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LaTigresse -> RE: Pet poll (3/15/2007 11:48:43 AM)
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I just thought of a really funny one, from a year ago last fall... I think.
We have a septic tank and the PVC exhaust thing came up right in the center of the upper horse pasture. We have lived there since 2001 and the horses have never even paid any attention to it. For some reason my younger horse became just fascinated with that white pipe. Using it to scratch itches on his face, chewing on it, even occasionally running around it like it was a barrel and he a barrel horse.
Well, the male of the house being a neurotic anal retentive Virgo type that hasn't a mechanical or building bone in his body began freaking out. Sqawking about it getting broken, thousands of dollars of septic tank repair..yada yada yada. Well me being me (laid back and kinda ......whatever) pretty much ignored the fussing for awhile. Then I saw the horse really lean into a good scratch and thought "If that moron breaks that thing I will have to be the one to either fix it or pay to have it fixed"
So, being the creative person I am and all. And knowing horses the way I do. I thought he needs to have a reason to want to leave it alone. Soooooo, I started to think.."what would scare the shit out of him and make him stay away from it.....hmmmm..... I KNOW!! Plastic grocery bags!" So I took a dozen or so and made one big long strip, took it out and tied it around the top letting the ends flap and pop in the breeze. Making sure to shake it really good at Mr Snoopyhorse while I was doing it. Ohhhh it was a big boogie man for them, lots of snorting and wild eyed looks. I was SOOOOOOO proud of myself.
I came back inside, talking to my (adult for the mods) daughter as I worked in the kitchen. Then my daughter began just laughing and laughing, I turned and she was bent over laughing so hard pointing out the window. I turned and stared in disbelief.
Now, imagine a gorgeous rose gray arabian horse. Carries himself with all the style, flash and grace the arabian is famous for.....Running like a bat out of hell, tail up, nose up, neck arched..........with one end of a long strand of plastic grocery bags in his mouth and the other streaming out behind him, back and forth in front of the house along the fence. I swear I heard "Na na na NA NAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
I tore out the door to keep him from doing something really stupid like getting it stuck in his throat or around his tongue. Of course ......as I flew thru the fence he ran right past me within inches and dropped it right in front of me and kept running.
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