Waffle Horse

[tinhuvielartanis]

Besides seeing a huge influx of motorcycles and mopeds on the roads, another mode of transportation has enjoyed a recent resurgence in popularity in these here parts: equine mobility! Horses have become so popular, as a matter of fact, hitching posts are popping up hither and yon. One such post can be found at the Waffle House on Highway 29 between Lyman (a town near Duncan) and Spartanburg. On our way back from Dr. Pilch's office yesterday, I stopped to do a fashion shoot for the horses hitched there.







Now I'd feel better about this if there were a drinking trough at the hitching post. I didn't see any feed bags around either. And it'd be dandy if the hitching post were located in a shadier spot. This is, after all, the Armpit of Hell in July. A little shelter from that yellow ball of terror in our skies is the least these horses' people could provide for them after the horses hauled their round primate arses over for some scattered, smothered, and covered spuds. Vigilance needs to be the byword of any animal rights advocate in these times when our fellow Earthlings are exploited by us humans in our quest to get from here to there without having to spend half a pay check for fossil fuel.

Comments

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

All this I did not know. I'm truly ignorant when it comes to horses, but I do love them so. The one with the skinny neck was showing ribs, so you're right about it being a tad thin. Also, it was standing at an angle, putting a lot of weight on it's hindquarters. Not a good thing for long periods of time, I would think, neh?

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

No, not at all. I don't like the angle, either, since it puts horses at the opposite of what they would naturally like to stand (horses tend to stand with their heads downhill, for some odd reason, when they can). But you can't have everything.

The ideal situation would be to bring a halter along, so you could take the bit out of the horse's mouth when you tie it-- but that's unlikely to happen in a situation like this. We used to do that when we went on long trail rides, of 3 or more hours. But then again, we were tying the horses to trees, and giving them a long enough lead to let them graze on gras, which they will not overeat from.