real horses, like this nimrod

[truepenny]

ME: [rummaging in tack room for ointment to put on a cut on Milo's right foreleg]
MILO: [from the cross-ties] I'm PEEEEEEEEEEing in the aisle, just PEEEEEEEEEEing in the--
ME: [emerging from the tack room like the wrath of god] STOP THAT YOU HORRIBLE HORSE!
MILO: What, me? I would never!
ME: Into your stall with you.
MILO: [plaintively] But I don't have to pee now.
ME: Tough.
[five minutes later]
MILO: I'm PEEEEEEEEing in my stall, just PEEEEEEEEEEing in my stall, what a glorious feeling . . .
ME: [facepalm]

Comments

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

Horses and five-year-old boys have a lot in common...

[joycemocha.livejournal.com]

Yep. But there's also a healthy dose of middle school boy (or girl) as well...

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

Unless they are male miniature horses, in which case they also have a *serious* case of small-man-syndrome.

[joycemocha.livejournal.com]

Oh dear God yes. We have two mini stallions at the barn, and they are both madly infatuated with my 14.2 hh QH mare. The other day I found her hanging out by the gate near their stalls, both studs hollering, snorting and pawing in stereo while she mildly eyed them with amusement (she's a rather sly girl).