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[–] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wild or unbroken horses are pretty easily coerced in to going whatever direction you want if you know what you're doing. If you try to tie a rope around their head and pull they'll fight you, and you'll lose. If you walk behind them and shake a grocery bag at them, they'll walk the easiest path away from the sound they can find.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    shake a grocery bag

    Comfirmed horse experience. Though, saying they would walk... Eh. Maybe you should have said "sprint headlong into the most dangerous thing they can find" for real confirmation.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago*

    I've seen them to that, I guess maybe there's some finesse to it, but for the most part in my experience they've just kinda trotted away from the sound of the bag. Maybe a scamper, but the full gallop I've only seen them do when they were really spooked.

    And yeah, they tend to run directly at an obstacle when it happens.

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