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Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by woodman on Sunday November 13, 2016 @09:46PM (#12947168)
All those animals were domesticated for very different reasons. I've spent a lot of time with horses, my family had three, and they're great animals - but they don't come anywhere close to dogs when it comes to trust and the ability to read people. I've seen dogs trained with nothing more than praise - the desire to please is that strong for them. That doesn't work for horses.
Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by cmdrfred on Monday November 14, 2016 @09:59AM (#12950159)
I've owned horses too. It depends on what you want them to do. If you want to jump on their back and ride them around, sure. I don't do that personally, and while they don't read you like a dog can I've taken unsocialized "mean" horses and turned them into friendly companion horses with nothing but patience and the occasional cookie or carrot.