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Sunday May 9 2010
It's just downright cruel, forcing a horse to get out of bed on a lazy morning and go out for a ride.
Could you do it?
Could you come up to a horse like Jose, totally passed out and make him get up?
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He didn't even hear me talking to him, didn't open his eyes.
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When he finally opened his eyes, he laid there a minute, then groggily sat up.
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Looked at me. Smacked his mouth and licked his lips.
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He stared at me after I put his halter on.
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Unmoving.
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Not even a tug on the rope convinced him to up.
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He gave me a chance to change my mind. Or feel really, really guilty about it.
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OK, if that's how I really wanted it, he'd get up.
One leg. (Wait, in case I wanted to change my mind.)
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The other leg.
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Staggered up, stood there, stretched his back, smacked his mouth and licked his lips some more (just like I do when I wake up!), blinked his eyes hard (just like I do when I wake up!). Yawned.
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Followed after me, his feet shuffling along the ground, his eyes half closed.
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I felt so guilty I let him graze on the way to Carol's.
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Turned out to be quite the beautiful morning for a ride, and Jose didn't mind being out.
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Next time, though, I would be more considerate if I picked a time when he's not zonked out.
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