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[RC] experience influenes interpretation-biting - Sheila_LarsenTruman you hit on a point that I was going to make the other day when I wrote that the statement "My horse bites" could mean anything but i wouldn't expect it to mean a horse attacks a person. At a ride in that situation I would not expect that "My horse bites" to mean it would attack a person but I would assume from my overall experience of many many years with horses that most horses won't bite a person that is not interacting with them and particularly at an endurance ride. However, I have worked at the track and if a person there said "that horse bites" my experience would influence my thought process and I would assume that that particular horse would bite people because horses at the track bite and make an effort to bite people when a person passes the stall. On the other hand, also from my experience at the track if someone is walking the horse I wouldn't necessarily expect the horse to lunge at me because I had never seen that happen or heard of it happening. 916.414.6685 In my opinion, a horse is the animal to have. Eleven-hundred pounds of raw muscle, power, grace, and sweat between your legs - it's something you just can't get from a pet hamster. ~Author Unknown =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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