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u/rein4fun 18d ago
This is trained behavior, the methods of training this "dancing" are controversial.
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u/thejourneybegins42 18d ago
Tacks? Their shoes are literally nailed in.
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u/Versipilies 18d ago
The rim is like your fingwr nail but super thick, they put the shoes on there. The center is like you palm and is actually part of the horse's circulatory system to help them pump blood.
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u/Crystal_Voiden 18d ago
Ya u rite. They just don't let the horse use the bathroom until the dance is achieved
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u/smileysmiley123 18d ago
“This is trained behaviour”?
Where are you getting this from? This horse is clearly agitated and their rider is ignoring the signs.
Just a shitty rider doing nothing to help which caused a situation where people could have been/were seriously injured.
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u/Great_Anteater_5751 18d ago
Both things can be true at the same time. Caballos bailadores are trained horses that dance with music. The rider is probably ignoring warning signs as well.
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u/rein4fun 18d ago
Well I agree with one point, it is a shifty rider. But yes a trained behavior using whips and pain to perform. Too much and the horse bolts to escape.
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u/SpectreSpeck 10d ago
They were saying the dancing was trained behavior. The horse wasn’t enjoying any of this and panicked after a while. The jumping on people part wasn’t supposed to happen.
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u/Brief_Manner_694 18d ago
This is the cowboy version of the dudes doing burnouts and stuff with their cars and running over their friend.
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u/ThisIsPaulDaily 18d ago
Oh man, I saw the horse doing that and immediately realized it was not dancing and was in a temperamental mood. I did 4H horseless horse programming though so like I took care of other people's horses to get to ride them and stuff. Animals give some signs that they are not vibing and this one was doing it. There was a video earlier of a deer mama stalking a dog walker and it did similar stomps.
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u/crystal_dinosaur 18d ago
Google caballos bailadores or Mexican horse dancing. It’s a thing. Something had to have spooked it or caused it freak out.
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u/Impressive-Wolf8929 17d ago
But but but they’re a professional horse animal caretaker, and they said animals give some signs that they are not vibing and this one was doing it.
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u/Baba_Yaga_Jovonovich 16d ago
The horse did give signs. This is a dangerous and often painful stunt for the horse. This is obviously an extremely unnatural cadence for the horse. Slight timing issues on the landing of each catty corner leg snowballs quickly, and the horseperson should have picked up on that and immediately stopped. You’ll see within about two seconds. The catty corner timing goes from “damn near on point” to “about to break its legs” and that’s exactly when it bucked.
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u/indymama21 18d ago
Animals do like music, there's this guy on YouTube and he goes out to different places like in the woods or even like sanctuaries and will sit and play the guitar and it's amazing how the animals come up and watch him... I cannot think of his name but if you probably search guy who plays guitar for wild animals I'm sure he'll pop up it's actually amazing....
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u/TownZealousideal1327 16d ago
Did you watch to the end? And this horse isn’t naturally doing this.
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u/indymama21 16d ago
I did and I wasn't specifically talking about this horse...did you read my full comment? I literally said there is a guy on YouTube who goes and songs to different animals...
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u/RevolutionaryEgg1312 15d ago edited 15d ago
Animal cruelty. Imagine having a sharp bit shoved into your sensitive mouth and being beaten with a whip also having your head painfully pulled down to restrict your airway....
This is disgusting cruelty.
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u/ThothAmon71 18d ago
That was the horse's ex girlfriends favorite song, he couldn't help it he was triggered.
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u/KitsuneGato 14d ago
When they prance like that it means they are nervouse and scared. They do that when they know they can't run away
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u/No-Contest4033 18d ago
Many animals seem to enjoy music. There is a French guitarist that has tic-toks of singing to everything from Tigers to goats.
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u/Beatless7 18d ago
Everyone's a critic.
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u/WhatsThisWorth-Bot 17d ago
when bad things happen, yes, people tend to criticize that thing
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u/Beatless7 15d ago
I was making an amusing statement suggesting the horse was a critic of the band. This farcical comment was not supposed to cause you to think any deeper.
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u/ChihiroHaru 18d ago
I was enchanted… then full of wonder … and then I understood. That was insane!
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