havocados:ridingthescree:theclickerkid:ridingthescree:here is a watered-down-as-fuck-in-layman’s-ter
havocados:ridingthescree:theclickerkid:ridingthescree:here is a watered-down-as-fuck-in-layman’s-terms explanation of training for vegans who don’t understand trainingif you can train a dog using +R, you can train a horse. insinuating that riding is inherently unethical is extremely narrow minded and doesn’t take any individual factors into account at all; not that animal’s husbandry, training, the methods in which they are handled, their relationship with their caretaker, or anything of that nature.I think it’s also important to acknowledge that riding can be physically harmful to the horse, particularly if they’re ridden too long, not conditioned, ridden poorly, or trained poorly.But if the horse is ridden using ethical training and in a way that doesn’t depreciate its physical welfare, there is absolutely nothing harmful about it.And one last note regarding food - my horse is out on pasture with hay freely available, 24/7. Training with positive reinforcement isn’t a matter of withholding food in order to force the animal to perform behaviors. (I’m not sure if anyone believes this or was making the accusation but just want to nip this in the bud, especially given that people used to starve their animals in order to train in the early development of food based training)all good pointsi really want to make an entire list of commonly given reasons as to why people think riding is inherently abusive and ‘debunk’ them… but that also requires effortthat’s not the point at allits painfully obvious that a horse can be ridden in a manner that isn’t harmful the point is that there is nothing about the wellbeing of a horse that REQUIRES a human to ride them, and it’s the fact that so called vegan equestrians defend this activity, and really, their enjoyment of it, tooth and nail without understanding the root of the issue, that horses aren’t here to be ridden by us. it’s also fallacious to compare dog training to horse training as the purpose of the two are none alike. horses are trained to be ridden while dogs are trained to merely function along their human caretakers. the comparison would be valid if the purpose of training a dog was to carry humans or their things. I’ve personally spoken to actually vegan equestrians here who have entirely given up riding the horse/s in their care and STILL MANAGE to give them all the exercise and enrichment they need without spewing justifications and excuses. all this talk of veganism getting more popular and I call bullshit. whatever is getting more popular isn’t veganism.Finally someone talking sense. -- source link