPPED" and then some!! I can only imagine.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:53 PM

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Lunabell

(6,817 posts)

27. Yes, many times.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 04:05 PM

Sep 5

And a horse broke my nose when rearing back after being spooked by a truck. And one bit my shoulder when I was applying medicine to her back. I think it stung her.

George McGovern

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28. Gracious Lunabell. I get the feeling you'd have more "tales" to tell.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 04:41 PM

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Bayard

(24,145 posts)

29. It stings a bit

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 04:44 PM

Sep 5

But can't really blame them when the B52 bomber horse flies are biting them. I spend a small fortune on fly spray in the summer.

I have had my arm broken in two places, (scraped off in a tree,) shoulder broken (my mare fell on me, not her fault,) several toes from being stepped on. This past March I had my foot fractured when my big Warmblood stomped on it (1,500 lbs worth). But I can't wait to get back in the saddle tomorrow after being off for a couple weeks. Finally got my staples out today from gall bladder surgery.

Yeeha!

George McGovern

(6,047 posts)

30. Yeeha Indeed Bayard!!!!I'll bet you're a stable, stappleless rider.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 05:06 PM

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Duppers

(28,246 posts)

33. Yay❗

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 11:04 PM

Sep 5

Sending this to dh who'll appreciate your many trials and tribulations.

(I already knew about most of them but it's nice that you're posting about some of them.)

🤗

twodogsbarking

(12,228 posts)

31. Cows whacked me a bunch of times. Not the worst place to get hit.

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 05:08 PM

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George McGovern

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32. I'd agree twodogsbarking. Thanks!

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 07:41 PM

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