Not saying there’s no benefits, I’m saying that it’s not all benefits. I’ve just seen horses do idiot things and almost kill themselves and spook and be the generally panicky prey animals that they are.
Plus, how the hell am I supposed to tie a free couch I found on the side of the road to the top of a horse and get that home?
You can have them pull a little carriage if you spend about 3 months training them to deal with the sound behind them and harness.
I have family that tried this because they “gOt a gUd dEaL!” on a wagon with car tires (part of their apocalypse prepping stuff) and ended up getting a mule because none of their 3 horses could stand the wagon.
Horses get their drunk riders home all the time here, I have seen them about to pass out, practically sleeping on the horse.
Not saying there’s no benefits, I’m saying that it’s not all benefits. I’ve just seen horses do idiot things and almost kill themselves and spook and be the generally panicky prey animals that they are.
Plus, how the hell am I supposed to tie a free couch I found on the side of the road to the top of a horse and get that home?
Horses are like bicycles, you can have them pull a little carriage to put stuff in.
You can have them pull a little carriage if you spend about 3 months training them to deal with the sound behind them and harness.
I have family that tried this because they “gOt a gUd dEaL!” on a wagon with car tires (part of their apocalypse prepping stuff) and ended up getting a mule because none of their 3 horses could stand the wagon.
Maybe they should have gotten a bicycle instead.