r/MadeMeSmile • u/Martin_084 • Mar 02 '26

ANIMALS Horses being absolute gentlemen to their female owners.

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u/BaronNeutron Mar 02 '26

I feel fairly confident the horses were trained this way, and could be trained to behave this exact way for men as well

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u/TheAlmightyFuzzy Mar 02 '26

I mean, its possible. But my experience was that we had 2 horses, they were full siblings so genetics aren't a factor. They got the same care from an early age. One picked its person and acted like the ones in the video, the other didn't care for anyone at all. It wasn't MEAN, it just didn't give a shit. They all have their own personalities.

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u/Tight_Award_8577 Mar 02 '26

I took riding lessons as a young teen/ preteen. I was, to be frank, fat, so despite the stable being mostly Arabians, I was assigned to one of the few quarter horses: a palomino mare who had PCOS and was known to be quite ornery.

That horse seemed to love me! She would run up to greet me every time I came to the stable. I literally watched her try to nip at other students on the regular.

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u/emmythespy Mar 02 '26

For sure. I ran the horse program at a youth camp for a few years, so we took care of 17-20 horses. They were all SO different. One would rush the gates every morning just to get love. All she wanted in life was more pets. If I walked too close to her stall she’d shove her head out and pull me in for a hug every time. One was a giant asshole that would pretend to bite to see your reaction and if you didn’t give her a stern nudge she’d bite for real. For no reason. Only with adults though - a perfect angel with kids 🙄 one was bombproof but he also just didn’t give a shit about anything or anyone. Food? Eh. Pack of wolves? Eh. And everything in between. They are literally just big dogs with wildly unique personalities.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Mar 02 '26

Yeah but gender ain't got nothing to do with how the horse treats you any more than how you treat the horse based on its gender.

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u/eightbitfit Mar 02 '26

They also have remarkably different personalities

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u/eightbitfit Mar 02 '26

The horses my wife rides are all ex-race horses. Some edgy, some super chill. Some want to run, some you got to work them a bit.

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u/Large-Flamingo-5128 Mar 02 '26

Some things were trained like the hoof up and the horse lying down, but the neck hugging and comforting is a thing horses just naturally do sometimes.

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u/Googleitgenius Mar 02 '26

Capt. Ramsey: "Some of the things they do, uh, defy belief. Their training program is simplicity itself. You just stick a cattle prod up their ass and you can get a horse to deal cards."

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u/Bunbunbunbunbunn Mar 02 '26

The first two horses are performing tricks. But the rest of it is pretty natural horse behavior l, especially if you are that horse are bonded. And men and women can, of course, experience affectionate behavior from a horse.

When I was a kid, I cleaned stalls and bathed horses for this little old lady. In exchange she let me ride. There was one horse there I had a particularly close bond with. She would give me "horse hugs" and gentle nuzzles all of the time. She would run up to me like an excited puppy anytime she saw me . If only horses weren't so expensive and the horse world so crazy.

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u/Makuta_Servaela Mar 02 '26

They can, but horses are matriarchal by nature, so women tend to have an easier time with them. Also, "Horse guys" tend to be more aggressive, while "Horse girls" tend to be more social, so a lot of horses naturally shy away from horse guys.