Comments on: Guide Horses

Guide Horses

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 02:56:54 -0800

By: monkeyJuice

monkeyJuice — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 04:37:10 -0800

whats next? guide goat, they're about the same size, and what would be the point in walking next to them, they're a load bearing beast - ride the dam thing

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 04:51:21 -0800

I like the little horse in the plane. That's made my day that has.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 05:39:50 -0800

Matt, I think we've finally found the MeFi pony! :)

By: Spoon

Spoon — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:38:08 -0800

why can't you get guide cats?

By: Recockulous

Recockulous — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:11:16 -0800

Cats are too independant and not the most loyal creatures. They are also snobby and wont have it.

By: moonbiter

moonbiter — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:15:04 -0800

These are all the evils of genetic engineering come true. Such abomniation of nature must be stopped. I call upon all of you to reject these midget horses. On a more serious note, I wonder if these animals are more robust than their larger cousins. My DVM girlfriend tells me that horses are really fragile animals that are (in her words) "made to die" because there are so many things that can go wrong with them. I think a lot of their problems have to do with their size, though, so these 'lil ones might be better off. On a more general note: If you are interested in horses, you might find the International Museum of the Horse a good read too.

By: CoolHandPuke

CoolHandPuke — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:43:39 -0800

I call upon all of you to reject these midget horses *Ah-em*, I believe they prefer to be called 'little horsies'

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:13:19 -0800

Eohippus, is that you?

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:00:58 -0800

Guide cats don't work out too well.

By: biscotti

biscotti — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:18:37 -0800

moonbiter: size is only really relevant to horse health when taking about those very much outside the "default size" (the size the vast majority of wild horses are) of about 14 hands (a hand is four inches). Health problems (aside from intestinal ones, horses really do have terribly-designed intestines) are often related to conformation (the way the horse is put together, more or less), it's basic physics: horses with short backs are better at weight-bearing than those with long backs, that sort of thing. Miniature horses actually have more health problems than normal horses (especially related to pregnancy and foaling), and the smaller they are, the more likely they are to have congenital abnormalities. Most pony breeds, however, do tend to be very robust (miniature horses aren't ponies). Go guide horses!

By: Raichle

Raichle — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:58:31 -0800

What is the point in having braille on a webpage? Am I missing something?

By: maudlin

maudlin — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:22:53 -0800

Well you see, all web page templates include braille, even if they're meant to be drive-through web pages ... umm, wait, let me try that again ...

By: y2karl

y2karl — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:47:08 -0800

What no helper monkey links yet?--man, those 9622'ers really have left the building...