I always find videos of horse shoe adjustments (or whatever its called) satisfying, but there is always someone who comments "doesn't that hurt the horse", to which a horse enthusiast will reply that it doesn't and its necessary for horses. Now I can't for the life of me imagine why a horse needs branding on its face of all places. You don't have to love horses to know this is wrong and inhumane. Yet, unlike the horse shoes, I'd never heard of this practice before and otherwise would never have done so had it not been for this post. Thank you for sharing and spreading this unjust treatment of horses. I feel like there should be a petition to stop this and hopefully there will be some day.
I went to write a few comments but found they were too long (winded) and grumpy. So I'll make those into a post and link to this fine piece of work. But I'll still be grumpy about a few things: (that's a Sorrel horse, not a brown one, and branding is the law, at least in New Mexico, not just an affectation—same goes for scarves, hats, boots, and spurs. Sometimes, at least). Thanks for this work, Charlotte. I'm inspired, and reminded that there is much to say about the rural West.
I always find videos of horse shoe adjustments (or whatever its called) satisfying, but there is always someone who comments "doesn't that hurt the horse", to which a horse enthusiast will reply that it doesn't and its necessary for horses. Now I can't for the life of me imagine why a horse needs branding on its face of all places. You don't have to love horses to know this is wrong and inhumane. Yet, unlike the horse shoes, I'd never heard of this practice before and otherwise would never have done so had it not been for this post. Thank you for sharing and spreading this unjust treatment of horses. I feel like there should be a petition to stop this and hopefully there will be some day.
I went to write a few comments but found they were too long (winded) and grumpy. So I'll make those into a post and link to this fine piece of work. But I'll still be grumpy about a few things: (that's a Sorrel horse, not a brown one, and branding is the law, at least in New Mexico, not just an affectation—same goes for scarves, hats, boots, and spurs. Sometimes, at least). Thanks for this work, Charlotte. I'm inspired, and reminded that there is much to say about the rural West.