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

[George McGovern]

[3Hotdogs]

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

running for president.

[George McGovern]

11. That would be timely 3Hotdogs. Thanks!

[LoisB]

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

[George McGovern]

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

[LoisB]

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

[Deuxcents]

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

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]

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

[lapfog_1]

4. I've been hit with horse tails

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]

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

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

[George McGovern]

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

[George McGovern]

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

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Just a Lab tail.

That’s bad enough!

Great photo! What a pretty horse.

[George McGovern]

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

[KarenS]

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

[George McGovern]

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

[in2herbs]

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

was around them.

[George McGovern]

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

[getagrip_already]

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

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]

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

[Dave Bowman]

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

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]

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

[cachukis]

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

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

[George McGovern]

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

[cachukis]

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

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]

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

[George McGovern]

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

[Lunabell]

27. Yes, many times.

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]

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

[Bayard]

29. It stings a bit

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]

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

[Duppers]

33. Yay❗

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]

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

[George McGovern]

32. I'd agree twodogsbarking. Thanks!