It's worth mentioning that Sam was one of the dopiest, friendliest, most docile horses I ever met. It was just an accident.
Yup, and freckles was just a little on the old side, saw my big *** and knew from experience that rearing would probably scare me off from riding him like the other people, I am sure he did not intend for my dumbass to have my hand get caught in the bridle. Horses biting is very painful, but they do not have the instincts to bite your neck like a dog does so its usually just really painful not fatal, its the fact they weigh so much and can be unpredictable that makes them really dangerous, in fact more dangerous than any dog. The fear of pits is half societal (ie people want mean dogs, raise mean dogs, breed mean dogs, they exagerate when story telling ect ect) and the other half is the fact that the dogs are very energetic, need lots of attention and rarely get it which leads to fits of bad behavior. This is a problem with many dog breeds, and is often overlooked becuase the breed does not have the same physical capabilities.
Whats also interesting is that horses do not make good guard dogs . . . no really they don't. But pit bulls, dobermans, rottys do, and people know that and the perception is out their to be wary, this in and of itself can spawn an attack. Dog are pack creatures, in the pack members do not fear each other, outsiders do, we specifically have breed dogs to be this way . . . . who is to blame for that?
I don't know, its my opinion its an ignorant thing to want to ban many breeds that may or may not be aggressive, or may be, but its a trait we breed in either purposefully, or not.
Edit: please excuse my bad grammer, at work and too busy to proof read, thanks! ; - )
