tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926013554523279624.post-82321690097786239762008-07-24T10:57:00.000-07:002008-07-24T11:12:10.279-07:00Pet or Livestock?<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pYrteN-V-as/SIjC01oNLYI/AAAAAAAABrM/I5ngS0z_fHI/s1600-h/bullride1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226641580568161666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pYrteN-V-as/SIjC01oNLYI/AAAAAAAABrM/I5ngS0z_fHI/s200/bullride1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pYrteN-V-as/SIjCrbQjTnI/AAAAAAAABrE/LXB7cDrm7oc/s1600-h/cattleride1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226641418870804082" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pYrteN-V-as/SIjCrbQjTnI/AAAAAAAABrE/LXB7cDrm7oc/s200/cattleride1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />OK, I'm going to stir things up a bit here and ask all of you out there whether you consider your horse a pet or livestock? I used these pics of people riding cattle because cattle are considered livestock. This question depending on how it answered poses more questions which I will not start here as it is so controversial. I think you know where this can lead, but as that question has been asked so many times during other discussions and yet has not been answered. Should we let the government decide? I have to say for me it's split a bit. My horses are treated more like pets as I don't do a lot of riding and I don't use them for ranching or competitions, however, I am not opposed to riding your horse or competing or using them the way they have always been used. So does that make them livestock and open to the same rules of other livestock? The reason I used these pictures as I had once argued the "livestock" issue on another forum and someone came back to me saying that cattle aren't ridden. So I thought I would put that to rest right away. So weigh in here folks and let's see what the general consensus is!<br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please visit http://midwesthorse.blogspot.com/index.html
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