Where I live up in the Bronx, the police officers train the police horses. This neighborhood (Throggs Neck) is fairly quiet. It is not unusual on a warm Spring day to be sitting in the tavern on Tremont Avenue and see a horses head pop in through the open window.
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In the 1970s when I worked in Manhattan, I escaped to Central Park for the bliss of the canopy of trees in which bevies of birds twittered and tweeted en chorus and horses trotted with tails held out like fans of a Spanish lady ridden by equestrians -and the occasional cop on horseback came past.
Often NYPD's finest would rein in their chargers to give both horse and rider a respite and a drink. I always had some carrots and apples in my small basket just in case the chance came for me to share with them. the horses and I shared empathy-each receiving the happiness we shared one with the other.
Central Park can never exist without its horses, anymore than without the birds who provide choruses from the trees above their heads.
Often NYPD's finest would rein in their chargers to give both horse and rider a respite and a drink. I always had some carrots and apples in my small basket just in case the chance came for me to share with them. the horses and I shared empathy-each receiving the happiness we shared one with the other.
Central Park can never exist without its horses, anymore than without the birds who provide choruses from the trees above their heads.
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Not very smart to interact with a horse while it is on duty. Look but do not touch should be the mantra.
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Part of the "duty" of mounted police is community outreach. Nothing about police is more inviting to the public than horses. The mounted officer typically will let you know when it is a good time to say hello to their partner.
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Did you miss the part about: "Can I pet your horse?" ?
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Poetic
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My memory may fail me but it seems to me that "mistreated" carriage horses always seemed to have a feed bag on. I think.
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Lovely story. Thanks for publishing it, Ms. Reese.
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Elizabeth, you are horse-deprived. I once read an article about women's regrets -- number one was not having a horse as an adult after having ridden when they were younger. Don't let your life slip away without one!
Signed, Happier with Horses.
Signed, Happier with Horses.
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"Very food motivated and may nip" translates to forage deprivation from Robin's equine perspective. Robin should never be without a bite of appropriate forage when he is not at work. Horses evolved to eat and chew forage at least two thirds of the time, if not longer.
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Is it wrong if the plight of animals affects me more than the plight of humans?
I don't care if it is. It just does.
I don't care if it is. It just does.
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Not to worry, Sid. Central Park has beaucoup d'forage, not to mention the feed carried by his/her rider while on patrol.
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Yes, it is wrong.
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Nature, from whatever perspective, connects us with something elemental and good.