What horsey things do you do in non-horse situations?

[foursocks]

I also hold my dog leashes like reins, and cluck at them. My husband just rolls his eyes.

When I drive I do the “rolling slowly up to the stoplight hoping it will change so I don’t have to brake” thing, even if it’s my regular car and not my truck and trailer. My regular car is an EV, though, with one-pedal drive so that actually works pretty well, lol. One of my horses gets really angry if we are on a long trip and I have to stop a lot, so I try to minimize it to reduce the amount of pissy stomping that goes on in the back. Horse version of “are we there yet? WHY NOT???”

[Demerara_Stables]

I don’t own a human first aid kit, so whenever DH, one of the dogs, or I have a laceration (cut?), we head out to the barn to the first aid cabinet (ex vet tech here - I’m quite well stocked). Everything gets a healthy dosing of betadine scrub or chlorhex and then wrapped with telfa pads and vetrap.

I also swear by icthammol or epsom salt paste for splinters, even though DH thinks I’m crazy.

[RemarkableOwl21]

Frequently checking out dogs that are being walked in the neighborhood to look for signs of lameness. Same with my older chonky cat when I see her “trotting”

[Trinket64]

Got in my car after my 6’3" son had driven it and thought, “oh, I need to shorten my stirrups”.

[Mander]

As my trainer likes to say - you and I, we’re built different.

[punchy]

I assume this is left over from my racing days, but when I drive I can’t bear to not ‘hug the rail’ around a turn. On a curvy highway, i will find the shortest way and drift across lanes to achieve the shortest trip. I resist doing this when there’s a lot of traffic, but when traffic is light I’m always looking for that short trip around the turns, and getting as close as I can to the white line.

[roseymare]

@va2txrider

I wrapped my kids with vetwrap when they pulled or twisted something in tennis. They realized that all my medical information comes from horse injuries.

I use polo wraps on myself. So cushy!

[roseymare]

@Foxglove

ometimes when I’m waiting where there are many people, I evaluate their stride and look for confirmation details --tracking, bench knee, over striding, etc.

I do this as well and then think I wonder if they were better shod would it help?

[MissMillyMolly]

Dancing at a wedding and my sandal started to slip off. I was trying to get my BF at the time to stop all the twirling and let me fix it, so I yelled “I threw a shoe!” He was a horse guy so he got it.

[Shelbytwohorse]

Anything I tie gets a quick release knot,- I’m a one trick pony when it comes to knot tying.

[amottb17]

I have to catch myself on calling “door” when I enter a new room more than I like to admit…the worst is when it happens at the grocery store moving from a small aisle to a bigger aisle!

I also count strides between lines in the sidewalk.

[Sparrowette]

Talking to DD one day (she works in a medical office) and she asked for some sort of medical bandage. I went and got an Ace. She goes no, I want the other stuff that adheres (and she called it something) and I’m “Oh! You mean vet wrap?? That stuff’s called VET WRAP!”

[phoenixrises]

yes. I wrapped my husband’s injury before sending him to the dr for some stitches and they were like you did a good job, medical experience. And I just went horses.

[wtxhunter]

So funny! I also say this in work settings and people look at me confused

[Calvincrowe]

As a teacher, I frequently cluck at students to get them moving, especially in the halls. I’ve also done this to adults in crowded situations. And to cars in traffic. I use horse terms for passwords which leads to interesting conversations when I share them with fellow teachers.

Vet wrap-- that’s how I always refer to it in all situations. Makes the phlebotomist giggle.

Once, I had a weird ‘growth’ on a finger after a lead rope pulled my cuticle away from the nail. It kept growing and was very painful. Went to my PA and told her “hey, I think I have proud flesh forming there”. She looked puzzled but upon examination, that’s exactly what it was…but she used the human term for it. My ortho and I were discussing my hip issues and he talked about PRP, asking if I knew what this “new treatment was”. Uh…sure do, my horse just had it!

[JanuaryGirl]

When my car slides a bit on snow/ice I instinctively put on a little leg. Weird it doesn’t actually help the car.

[luvmyhackney]

I do a lot of half halts when my husband is driving with my seat and abs.

I always get compliments on bandaging my kids when I take them in for whatever.

[LCDR]

I have occasionally taken Equioxx tablets myself when out of human NSAIDs.

[Maythehorsebewithme]

@LCDR

I have occasionally taken Equioxx tablets myself when out of human NSAIDs.

Probably a bad idea.
From the person who has taken horse SMZ’s for a UTI when I could not get to the doctor.

[EmilyM]

What is the name of human vet wrap?