I mean there are pretty ruthless horse people, but not many are like that. Everyone I know goes above and beyond for their horses. My mare was considered a lost cause by many when I met her two years ago. I spent those two years rehabbing her and becoming her bestie and now she’s in incredible shape physically and mentally. 10/10 worth the effort. I’ll probably only get a couple more years with her because she’s very old, but she living an exceptionally wonderful life now and that’s all that matters to me. I want her to have the best old age she can. She’s had a hard life and deserves to live out the rest of her days in comfort and happiness

It’s doomed as in they’ll die with most bad leg injuries. Horses cant support themselves on 3 legs. They’re just too big. There was a foal with 3 legs that lived for a couple years and made its round on social media, but it was eventually put down because it just grew too large. Poor thing should have been put down immediately because the life it lived was of terrible quality despite getting specialized care.

I’ve seen a few horses get put down for a bad leg injury. Almost had to put down my childhood mare after she fucked up her leg in a fence. She made a full recovery, but it took almost a year for it to heal. Her leg got caught in the wire fence and it got shredded to the bone. It was awful, but she was able to stand on it enough to keep herself upright and all that, so we decided to try to get it healed and were miraculously successful

I call him by his full name but also call him “buddy”, “sir”, “mister”, and “lil dude”

She looks better than she did lol. Spent 2 years rehabbing her. She’s also old as fuck, so she’ll always look a lil yee yee ass

Most horse people I know (me included) are BROKE because we choose to have horse(s) when we really shouldn’t. Bad financial decisions for sure, but most horse people have a passion for the creatures and don’t let things like finances get in the way.

There have been days where I’ve skipped meals in order to buy my horse her supplements. Not many days, but a couple. My bond with horses is what keeps me going when I’m at my lowest, so I refuse to give them up. My mom and grandma will occasionally sneak me a few bucks to help because they’re almost as invested in my horse as I am.

Here’s the horse tax:

His health is really good, it seems! He doesn’t have any obviousl eye issues or a snotty nose! His weight seems good and his coat is so soft. He was extra sleepy when I was there lol. I interrupted nap time by showing up.

Gordita Crunch, since Crunchwrap was shot down

MaryJane’s

I’ve never tried tbh. She’s been good so far. She’s just been sleeping on my bed for the most part lol

Nah. She’s just a weirdo

People who do certain govt work. Makes dealing with MFA the biggest pain in the ass.

She’s damn good at it too

Kiss under the gates of the gulag lol

I work at an MSP and see profound idiocy every day and nobody has the will or desire to learn anything. I had to give someone directions on how to plug a wired mouse into a computer the other day.

I see at least one functionally illiterate person a week while working.

Anyone got the manifesto? I need some interesting reading tonight

Dogs are so weird lol. My dogs can’t have toys they can’t digest because my doodle ingests the inedible ones. She had to have surgery twice because of it. My lil goblins just keep losing nice things because they can’t be trusted lol. I provide them with plenty of stimulation and exercise, too, so it’s not like they bored and acting out lol

He really is and knows it! He gets so much attention any time we go somewhere. He likes going to the vet because he is one of their faves. He’ll have like all the techs just swarm him and give him attention and he adores it.

My mini goldendoodle likes bitter apple spray. She’s a goblin. I’m just gonna get them some thick fleece blankets that they can make lil nests with. They don’t tear blankets apart

I yearn to do that every single day. 😭