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>I would be curious how they coped with them if "western" films have any accuracy, you push your horse to lie down, back to the storm, and you lie against him

>I would be curious how they coped with them if "western" films have any accuracy, you push your horse to lie down, back to the storm, and you lie against him in between his feet, under a buffalo skin

HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
Um, no. No horse is lying down during a hailstorm. They're under a tree or some kind of shelter. If they can't find shelter, they're standing up, butt to the wind, head down and ready to bolt at any second.
- dmoy 3y ago
  Horses are get spooked in zero wind by inanimate objects that they just saw the prior week, in the same spot. Horses get increasingly skittish the higher the wind gets, even in "normal" conditions - I guess it makes it so they can't smell things downwind of them, so it's an evolutionary thing. When wind gets high, horses get really spooked. No way in hell would I put myself between or anywhere near horse legs during a tornado. That's just asking to die. From the horse, not the tornado.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
    The last 24 hours it's been very windy and raining hard. The same horse that I pull out for extra feed twice a day, every day for months saw me in a jacket with my hood up and refused to have anything to do with me until I pulled the hood down and then he figured "ok, I know that guy." Yeah!
    - dmoy 3y ago
      Oh yea moving objects are way worse than inanimate objects from horse perspective. Just meant that inanimate objects, even ones they've seen before, are also sometimes suspect. That old tractor? The one that's been rusting in the same spot for years? Well TODAY it's spooky, because... no reason.
      - jprd 3y ago
        so much experience demonstrated here - omg the memories from this statement!
      - ethbr1 3y ago
        My vet father's opinion on horse intelligence, specifically vis-a-vis being spooked: "What's the best thing about a horse?" "They taste like chicken." But I guess you get suddenly kicked, bit, leaned on, etc., you develop strong feelings on the matter. ... oddly enough, he's rather fond of cows.
- mcpackieh 3y ago
  I once had the misfortune to be riding a horse when a hailstorm broke out. The horse closed his eyes and almost ran off a cliff; thankfully he hit a fence first and turned away from that.
- fsckboy 3y ago
  > No horse is lying down during a hailstorm you don't know it's a hailstorm till you're in it, prior to that it's just a storm you see coming across the plain. And while a singular horse does get skittish, the idea here I think is that the horse finds the calm presence of its owner to be soothing.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
    Yeah, well, 15 years of living with horses has taught me otherwise. I'm calling bullshit on that idea.
pfannkuchen 3y ago
I thought you were supposed to kill the horse, cut it open and crawl inside? (I’ve read that Lucas was extremely influenced by western films, I guess I know where that one came from now).

HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago

Um, no. No horse is lying down during a hailstorm. They're under a tree or some kind of shelter. If they can't find shelter, they're standing up, butt to the wind, head down and ready to bolt at any second.

dmoy 3y ago
Horses are get spooked in zero wind by inanimate objects that they just saw the prior week, in the same spot. Horses get increasingly skittish the higher the wind gets, even in "normal" conditions - I guess it makes it so they can't smell things downwind of them, so it's an evolutionary thing. When wind gets high, horses get really spooked. No way in hell would I put myself between or anywhere near horse legs during a tornado. That's just asking to die. From the horse, not the tornado.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  The last 24 hours it's been very windy and raining hard. The same horse that I pull out for extra feed twice a day, every day for months saw me in a jacket with my hood up and refused to have anything to do with me until I pulled the hood down and then he figured "ok, I know that guy." Yeah!
  - dmoy 3y ago
    Oh yea moving objects are way worse than inanimate objects from horse perspective. Just meant that inanimate objects, even ones they've seen before, are also sometimes suspect. That old tractor? The one that's been rusting in the same spot for years? Well TODAY it's spooky, because... no reason.
    - jprd 3y ago
      so much experience demonstrated here - omg the memories from this statement!
    - ethbr1 3y ago
      My vet father's opinion on horse intelligence, specifically vis-a-vis being spooked: "What's the best thing about a horse?" "They taste like chicken." But I guess you get suddenly kicked, bit, leaned on, etc., you develop strong feelings on the matter. ... oddly enough, he's rather fond of cows.
mcpackieh 3y ago
I once had the misfortune to be riding a horse when a hailstorm broke out. The horse closed his eyes and almost ran off a cliff; thankfully he hit a fence first and turned away from that.
fsckboy 3y ago
> No horse is lying down during a hailstorm you don't know it's a hailstorm till you're in it, prior to that it's just a storm you see coming across the plain. And while a singular horse does get skittish, the idea here I think is that the horse finds the calm presence of its owner to be soothing.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  Yeah, well, 15 years of living with horses has taught me otherwise. I'm calling bullshit on that idea.

pfannkuchen 3y ago

I thought you were supposed to kill the horse, cut it open and crawl inside? (I’ve read that Lucas was extremely influenced by western films, I guess I know where that one came from now).