Your horses favorite people food? - Page 2

HorseLovinLady · 10-10-2009, 09:13 PM

Mine like french fries, graham crackers, bread, all kinds of candy and that's just a few things they'll eat.

pippy · 10-10-2009, 11:24 PM

Frito Lays corn chips!

**taelesean** · 10-11-2009, 11:06 PM

Some things ya'll might try that horses like

Watermellon rinds, especially if there is any red or pink left on them at all.

The gooey, seedy inards of squashes, honeydew mellons, cantalopes and pumpkins (they actually seem to prefer this part over the parts that people eat, and will get pushy for it if they are sharing whole fruits with other horses) of course, you will be growing those in your pasture next year.

Corn cobs and husks. You eat the corn, your horse will love the rest.

I've heard Captain Crunch called "horse crack"

Even the generic store brand will do.

Popcorn. Salted, unsalted, with butter flavor, cheese, caramel, molases or dry. Share a popcorn ball with your horse, they'll love it.

myboyjake · 10-11-2009, 11:18 PM

my daughters pony loves gummy bears. Mine likes coffee

Horselady44 · 10-11-2009, 11:51 PM

Just depends on what horse.
Bread
apples
candy canes(they LOVE them!)
watermelon
gram crackers
corn on the cob
rice crispies
bagels
and beer

rideatennwalker · 10-12-2009, 09:08 PM

My little gelding will eat anything but his fav is mike & ikes
They all love
Sweet tea (out the cup)
hot coca
dots
suckers
pop cicles
apples
grapes
lord it would take all night to list the stuff my horse goats will eat!!

**taelesean** · 10-12-2009, 11:08 PM

Horse Goats!

Jen&Jack · 10-13-2009, 07:14 AM

Any kind of soda in a can or bottle, coffee(we share,lol), LOVES blueberry muffins, nutra grain bars, peanut butter granola bars, any kind of mint(love the faces he makes,lol) french fries, and pringles!

Arabx · 10-13-2009, 08:29 AM

S'mores. When we are out camping he will get as close to the fire as his line allows and wait impatiently for his turn. I have to toast his marshmellow too!

klattekm · 10-13-2009, 08:38 AM

Stupid question, but how are you all sharing the liquids with the horses?

DebT · 10-13-2009, 09:25 AM

Wheat thins and cheese-flavored Chex mix! These are items I take in my saddle bags on longer rides and we share when we stop for a break.
Deb

gatorsmom · 10-13-2009, 09:29 AM

This is just too funny!!

I am not sure where I got the idea that none of these things were good for our horses. I wonder what my girl would like to wrap her mouth around??? I am gonna have to try some of these things out.

Red Gate Farm · 10-13-2009, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by klattekm

Stupid question, but how are you all sharing the liquids with the horses?

For mine, I emptied a bottle of beer into Dude's beet pulp one day when an old geezer who used to work on the TB tracks told me it was good for them and they would like it. He liked it alright! After that, if he saw an unguarded bottle within reach, he quickly figured out to grasp it in his teeth and tip his head way up, guzzling it down.

He never took the ones with the caps still on them, just the open ones. Horses are smart and figure things out

klattekm · 10-13-2009, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Gate Farm

For mine, I emptied a bottle of beer into Dude's beet pulp one day when an old geezer who used to work on the TB tracks told me it was good for them and they would like it. He liked it alright! After that, if he saw an unguarded bottle within reach, he quickly figured out to grasp it in his teeth and tip his head way up, guzzling it down.

He never took the ones with the caps still on them, just the open ones. Horses are smart and figure things out

hahaha see I wasn't sure if like the horses were taking the bottles and doing it themselves, or if it was getting like poured out or what. haha that's great

TB's_are_my_thing · 10-13-2009, 10:23 AM

I jokingly offered my paint mare a french fry one day. I was surprised she took it, then even more surprised when she liked it and wanted more. She was also a Doritos fan, the nachos ones of course. Nutri-grain bars, granola bars.
I was sharing a fruit tray with my horse once, and he started to get greedy just snatching things from me. So i grabbed a green onion and he just snatched it. Took two bites, stopped surprised and spat it out. after that he was a little more careful. Same horse, I was eating a peach, he thought it was an apple and was being greedy again, took a huge bite. Turns out he's not a peach fan but he did think it was quite interesting.

Comfort · 10-13-2009, 10:28 AM

Mine like..
banana's
watermelon
fig newtons
nutri-grain bars, oat only
plums
rice krispy treats
and Easter Peep's, the marshmellow, sugar googy treats. MMMMMM Peep's...

roberts617 · 10-13-2009, 10:29 AM

My horses will eat anything that doesn't eat them first. But they all really love watermelon! They go nuts over it and make huge slobbery messes! I always save all my fruit/veggie peelings too, they love all of it! We had a huge overabundance of cucumbers this year in the garden and the horses got all the extras.

michlar · 10-14-2009, 05:29 PM

My mare would eat up grounds shoes if you gave them to her...she will eat anything except apples and corn. She hates them. She is a bit odd!! The Arab gelding got in the recycyling at the barn and put all the bottles in his mouth tipping them up to get the last drop of each of them. He is also a bit of a weirdo!!

singing tree · 10-14-2009, 05:47 PM

I must have the weirdest horse around. My Morgan mare will NOT even eat horse treats - the ones that smell so good you want to eat them yourselves? Not carrots, apples, etc. She is really one fussy lady. The Haffies, on the other hand, will eat almost anything, including vet wrap and banamine tubes. But you dare not feed it to them once, because that is all it takes....

tamidoodle · 10-30-2009, 07:55 AM

My previous horse LOVED watermelon. My mare now really loves fudge rounds and salt & vinegar chips. I even had a gelding that shared a ham sandwich with me once

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HorseLovinLady Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 5,475	Mine like french fries, graham crackers, bread, all kinds of candy and that's just a few things they'll eat. __________________ Baylee's Album: http://pets.webshots.com/album/570656187BCJmgs 2008 Foal pics: http://pets.webshots.com/album/569199962cPhBZd

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pippy Started Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: minnesota Posts: 2,300	Frito Lays corn chips! __________________ "It's never to late to live happily ever after."

10-11-2009, 11:06 PM
taelesean Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,319	Some things ya'll might try that horses like Watermellon rinds, especially if there is any red or pink left on them at all. The gooey, seedy inards of squashes, honeydew mellons, cantalopes and pumpkins (they actually seem to prefer this part over the parts that people eat, and will get pushy for it if they are sharing whole fruits with other horses) of course, you will be growing those in your pasture next year. Corn cobs and husks. You eat the corn, your horse will love the rest. I've heard Captain Crunch called "horse crack" Even the generic store brand will do. Popcorn. Salted, unsalted, with butter flavor, cheese, caramel, molases or dry. Share a popcorn ball with your horse, they'll love it. __________________

10-11-2009, 11:18 PM
myboyjake Weanling Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: ohio Posts: 353	my daughters pony loves gummy bears. Mine likes coffee

10-11-2009, 11:51 PM
Horselady44 Started Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Montana Posts: 2,437	Just depends on what horse. Bread apples candy canes(they LOVE them!) watermelon gram crackers corn on the cob rice crispies bagels and beer __________________ A happy horse equals a happy rider!

10-12-2009, 09:08 PM
rideatennwalker Weanling Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 340	My little gelding will eat anything but his fav is mike & ikes They all love Sweet tea (out the cup) hot coca dots suckers pop cicles apples grapes lord it would take all night to list the stuff my horse goats will eat!! __________________ A True Horsewoman Does Not Look At A Horse With Her Eyes, But With Her Heart !!!!!!

10-12-2009, 11:08 PM
taelesean Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,319	Horse Goats! __________________

10-13-2009, 07:14 AM
Jen&Jack Halter broke Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 152	Any kind of soda in a can or bottle, coffee(we share,lol), LOVES blueberry muffins, nutra grain bars, peanut butter granola bars, any kind of mint(love the faces he makes,lol) french fries, and pringles!

10-13-2009, 08:29 AM
Arabx Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hat Creek Cattle Company Posts: 279	S'mores. When we are out camping he will get as close to the fire as his line allows and wait impatiently for his turn. I have to toast his marshmellow too! __________________ "I am I because my little dog knows me" - Gertrude Stein

10-13-2009, 08:38 AM
klattekm Halter broke Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 136	Stupid question, but how are you all sharing the liquids with the horses?

10-13-2009, 09:25 AM
DebT Halter broke Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mcdonough, Georgia Posts: 78	Wheat thins and cheese-flavored Chex mix! These are items I take in my saddle bags on longer rides and we share when we stop for a break. Deb __________________

10-13-2009, 09:29 AM
gatorsmom Halter broke Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 109	This is just too funny!! I am not sure where I got the idea that none of these things were good for our horses. I wonder what my girl would like to wrap her mouth around??? I am gonna have to try some of these things out. __________________ I used to have money, now I have horses. ~ Most of Us~

10-13-2009, 10:23 AM
TB's_are_my_thing Halter broke Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 172	I jokingly offered my paint mare a french fry one day. I was surprised she took it, then even more surprised when she liked it and wanted more. She was also a Doritos fan, the nachos ones of course. Nutri-grain bars, granola bars. I was sharing a fruit tray with my horse once, and he started to get greedy just snatching things from me. So i grabbed a green onion and he just snatched it. Took two bites, stopped surprised and spat it out. after that he was a little more careful. Same horse, I was eating a peach, he thought it was an apple and was being greedy again, took a huge bite. Turns out he's not a peach fan but he did think it was quite interesting.

10-13-2009, 10:28 AM
Comfort Halter broke Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Zeiglerville, PA Posts: 61	Mine like.. banana's watermelon fig newtons nutri-grain bars, oat only plums rice krispy treats and Easter Peep's, the marshmellow, sugar googy treats. MMMMMM Peep's... __________________ Brandy and Southern Comfort. Never owned but always loved.

10-13-2009, 10:29 AM
roberts617 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Central Oklahoma Posts: 6,060	My horses will eat anything that doesn't eat them first. But they all really love watermelon! They go nuts over it and make huge slobbery messes! I always save all my fruit/veggie peelings too, they love all of it! We had a huge overabundance of cucumbers this year in the garden and the horses got all the extras. __________________ "The only way to have a friend is to be one."

10-14-2009, 05:29 PM
michlar Yearling Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: saskatchewan Posts: 615	My mare would eat up grounds shoes if you gave them to her...she will eat anything except apples and corn. She hates them. She is a bit odd!! The Arab gelding got in the recycyling at the barn and put all the bottles in his mouth tipping them up to get the last drop of each of them. He is also a bit of a weirdo!! __________________ The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears. ~Arabian Proverb Happy to follow Dutchess to the end of the world and back!

10-14-2009, 05:47 PM
singing tree Long Yearling Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hartville, Ohio Posts: 1,047	I must have the weirdest horse around. My Morgan mare will NOT even eat horse treats - the ones that smell so good you want to eat them yourselves? Not carrots, apples, etc. She is really one fussy lady. The Haffies, on the other hand, will eat almost anything, including vet wrap and banamine tubes. But you dare not feed it to them once, because that is all it takes....

10-30-2009, 07:55 AM
tamidoodle Halter broke Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 77	My previous horse LOVED watermelon. My mare now really loves fudge rounds and salt & vinegar chips. I even had a gelding that shared a ham sandwich with me once