Top Ten Spook List - Page 4

tippy71 · 06-15-2009, 12:39 PM

for a horse that I used to have he was a good trail horse until it came to crossing wooden bridges. He would cross them lifting his legs really high and stomping them down hard everyone would laugh so hard he looked so funny walking like that.

Slim Pikkens · 06-18-2009, 09:14 PM

I think horses can sense thro their feet that there's no ground under that manhole cover and they could fall into oblivion, the same place when they fall thro that mud puddle. My mare wouldn't cross a muddy puddle but would enter a river for a swim even tho she'd stirred up a lot of silt just getting into the water. Go figure!

beth55051 · 06-18-2009, 09:26 PM

You forgot about the same rock that they've had in their pasture for the last however many years. Mine is about the size of a dinner plate and to the best of my knowledge it's been there since we moved here 10 years ago. Yet it's still jumping up and grabbing horse legs as we ride past it.

sherriawright · 06-18-2009, 09:35 PM

One of the things I do over the winter is think of spooky things to work with my gelding on. Bikes, phone books, plastic bags, kites things like that, anything I can think of. Now where we stable at is close to a small airport so he is used to close up planes and it's a working farm, so farm equipment, 4 wheelers, all that stuff nothing. I take him to a 4-H show and he freaks out....over a water meter! The ones that are in the ground and it's just a cover! He saw it and totally freaked out. You can ride circles with a motorcycle around him and nothing, but a water meter is a major horse eater I guess.

singing tree · 06-18-2009, 10:41 PM

Boston ferns.

My Haflinger will cross just about anything, bridges, cement pieces, water, tarps, geese, deer, all fine. But watch out for boston ferns!

Then the other day he did not want to go near a pile of logs on a trail, and I was making fun of him. So we went up to give it a sniff and a huge wild turkey flew up right under his brave nose. So I apologized, and thanked him for not unseating me and settling right back down.

He graciously accepted and we went on down the trail.

Shiloveshorses · 06-18-2009, 10:53 PM

When I had my horses Dandy and Blaise were afraid of very little. Which was good for Blaise since he was a baby. But Rocket, he was afraid of mostly everything. He loved hats, he would take them off of folks heads but don't go into the pasture carrying anything, he would snort and run. He was afraid of raincoats, bicycles, anything that was large and was moving (like carrying it). He was soooo spooky. It took forever for him to get over the fear but now he is doing great in his new home and lets kids on bicycles ride towards them. He is a good boy they say.

Midnightbobby · 06-26-2009, 05:16 PM

Don't forget those butterflies!! I was watching Midnight in the pasture one day and a butterfly flew by his nose and he went nuts!! He started runnning and bucking. I thought that little thing was out to get him!

endurofan3 · 06-27-2009, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Fntsyfrm

Can I add one more?

.....Deer
{ my horse sees them as horses from outer space with antler hats on}

We have so many deer running around our farm it looks like I run a deer sanctuary. They graze in the pasture with the horses, and my guys tolerate it. BUT. When I RIDE my old hunter, suddenly the deer are grizzly bears; he uses this as an excuse to plunge into a bucking, running fit! Makes no sense to me!

Drafty · 06-27-2009, 07:36 AM

This is a great thread -- how did I miss this!?

Last week I was riding the infamous "unspookable horse." It was a 13 mile trail ride, took us a good 6 hours. Went through a town, passed construction machinery, huge semis hauling milk tanks, mastiffs and other dogs of all sizes, horses loose in fields, cattle and various wildlife, just to name a few things. Never batted an eye, even when other horses were acting up. Towards the end of the ride we went through a wooded area, and I was riding in the middle of the group. Didn't a tree FALL right beside my horse!!!!!!!

Needless to say, he finally spooked. It lasted for a whole three seconds, and then it was like nothing happened. I love sane horses!

Meandmypal · 06-27-2009, 10:44 AM

My 26 YO TB is terrified of water sprinklers. We ride by a couple of nurseries and it scares him to death everytime. Keep in mind the sprinklers are a good 20-25 ft away from us but if it's spraying water he's sure its a killer tsunami.

JosieGirl · 06-28-2009, 07:15 PM

How about the terrifying kiddie pools - my mare acts like she is going to drown just walking up to it.

OR bicycles - those are the worst for some reason.

thesoothesayer · 06-28-2009, 08:59 PM

Let's see... Mattresses. For some reason the horrible white mattress laying on the side of the road waiting for the trash certainly whispers horrible, vicious, hateful threats towards my horse's precious ears. He won't go ANYWHERE near it and will only pass while snorting and eyeing it side long and pracing and going sideways in this hysterical half-pass routine. I laugh every single time. Ask them to stop is asking for a crude passage! So mattress = instant dressage!

secondhandranch · 07-04-2009, 09:27 AM

How About A Toliet Seat Hopping Pony? There Was One Lying Along The Trail God Knows Why But It Was Suspicious Looking Then We Got Up To It And Omg!!!! Did U See It Try To 'get ' Me?

NoniMe · 07-08-2009, 10:53 PM

Tango has a horror of mud. We were riding one day, in a large group. He had been doing very well, and about 1 hour into it, I had finally relaxed.

Then we discovered mud. He watched other horses go through, and sink up to their ankles. He shook. He shuddered. Looked at me. Said "Mom, their feet are disappearing." He shied to one side, then the other. Utter horror. Snorted, shimmied, stomped. Tried to convince me he could climb the tree instead - we could pass that way, instead of walking in the mud. Pooped. Danced around under me. I kept urging him forward, but to no avail.

Finally, we got passed up by his girlfriend (she had been behind us). This wee little mare went quietly across the mud, no hassles. Tango decided that he would cross it, too...but he gathered himself under me, and sprang across 5 feet of mud, crashing into his girlfriend's behind. I had no idea he would do that - I hung on for dear life, grabbed mane and saddle...and ducked because the tree was low.

We have gone through mud since, and he still has a deepseated hatred for it...and will leap over it unless I have him tightly reined in. Then he just hops.

Best-
Noni

Horse_Orderly · 07-09-2009, 08:41 AM

How about "monkey see monkey spooks"? My horse will spook after Sereele does and it's very apparent that he's not spooking at the same thing she is...very delayed. Hee hee hee.

enigma · 07-09-2009, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by NoniMe

Tango decided that he would cross it, too...but he gathered himself under me, and sprang across 5 feet of mud, crashing into his girlfriend's behind. I had no idea he would do that - I hung on for dear life, grabbed mane and saddle...and ducked because the tree was low.

I reallly see eventing in your future.

enigma · 07-09-2009, 08:51 AM

For me, it was landscape plastic. I was on a fitness and de-spook kick a number of years ago. The pony we had at the time was about 11.1, if her feet were long. People jogged up and down our road with their dogs all the time. Hmmm..... why not? So I haltered the pony and we started jogging, too. You should have seen some of the looks we got.

Dumpster? Fine. Plastic bags caught on fence and flapping? Fine. Black landscape plastic? No way. That stuff, apparently, has an invisible force field that causes ponies not to be able to walk within 10 feet, or the length of the lead rope, of it.

Later on, I loaded my daughter up (2 at the time), and we all went jogging.

RealFolkBlue · 07-09-2009, 09:22 AM

I can't believe no one said llamas!

Every horse that came to the barn freaked out and was convinced that the llamas where out to consume their horsie soul and devour their flesh.

What was worse was that the pen where the llamas where at, ran to the front of the property by the road. People riding from different barns down the street, couldn't escape from the wrath of the evil llamas.

tammy · 07-14-2009, 05:17 PM

When I was younger I worked on this lady's farm, well one evening we all went out for a ride(me, her and her boyfriend) I rode her Arab, Freaky, a bird flew out of a bush and he did not even lose a step. She said if that were her, he would of tossed her 20 feet as he jump.

Horselessnomore · 07-14-2009, 08:10 PM

Ditto on the llamas -- they are also out to take over the world and eat all manner of equines while doing so.
My horse does not like them and he will tell you so. He is generally unflappable but put a llama near him and he becomes a different horse. He will snort, prance and slide across the road before you are even aware that one is in the vicinity.
He must have had an evil llama experience sometime in his early life

06-15-2009, 12:39 PM
tippy71 Newborn Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: north carolina Posts: 35	for a horse that I used to have he was a good trail horse until it came to crossing wooden bridges. He would cross them lifting his legs really high and stomping them down hard everyone would laugh so hard he looked so funny walking like that. __________________ wiggle,wave,whack!! I love clinton anderson

06-18-2009, 09:14 PM
Slim Pikkens Seasoned Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,047	I think horses can sense thro their feet that there's no ground under that manhole cover and they could fall into oblivion, the same place when they fall thro that mud puddle. My mare wouldn't cross a muddy puddle but would enter a river for a swim even tho she'd stirred up a lot of silt just getting into the water. Go figure!

06-18-2009, 09:26 PM
beth55051 Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East Central Minnesota Posts: 7,977	You forgot about the same rock that they've had in their pasture for the last however many years. Mine is about the size of a dinner plate and to the best of my knowledge it's been there since we moved here 10 years ago. Yet it's still jumping up and grabbing horse legs as we ride past it. __________________ *Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened.*

06-18-2009, 09:35 PM
sherriawright Yearling Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pekin, Illinois Posts: 634	One of the things I do over the winter is think of spooky things to work with my gelding on. Bikes, phone books, plastic bags, kites things like that, anything I can think of. Now where we stable at is close to a small airport so he is used to close up planes and it's a working farm, so farm equipment, 4 wheelers, all that stuff nothing. I take him to a 4-H show and he freaks out....over a water meter! The ones that are in the ground and it's just a cover! He saw it and totally freaked out. You can ride circles with a motorcycle around him and nothing, but a water meter is a major horse eater I guess. __________________ Illinois, where our Governors make our license plates!

06-18-2009, 10:41 PM
singing tree Long Yearling Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hartville, Ohio Posts: 1,025	Boston ferns. My Haflinger will cross just about anything, bridges, cement pieces, water, tarps, geese, deer, all fine. But watch out for boston ferns! Then the other day he did not want to go near a pile of logs on a trail, and I was making fun of him. So we went up to give it a sniff and a huge wild turkey flew up right under his brave nose. So I apologized, and thanked him for not unseating me and settling right back down. He graciously accepted and we went on down the trail.

06-18-2009, 10:53 PM
Shiloveshorses Started Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,281	When I had my horses Dandy and Blaise were afraid of very little. Which was good for Blaise since he was a baby. But Rocket, he was afraid of mostly everything. He loved hats, he would take them off of folks heads but don't go into the pasture carrying anything, he would snort and run. He was afraid of raincoats, bicycles, anything that was large and was moving (like carrying it). He was soooo spooky. It took forever for him to get over the fear but now he is doing great in his new home and lets kids on bicycles ride towards them. He is a good boy they say. __________________ If you follow your heart, you can't go wrong...... http://theadventuresofkarendeniseandshianne.blogspot.com/

06-26-2009, 05:16 PM
Midnightbobby Yearling Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 921	Don't forget those butterflies!! I was watching Midnight in the pasture one day and a butterfly flew by his nose and he went nuts!! He started runnning and bucking. I thought that little thing was out to get him! __________________ VOTE FOR "DUSTY TRAILS HORSE RESCUE" DAILY IN THE PETFINDER SHELTER CHALLENGE!! http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/c...faces?siteId=3

06-27-2009, 07:36 AM
Drafty Coming two Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,563	This is a great thread -- how did I miss this!? Last week I was riding the infamous "unspookable horse." It was a 13 mile trail ride, took us a good 6 hours. Went through a town, passed construction machinery, huge semis hauling milk tanks, mastiffs and other dogs of all sizes, horses loose in fields, cattle and various wildlife, just to name a few things. Never batted an eye, even when other horses were acting up. Towards the end of the ride we went through a wooded area, and I was riding in the middle of the group. Didn't a tree FALL right beside my horse!!!!!!! Needless to say, he finally spooked. It lasted for a whole three seconds, and then it was like nothing happened. I love sane horses! __________________ "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi Breeding solid paints is like breeding spotless Appys - just plain wrong!

06-27-2009, 10:44 AM
Meandmypal Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Fort Myers Florida Posts: 527	My 26 YO TB is terrified of water sprinklers. We ride by a couple of nurseries and it scares him to death everytime. Keep in mind the sprinklers are a good 20-25 ft away from us but if it's spraying water he's sure its a killer tsunami. __________________ When I look into my horses eyes, I see my soul staring back.

06-28-2009, 07:15 PM
JosieGirl Long Yearling Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,053	How about the terrifying kiddie pools - my mare acts like she is going to drown just walking up to it. OR bicycles - those are the worst for some reason. __________________

06-28-2009, 08:59 PM
thesoothesayer Newborn Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loxahatchee, FL Posts: 36	Let's see... Mattresses. For some reason the horrible white mattress laying on the side of the road waiting for the trash certainly whispers horrible, vicious, hateful threats towards my horse's precious ears. He won't go ANYWHERE near it and will only pass while snorting and eyeing it side long and pracing and going sideways in this hysterical half-pass routine. I laugh every single time. Ask them to stop is asking for a crude passage! So mattress = instant dressage!

07-04-2009, 09:27 AM
secondhandranch Halter broke Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: fl Posts: 157	How About A Toliet Seat Hopping Pony? There Was One Lying Along The Trail God Knows Why But It Was Suspicious Looking Then We Got Up To It And Omg!!!! Did U See It Try To 'get ' Me?

07-08-2009, 10:53 PM
NoniMe Seasoned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 4,749	Tango has a horror of mud. We were riding one day, in a large group. He had been doing very well, and about 1 hour into it, I had finally relaxed. Then we discovered mud. He watched other horses go through, and sink up to their ankles. He shook. He shuddered. Looked at me. Said "Mom, their feet are disappearing." He shied to one side, then the other. Utter horror. Snorted, shimmied, stomped. Tried to convince me he could climb the tree instead - we could pass that way, instead of walking in the mud. Pooped. Danced around under me. I kept urging him forward, but to no avail. Finally, we got passed up by his girlfriend (she had been behind us). This wee little mare went quietly across the mud, no hassles. Tango decided that he would cross it, too...but he gathered himself under me, and sprang across 5 feet of mud, crashing into his girlfriend's behind. I had no idea he would do that - I hung on for dear life, grabbed mane and saddle...and ducked because the tree was low. We have gone through mud since, and he still has a deepseated hatred for it...and will leap over it unless I have him tightly reined in. Then he just hops. Best- Noni __________________ Apparently, I have a warped sense of humor. "Who knew?"

07-09-2009, 08:41 AM
Horse_Orderly Started Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,317	How about "monkey see monkey spooks"? My horse will spook after Sereele does and it's very apparent that he's not spooking at the same thing she is...very delayed. Hee hee hee. __________________ J.H.S. Jr 11/4/76-7/3/09 sailing calmer waters

07-09-2009, 08:51 AM
enigma Long Yearling Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,266	For me, it was landscape plastic. I was on a fitness and de-spook kick a number of years ago. The pony we had at the time was about 11.1, if her feet were long. People jogged up and down our road with their dogs all the time. Hmmm..... why not? So I haltered the pony and we started jogging, too. You should have seen some of the looks we got. Dumpster? Fine. Plastic bags caught on fence and flapping? Fine. Black landscape plastic? No way. That stuff, apparently, has an invisible force field that causes ponies not to be able to walk within 10 feet, or the length of the lead rope, of it. Later on, I loaded my daughter up (2 at the time), and we all went jogging. __________________ There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. ~ Winston Churchill

07-09-2009, 09:22 AM
RealFolkBlue Yearling Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 888	I can't believe no one said llamas! Every horse that came to the barn freaked out and was convinced that the llamas where out to consume their horsie soul and devour their flesh. What was worse was that the pen where the llamas where at, ran to the front of the property by the road. People riding from different barns down the street, couldn't escape from the wrath of the evil llamas. __________________ Owned by 3 spoiled horses

07-14-2009, 05:17 PM
tammy Yearling Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Deckerville, Michigan Posts: 591	When I was younger I worked on this lady's farm, well one evening we all went out for a ride(me, her and her boyfriend) I rode her Arab, Freaky, a bird flew out of a bush and he did not even lose a step. She said if that were her, he would of tossed her 20 feet as he jump.

07-14-2009, 08:10 PM
Horselessnomore Started Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,345	Ditto on the llamas -- they are also out to take over the world and eat all manner of equines while doing so. My horse does not like them and he will tell you so. He is generally unflappable but put a llama near him and he becomes a different horse. He will snort, prance and slide across the road before you are even aware that one is in the vicinity. He must have had an evil llama experience sometime in his early life __________________