Word of caution on horses mules and dogs.

[Mike Leonard]

For sure guys on the ice. Watch out it's the backfeet on the critters that goes and it's adman wrech. Puckers my butt right now thinking about it. Get them ice shoes drill tech on them horses and even mules. Mules are damn sight better at sucking them feet back under them than a horse but still they can't do miracles. Give them the best break and maybe you won't get broke.

[Stubby]

[Clarka57]

No, mostly hurt my pride. Never had my picture taken going off a horse, most of those were preventable though. A few things I have learned the hard way are:
Not getting a young horse use to a back cinch before hopping on.
Not gettting a young horse use to saddle bags or reaching back into the bags (broken ribs).
Using spurs on a horse that is not use to them.
Avoiding mud when possible, not only because it can make a horse slip and slide or get stuck, but I have lost shoes in the mud.
Taking horses up slopes that are hard to get down.
Not knowing what is under the snow.
I haven't had trouble with dogs but the horses I typically ride are around dogs all the time. I do have a friend with a mule though who does not like dogs. So I am very careful to keep them away from her as they don't know the danger. I know of quite a few dogs that have been injured or killed from horse kicks. Ice always makes me pucker too, so do hornets.

[cat and bear]

[Rossco]

I'm going to have to dissagree with your idea about mortorcycles waylon. People always say they are better to ride than a horse. But those things have a mind of their own. I rode one once and just barely figured out how to tell it to stop without going over. And it seemed like all it knew was one speed and that was fast.

Ross