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- minorthreat, on 10/10/2007, -4/+43The level of awesomeness would increase 10 fold if a midget was riding the horse
- HorseyLuvr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22I've heard of miniature horses as guide horse's never saw a pic before. Loving his little shoes.
- IShouldBeWorkin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22Hey hey hey, theyre not called midgets, theyre called jockeys!
- FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -4/+25Can't some people afford a slightly bigger horse, then you can just ride the ***** thing
- whataboutdave, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11In this case really, really tiny *****.
- MaximusIGN, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10More on guide horses
http://www.guidehorse.org/ - sputnikv, on 10/10/2007, -6/+15since when are horses allowed on planes? ***** ***** everywhere
- Hillsfar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Since it costs a lot of money to train a guide animal ($60,000 for a guide dog) and guide dogs have service lives of just under a decade while a guide horse is likely to have a service life of 2 to 3 decades, it's cheaper. They're also great for those afraid of dogs. Check out guide horses on Google.
- whataboutdave, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9I doubt they would allow a full-size steed onto a plane. I like the idea, though.
- wes00mertes, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9All 3 of them. Oops.
- whataboutdave, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8I wonder what the benefits over a guide dog are beyond just being totally rad. Can you hitch it to a little cart to carry all your gear?
- heartcoldfusion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Spend some time around horses and then revise your statement about horses not being as intelligent as dogs.
- rnwen2750, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I think they might have trained the horse.
- jp12, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6looks like he had to remove his shoes to get through security
- JohnnyXmas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Irony: Putting blinders on a blind man's guide horse.
- KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8First it's horses, next it'll be Guide Yaks
- 0crabby0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6They've been allowing horse meat in restaurants for years...lol
- TroubleInMind, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4"And I'd like to introduce you to my emotional support horse, Trigger. Please move all the furniture so Trigger can get in here and emotionally support me."
- badjoke, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Combine with the story about maybe being able to grow dinosaurs from their fossilized germs, and I'll have a guide-velociraptor please.
- JohnnyXmas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Charlie, wake up Charlie.
Yeah, let's go to the airport, Charlie. . . - liah, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Great choice for a guide animal. Horses (especially ponies) are incredibly smart-- smarter than we give them credit for-- and are much like dogs in their personalities. They can also be house-trained.
Adorable little thing. :) - octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Having to take all four shoes off the horse so they can be x-rayed at the security checkpoint must have been a bitch.
- whataboutdave, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Nah. You can see he (?) is wearing a poop bag.
- damndj, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5So now they're going to allow horses in restaurants? GREAT.
- ICSU, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4You must be riot at parties.
- dianebl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Actually, they do.
From Wikipedia:
Depending on breed, management and environment, the domestic horse today has a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years. It is uncommon, but a few horses live into their 40s, and, occasionally, beyond. The oldest verifiable record was "Old Billy," a horse that lived in the 19th century to the age of 62.[1] In modern times, Sugar Puff, who had been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest then-living pony, died at age 56.[2] - rnwen2750, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3It's not really that uncommon.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2i can't wait to eat that monkey...
- down4twenty, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3id still prefer a set of guide monkeys
- octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What if he's a jerk?
- ryouko, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3"They gave me a ***** horse!"
- RichStradler, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Good reasons to allow these:
1.) Subject is allergic to dogs
2.) Subject is afraid of dogs
3.) Miniature horses lifespan is around 50 years as opposed to a dogs 8.
Bad reasons:
1.) They don't toilet train well
2.) They smell like a horse
3.) They stop traffic where-ever they go - capncock, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Monkey helpers for the disabled exist:
"Helping hands [provides] highly trained monkeys to assist with daily activities." Pure awesome!
http://www.helpinghandsmonkeys.org/ - shootsfired, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2According to Wikipedia the average life span of miniature horses is from 25 to 35 years
- 0crabby0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2They let the horse on Delta, but Delta wants to strip search me? lol
- AgentMull, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If it weren't for my horse...
- octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You couldn't see her pics anyway as they would be in braille.
- grapesofbaath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I owned a horse for ten years actually. Sure, they are trainable. But I would never characterize them as smarter than dogs. And being a prey animal, they need more work to make them not skittish, and they are much more unpredictable than dogs in new, possibly frightening situations.
- bmalnad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2They also live longer than dogs.
- octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Good page! Except the links on the left are so small I can barely read them...
- WinBear, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This was an episode of Isis back in 1976. http://www.tv.com/isis/seeing-eye-horse/episode/73 ...
- RadiatedAnt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Don't lose me bro!
- octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Maybe they'll allow guide donkeys too so you won't be the only ass in the place!
- IceZZ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1>And horses aren't as intelligent as dogs.
Er. no. Horses are more intelligent. Dogs are just very very socially obedient, which isn't equal to intelligence. For example, cats can use small objects to solve problems, just like dogs can, but they aren't as socially adapted. - TjLAXattack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2They probably should train the horse to fly the plane too, just in case.
Do I smell a new Disney feel-good movie about a mini-horse pilot flying a jumbo jet? No? Oh, I must just smell the horse poop. - oneblackcitizen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's Oracle DB "expert" Don Burleson:
http://www.dba-oracle.com/ - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1it's all fun and games until they stampede
- cawpin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No, they aren't. I've had them. They aren't as smart, generally.
- octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'd buy a whole herd of mini guide yaks. That would rock.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1no, just a plain horse.
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