Additional training:
Step 1. Don’t let horse on bus
Any questions?
- “what if it’s more than one horse?”
- “What if it’s wearing blinders?”
- “What if the horse wants to come on the bus?”
- “What is the enforcement mechanism for blocking a large animal from boarding?”
- “What about ponies, they are so cute?”
- “What about other hooves animals?”
- “What about on rural routes?”
- …
Work in HR, I can go on forever. If people truly aren’t interested or incentivized to take in the info, they will not.
- can the horse ride on top?
- what if it falls in, then out, but then halfway back in?
- if it can talk does it count?
- Cows?
- if the horse pays double can it hang on the back?
Can the horse be placed on the bike carrier? They both have riders!
Yes, many. Are ponies OK? Or donkeys? If donkeys are OK, what about mules? How do we differentiate from one another? Should we exclusive all equine? What about bovine? Dogs and cats can go still, right? Are all cannids and felines allowed? If wolfs can’t, what about foxes? Were do hyenas fall in those categories?
How about donkeys?
Mules?
Llamas?
Alpaca?
Goats?
Sheep?
Cows?
Hinnys?
Did they charge the horse the correct fair?
Are you going to stop a horse from getting on a bus?
how is a bus supposed to compete with private vehicles is you can’t even use it to take your pet to work?
will get additional training
And a shovel.
This is my ADA service animal, thank you very much.
Sadly, the city says otherwise:
The city said the incident raised safety concerns, noting that the horses did not appear to qualify as service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Only ponies and dogs can be service animals, emotional support animals don’t have the same protections for access to public spaces.
A pony is any horse shorter than 14.2 hands (58 inches; ~147cm) at the shoulder. And a 14.1 hand horse is still pretty big.
Hands? Why am I not surprised to learn about some other stupid unit of measurement we have.
Oh, hands or ‘hands high (hh)’ is a very fun obscure unit of measure. It is only used for measuring the height of horses … and nothing else.
One hand is 4 inches, and the number after the decimal is additional inches above the last 4 measured. So 10.0hh, 10.1hh, 10.2hh, and 10.3hh are all valid measurements, but 10.4hh is just 11hh, and 10.5hh or higher is complete nonsense. And since horses might raise or lower their heads in varying degrees at any time, making it very difficult to get a consistent measurement, the measurement is always taken at the point of the withers (shoulders) – basically the highest point on a horse’s back, at the base of their neck – because that measurement doesn’t change much depending on how the horse moves. If you want to be really precise about the measurement, it should be taken while the horse is standing still with all four hooves standing squarely and flat on level ground.
And, yes, it actually is still in common use whenever people talk about the size of a horse.
“5 is right out!”
Handy Information
Emotional support horse.
This is prejudice.
Neihglicence
Is dog. Big dog.
