Comments on: This way, Dude

By: Subhangi

Subhangi — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:33:35 +0000

SO. PWECIOUSH!

[keeses pony nose]

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:32:25 +0000

Meg's notice: "Missing shoe" with the arrow made me laugh out loud. Funny stuff.

By: Cathy K.

Cathy K. — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:20:03 +0000

If I'm not mistaken, the horse is wearing sneakers from Build-A-Bear!

Kee-ute!

By: lu-lu

lu-lu — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:52:27 +0000

it would be very humbling to have a service pony - everybody drooling over it and totally ignoring you!

By: e-beth

e-beth — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:01:12 +0000

Kitrell NC-right up the road from me! How come I never sees thems out training, whyeee?

Read why the guide horse is better than a guide dog on the website. Reason #7, NOT ADDICTED TO HUMAN ATTENTION (better able to focus). So does that mean we should have guide cats? Wait. What am I thinking?!?

By: Kar

Kar — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:54:14 +0000

Well, looks like he had a better experience than this poor one was ready to go on!

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/14208058/detail.html

By: elizabells

elizabells — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:50:51 +0000

My auntie is blind and nearly got a guide dog, but felt she wasn't disabled enough to take one away from someone who needed it more... I wonder if she'd go for a guide pony...

By: Shanelle

Shanelle — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:48:47 +0000

Sweetdoggie–nah, he’s okay. His eye is blue, which is pretty common in part-colored horses. He looks a little concerned, probably because airports are kind of chaotic-looking from two feet off the ground. But his ears are up and his face is pretty relaxed; he looks like he’s okay with his job. The reason minis have a bad rap is that a lot of people get them for the novelty factor, and really have no clue how to handle a horse. Bad habits can develop very quickly, especially if the owner tries to treat it like a hay-munching Golden Retriever.

The thing I don’t like about minis as guide animals is that, as a prey animal, their instinctive reaction is to run away from danger. Training can only do so much, and even the safest horse is always capable of freaking out when it’s frightened by something.

By: -valerie

-valerie — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:31:41 +0000

oh. my. GOD, that's a pony. !!! it is child-sized and adorable! i had no idea such animals were used for servicing the blind/handicapped. look at how perfect and small and cute the pony is! and the shoes! missing one, as if she had been one of my My Little Pony ponies at one point in time. her other shoe must be lost in the toy closet somewhere.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:15:45 +0000

I got distracted from teh cuteness of the horsie by someone mentioning sevrice monkeys. Gah! Sorry, I know I'm weird, I love pretty well any animal except monkeys...