But don't ignore them completely. I was setting up a barrel in your pasture one time when my horse accidentally stepped on my foot. I yelled to him to "get off my foot!". Apparently it worked and he never did that again. Horses are smarter than people think they are. They can sum up a rider in minutes. I really miss my horse since I sold him. Debbie

From: Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> Date: 2005/06/01 Wed PM 01:33:33 MDT To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Horses

As a horse owner, I can testify to their curiosity. The best way to be approached by a horse is often to ignore it completely while you are working on something in their vicinity. Every time I take my tools into a horse's stall to fix something, invariably I have their nose over my shoulder trying to figure out what I'm up to; "is it edible?", and "can I play with it?". They have very sensitive lips, and are like babies -- they love to play with things, put things in their mouth, etc.

Rich

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There's something in here about "You can lead a horse to astronomy...", but I can't quite figure out the rest.

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About an hour in, a horse that had escaped from a nearby field comes running up, no doubt curious about what the two-legged beasts were up to.

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