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

ANIMALS Horses being absolute gentlemen to their female owners.

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u/DeathsStarEclipse Mar 02 '26

Or ya know. Training.

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u/turandokht Mar 03 '26

Honestly it is somewhat instinct for some. A family friend of ours had racehorses and one was a massive white stallion who’d been abused by a previous (male) owner. He would openly attack any man that came near him, had to be aggressively restrained. It was a fifty fifty shot if he’d allow an adult woman to touch him.

But he let me and any other kids run around his legs and get up on his back and lay on his butt. He was so gentle with us that he was every kid’s favorite (boy and girl). He did seem to understand on some level that we were not dangerous and also that we were fragile.

When that friend’s daughter turned sixteen he bit her for the first time lmaooo.