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Oh yeah, no. I wouldn't have dogs around horses that they don't know or grew up around. The same way I wouldn't have cats around a dog that didn't grow up with cats.
I've not really had issue with horses that I knew. They were only rough when in heat. It's horses you don't know that you have to watch out for, but the same goes for any animal you don't know tbh. It's just more dangerous with horses, because they can easily kill you.
You sure can cuddle with a horse, but you just have to know them well. Also you have to be able to read their body language and if it's a horse you don't know, maybe observe them interacting with other horses for a good while so see how they're like in different situations. I'm certainly not experienced with horses, you can learn the basics pretty fast.
And of course, since they're prey animals and large at that, you always have to exercise some kind of caution around them, but they really don't resort to kicking very easily. They give you plenty of other warning signs before going to extremes.
There's generally at least six warning signs you can receive before they kick. Most are subtle, and most people miss them, heck other horses often ignore them as well. But it starts in the eyes,the the face, then the ears, then their stance, then the tension in their body, and then sometimes stamping, and rarely raising or giving tiny air kicks, and then they kick.
There are so many signs for me, that when I hear that someone got kicked, it's hard to feel sorry for them, but I have to remind myself that most people don't know their body language. It's just so stupid, and most horses are very patient. Not all, of course, there are mean ones, but the idea that they are unpredictable usually comes from either not knowing their body language or them being skittish due to being prey animals. Which is another bag of things and requires desensitization to normal
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