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When the time comes, we retire them to loving, forever homes; some of the owners retire them themselves on privately owned land. I personally have retired 3 horses, one of which is still living the life of Riley after being retired 6 years ago in South Jersey at a bank president’s home.
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This statement is ridiculous. I almost fell over laughing at that statement! That is like some unrealistic Disney movie! Are you freaking kidding me!?
Working are horse 10+ hours a day and saying they are living pretty lives is also ridiculous. In case you didn't know, my family runs a non-profit horse rescue and I own 2 rescue horses myself as well as spending my whole life around them.
I have personally seen the living conditions of carriage horses with my own eyes in person, in the "stables". They cannot lie down in the "stalls".
Anyone who LOVES and cares for animals would find this image sad:
If you are a so-called "horse-person" you claim to be then you should know putting horses in situations of honking cars whizzing past them and constantly inhaling exhaust fumes are horrible for horses.
If the carriage horses are so well taken care of, how come so many of them are underweight?
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vet & farrier care, and are groomed and bathed regularly
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not true, all the horses I have seen are in a serious need of a good grooming, and stink beyond their feces in the collection bag.
If they were indeed getting the proper care then why would horses be switched out in place of another horse to take have the examination for the other one. That is not a lie. Read for yourself.
http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/burea.../MH07_092A.pdf
Why do you subject your horse to working hours and hours in sweltering heat and freezing snow storms? Is it all the cash tourists are putting in your wallet? Sure dosent sound like good horse husbandry to me. And don't give me that crap about how horses do not go out in bad weather, I see them out all the time in frigid snow storms and 100+ degree heat. If you deny it, explain this:
Carriage Horses Don't Get Snow Days - Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events
How do you explain the use of horses that are not bred or indended to be pulling carraiges? I see tiny horse pulling loads of fat tourists all the time. Horses that are OBVIOUSLY not suppost to be carriage horses, but are anyway...hmm, i wonder why....oh wait....they are racetrack castoffs and were cheap to buy...thats why.
Can you explain why so many horses die on the streets from being hit by cars and heat exhaustion? You must REALLY love and care for your horse when you work it so hard in the summer heat that it keels over from exhaustion.
...If the horses were treated so darn well then nobody would dislike carriages...
Would you want to live the life of a carriage horse?