Did you know horses have a fart button?

[Aggie4Bar]

Merry Christmas, RR!

I think I'll ask him to fart on command.
You can teach your horse to fart on command… sort of. Did you know that horses have a fart button? :yes:

Years ago, I vented to my coach, “Why is it that every time I lift a back foot, the horse farts on me? What type of gratitude is that?” This question was not meant to be answered, but lo and behold, she had an answer: Fart Button.

If you lift your horse’s tail, put your thumb in the hollow space on the inside of its buttcheek just above the, er, outlet valve, and press, you can make the horse fart. Apparently this muscle is flexed (or something) when you pick up a hind foot, which contributes to the passing of gas. My coach was all too amused and delighted at sharing this little tidbit of information with me and demonstrating its effect. And now I pass it on to you!

I knew that info would come in handy eventually… :D :D :D

Content above copied from Parelli Can of Worms thread. Some people felt it needed a thread of its own. ;)

[Nootka]

:D OMG now that is some major stupid information that I think could be very handy when I bring home new male friends. HAHAHAHHAHA HSHHSHAHHA I will never get a second date... but it will weed out the wussy from the pricks and the other men (not sure what to call the ones that actually might be amused with girlf. hands being near the bum holeio)

Thank you great Jedi master your teachings will live on through me.

ah the Pat thread.. I left that one long ago.. Did I miss anything? Other than this great info? HA

[Willow42]

OMG!!!! I'm CRYIN' over here!!!! :lol:

I can't wait to try it! I'm sure there'll be a day when a well timed 'fanny burp' will come in handy!

[millwrightmomma]

i'm laughing so hard all the dogs came to see if 'mommy' was OK.
A Fart Button..........too much :D

[BeastieSlave]

:lol: I must try this! First thing tomorrow ;)

[BabyGoose]

It's true!!!! I'm an equine massage therapist and the person who taught me showed me the "fart button". Well, she didn't call it that, but I like it! It can actually serve a purpose. If you have a horse that is a little colicky, you can use the fart button to see if gas is still able to pass at least, and relieve some pressure if it is.

[kellyb]

I wonder how many horses are going to be violated tomorrow after their owners have read this thread :lol:

[HunterJumperGin]

BWAHAHAHA! This is why COTH is priceless. It's the simple things in life, really.

[Rubs Not Pats]

OMG....you people are sick!

What is scarey here is that someone figured this out, which implies repeating the action again and again on a wide variety of horses.

[onthebit]

I wonder how many horses are going to be violated tomorrow after their owners have read this thread :lol:

I'm guessing quite a few! :eek: :lol:

[arabdressage]

I wonder how many horses are going to be violated tomorrow after their owners have read this thread :lol:

:D :D :D

[arena run]

I wonder how many horses are going to be violated tomorrow after their owners have read this thread :lol:

Now THAT made me laugh. :) sylvia

[JAGold]

This definitely goes on the Top 10 list of useless things I've learned from COTH. I love it. (I knew I was part 9 year old boy...) --Jess

[Alter]

HAHAHAHHAHA HSHHSHAHHA I will never get a second date...


:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Kementari]

I wonder how many horses are going to be violated tomorrow after their owners have read this thread :lol:

Both of mine are going to HATE poor Aggie4Bar... :eek: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[LarkspurCO]

Years ago, I vented to my coach

So she pushed your fart button?

[JoZ]

I will make a $25 donation to the horse-related charity/rescue of your choice (as long as it's not this one (http://chronicleforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=69766), LOL) for the first person to post a video of the fart button in action!

[Wellspotted]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[naters]

So she pushed your fart button?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Synrgystyk]

...(I knew I was part 9 year old boy...) --Jess

You're not the only one. I may have to make a special trip out to the barn just to try this out! :lol: (If I can get it to work, I'll have to plan something ... ahem...*special* for Mr. Syn's next visit. *plotting* :uhoh: )

Lorree

[gully's pilot]

Thank you! I've always wondered why Gully farted each and every time I picked out his right rear hoof! Now I know!

[Coup De Des]

omg..... I just might try it.... ((does muttley snicker))

[Reynard Ridge]

Merry Christmas, RR!

Thank you - I think I love you Aggie4Bar. :sadsmile:

I DID try it this morning and I was unsuccessful in provoking the, um, fart. The Pony was really put out by it, too, so I didn't go digging around trying to work it out.

Clearly, I need some help - I will join JoZ in her quest for a visual! I'll add another $25 to the Equine Charity of choice for the first video posted. :yes: WITH sound, please.

[Sakura]

This is one of those very bizarre crossroads when I must struggle with my urge to actually test the "fart button" or leave my horses with their tattered shreds of dignity they so cherish.

[Coup De Des]

This is one of those very bizarre crossroads when I must struggle with my urge to actually test the "fart button" or leave my horses with their tattered shreds of dignity they so cherish.


BEST. POST. EVER.



I asked my boyfriend if he had a fart button... he ran away from me with his hands over his butt yelling "nooooooo"

[Synrgystyk]

I asked my boyfriend if he had a fart button...

At least you had to ask. With mine the button seems to be stuck in the "fart" position! :rolleyes:

Lorree

[monday]

I must show this thread to someone, how do I get the URL to link to the thread? Right now the URL is just the generic forum listing, not specific for this thread! Help?

[Quinn]

I too will add $25.00 to the charity of choice once I have seen with my own eyes a video PROVING I can in fact produce a horse fart. Well, I don't want to produce a horse fart. That would be quite rude but rather produce a fart on command from my horse.

http://community.webshots.com/user/ballyduff

[Shodan VIII]

So she pushed your fart button?

I SOOOO WANT TO SIG THAT!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Wow, I thought my sig was weird...]


And my opinion of this thread: *Cue "Lost World"*

[Amchara]

At least the bit on colic was helpful and such....

[BAC]

At least you had to ask. With mine the button seems to be stuck in the "fart" position! :rolleyes:

Lorree

:D :lol:

[moonriverfarm]

My husband and my two leetle chihuahuas have the same button. It malfunctions a lot and goes off even when it is not pushed.

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

As the scientist in this group...since videos don't have odor, and anyone can just screw up their nose and say Peeyoo, should someone stand a safe distance away, with the tail out of danger, holding a cigarette lighter? Would this be considered a safe pony club practice?

[Irish Ei's]

Go ahead...just try to find Bob's fart button.....I dare you.
Hell, I'll pay to watch!!!

[Kerrysmom818]

Merry Christmas, RR!

If you lift your horse’s tail, put your thumb in the hollow space on the inside of its buttcheek just above the, er, outlet valve, and press, you can make the horse fart. Apparently this muscle is flexed (or something) when you pick up a hind foot, which contributes to the passing of gas. My coach was all too amused and delighted at sharing this little tidbit of information with me and demonstrating its effect. And now I pass it on to you!

[/i]


I can honestly say that I have inadvertently tested this "button" as I clean my mare quite often in this area . . . and no, it does not work for her :D Although, as someone else mentioned, it could be quite handy if gas colic is suspected . . . maybe it's a "gelding/stud thing" - like most farts!

[Percheron X]

As the scientist in this group...since videos don't have odor, and anyone can just screw up their nose and say Peeyoo, should someone stand a safe distance away, with the tail out of danger, holding a cigarette lighter? Would this be considered a safe pony club practice?

:eek: Do not listen to this woman, for the love of all that is good, do not listen to her... :no:

[Rebe]

I am wiping coffee off my keyboard, and wondering how to gently ask Mr. Rebe to turn his fart button to the "off" position...

I'm also hoping that no one where I work walks into my office to find out what I'm laughing at. I'm not explaining this one to ANYBODY.

[blue&blond]

I am wiping coffee off my keyboard, and wondering how to gently ask Mr. Rebe to turn his fart button to the "off" position...

I'm also hoping that no one where I work walks into my office to find out what I'm laughing at. I'm not explaining this one to ANYBODY.

Imagine trying to explain it to your non horsey co-workers. :lol:

[LarkspurCO]

I tried to find the fart button on my foster horse Desert Spark, owned by SAFE. I found instead the "lift tail up and sideways" button. Is this a different button, or is the fart button dual purpose? Would video of this button qualify for a chance at a SAFE donation?

Regarding the button's operation, do you press straight in, or sideways toward the buttock, or does it swivel like a joy stick?

Awaiting instructions. Camcorder on stand-by.

[sparkliest]

sounds like the horsey version of pull my finger

[MoonBallad]

This is great! As a group we women are forever complaining about how farting seems to be one of the major (and ruder) of the many obsessions the men we know have. Yet here we are, a group of highly intelligent and sophisticated women all excited about a fart button on our horse! Some of us even viewing it as a great secret weapon to unleash on unsuspecting non horse people! Women here are even offering cash to view the magic fart button in action! This just might turn into one of the best charity fundraisers we've had yet!

Yes underneath all of our sophistication and good manners we really are all are (as someone already said) 9yr old boys at heart!

Anybody do the video yet? Lol!

[Heineken]

I have been avoiding this thread for two days and finally gave in. I am laughing as quietly as possible while my 7th graders take a test...

[classicsporthorses]

You guys are killing me here and I can't laugh to loud as I am at the office.

The farrier is due out to trim my big TB gelding this afternoon so I will see if we can oblige with a video. Always willing to do some thing for a good cause.

The key is convincing the farrier (a man) and my husband and the dog(also a male), not to chime in and offer assistance. I will have to tell them all to Just let the gelding do it for God's sake, no prompting.

[BumbleBee]

I'm not to proud to say I will try it tomorrow. Today is my day off. To those who say it didn't work perhaps your equine had just recently vented....

[tullio]

I always suspected there was some connection (rear hoof picking and horsefarts), but this takes the cake.

I wonder if it has show ring applications - ie, if your faithful mount performs the "fartandbuck" reliably upon entering the show ring, can the 'fart button' be used to pre-release the fart?

Thus allowing you to safely enter the show ring without much fear of a loud and embarassing equine fart (and subsequent spook) ruining a perfectly good trip?

This is probably one of those big-time trainer secrets George Morris never told us about. I am breathlessly awaiting video proof of this phenomenon.

[Irish Ei's]

Having disturbing visions of a Fart Orchestra.....
The burning question>>>Do the Eventers do it barehanded, H/J divas in gloves and Dq's?????..Oh, wait...They have Grooms.....

[BumbleBee]

I always suspected there was some connection (rear hoof picking and horsefarts), but this takes the cake.

I wonder if it has show ring applications - ie, if your faithful mount performs the "fartandbuck" reliably upon entering the show ring, can the 'fart button' be used to pre-release the fart?

Thus allowing you to safely enter the show ring without much fear of a loud and embarassing equine fart (and subsequent spook) ruining a perfectly good trip?

This is probably one of those big-time trainer secrets George Morris never told us about. I am breathlessly awaiting video proof of this phenomenon.


You just solved a HUGE problem for me. Uhh my gelding, not me personally.

[Irish Ei's]

I always suspected there was some connection (rear hoof picking and horsefarts), but this takes the cake.

I wonder if it has show ring applications - ie, if your faithful mount performs the "fartandbuck" reliably upon entering the show ring, can the 'fart button' be used to pre-release the fart?

Thus allowing you to safely enter the show ring without much fear of a loud and embarassing equine fart (and subsequent spook) ruining a perfectly good trip?

This is probably one of those big-time trainer secrets George Morris never told us about. I am breathlessly awaiting video proof of this phenomenon.

We were taught to call it Turbo...As in "Frosty hits Turbo over jumps".....

[Quinn]

Just hope we don't start hearing/seeing; "pull my hoof."

http://community.webshots.com/user/ballyduff

[MoonBallad]

Just hope we don't start hearing/seeing; "pull my hoof."

http://community.webshots.com/user/ballyduff

I think you just started it!

[Indy]

This is the funniest thing I've read in a good long while. Oh for want of a horse right now!

[Barnfairy]

Only newer model horses come equipped with a fart button. Antique models like mine just have a crank shaft system (the hind leg left). And just like the crank start on an old model T, you have to watch out for the kick back! You could break your arm trying to break wind.

On a related subject, it is very important to note that in broodmare models, it's not a fart button, it's a kick knob! :eek:

[2DogsFarm]

I wonder how many horses are going to be violated tomorrow after their owners have read this thread :lol:

I may have to test this tonight
WTH: should amuse the barn cat....

[Instant Karma]

Hmmm, my fiance has one of those and it must be located on the bottom of his left foot, I swear!!

He said whenever they had field day at school he would take out all of the competition behind him.

Stand clear of the blast zone:D

[nightsong]

I am breathlessly awaiting video proof of this phenomenon.


I think that's the best way :lol:

[Astraled]

I tried two of mine so far, no dice :(. Mine are busted.

[DocNDabby]

Ok, I think I need hospitalization...I can't stop laughing! I'm bent (permanently?) over 'till my sides hurt...

And, like so many here, I also am a member of My DH Has A Permanently Stuck On Open FartButton.

And, Please...with the DH, three male horses and a guy friend next door...NO LIGHTERS!

[Invested1]

:D OMG now that is some major stupid information that I think could be very handy when I bring home new male friends. HAHAHAHHAHA HSHHSHAHHA I will never get a second date... but it will weed out the wussy from the pricks and the other men (not sure what to call the ones that actually might be amused with girlf. hands being near the bum holeio) HA

OMG that made me laugh out loud!!!! :lol:

If you get a guy who sticks around after you do that, just to be sure he's a keeper, clean your horse's sheath next. :lol: :lol:

[Reynard Ridge]

Well, I'm kind of excited to try again tomorrow. I can verify that eventers do it with bare hands :dead:. I didn't even realize how gross that was until I typed it out.

And I also have to say that this now gets my vote as Favorite Thread of the Year. I just continue to be shocked, shocked, SHOCKED that Aggie4bar has had this information and kept it to HERSELF for as long as she has. :no:

[Aggie4Bar]

You know what they say... Timing is everything. :cool:

[YoungFilly]

Thank you - I think I love you Aggie4Bar. :sadsmile:

I DID try it this morning and I was unsuccessful in provoking the, um, fart. The Pony was really put out by it, too, so I didn't go digging around trying to work it out.

Clearly, I need some help - I will join JoZ in her quest for a visual! I'll add another $25 to the Equine Charity of choice for the first video posted. :yes: WITH sound, please.

RR, this is just too gross to put a mental picture too!!! :lol: :lol:

Horses can't possibly have fart buttons!!!!

[Pocket Pony]

Perhaps we should contact the guys at MythBusters to see if they can do a "scientific" study about it! I'm going to try it tonight - we'll see how I do!

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

I have an idea! Let's try for the Guiness Book of World Records - the greatest number of equines farting in unison. We will have to agree on a time, which means the Australians will be outvoted and have to be doing this at something like 2 AM, but it is all in the name of ...something.

That's one way to get COTH on the record books!

[Chanter]

I wonder if it has show ring applications -

Absolutely! PP in his circus act proudly shows off the fart button, as if he himself where the inventor. :rolleyes:

[Chanter]

The folks that make the Talk to the Hoof t-shirts, should now make a Fart Button t-shirt. I can see it now. :lol: :lol: :lol:


Every DQ's grooms dream, they can get their boss a Fart Button t-shirt for x-mas! *evil grin*

[tullio]

I was tempted to try this on the school horses today while grooming, but as someone else said... shreds of dignity... don't want to take theirs.....

Irish Ei's - you mean "gas powered" horses? :D That's what I call them. Never fails when a beginner tries that first, long awaited trot - the gas begins to pass! And, since it is one of my only good jokes, I proudly inform them that now they're learning more and can ride the gas powered horses! (Maybe I should take this routine out of the lineup - adult beginners are prone to dangerous giggle fits.)

nightsong - 10 points for getting the subtle ones. ;)

So like, where's the video? I was sure there would be one by the time I got back.

[Nootka]

OMG that made me laugh out loud!!!! :lol:

If you get a guy who sticks around after you do that, just to be sure he's a keeper, clean your horse's sheath next. :lol: :lol:

ya know what... you are right. The sad thing is now that I have moved down here I have met quite a few men. I will be putting them through this test!!! Honestly, Y the hell not? Let you know how it turns out. I have a prime canadat. in mind as we speak:yes:

[Astraled]

I tried this on my third horse and still no fart. In related news, I now know how to get the stallion excited sans mare...:uhoh:

[Jewels]

I have an idea! Let's try for the Guiness Book of World Records - the greatest number of equines farting in unison.

Won't this just add to the problem of global warming?!

[La Gringa]

I have owned horses for over 30 years and this is the first time I have heard about the fart button. This is hilarious!!

All I know, is that when a horse coughs it always farts. Same thing when they buck or kick out.

I will have to test the fart button out. I imagine some horses won't like being poked there.

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Won't this just add to the problem of global warming?!

No. That is COW methane, and this is a HORSE board.

And it would be worth it for the glory.

[LearnToFly]

I have been avoiding this thread for two days and finally gave in. I am laughing as quietly as possible while my 7th graders take a test...


You would be my favorite teacher ever!!!

I'm laughing so hard at this... I think my roommate thinks I'm crazy!

[Reynard Ridge]

I tried this on my third horse and still no fart. In related news, I now know how to get the stallion excited sans mare...:uhoh:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I knew this thread would be a winner.

[Kementari]

Alas, I have poked and prodded both of my horses, and no fart. I can only conclude that they are both broken. :no: This is quite sad - I was even prepared to take a video! :cry:

Oh, and yes, eventers do it barehanded... :eek:

[snaffle635]

This is the BEST THREAD EVER!

Right now my horses are thanking the equine Gods that I live 30 miles away from them and won't be out for a visit until Saturday. They are both praying that I will forget about this by then.

Videos, people! Where are the videos?????

Can someone clarify for me where the button is? Is it right below the tailbone, but above the, um, tailpipe?

[justasmidge]

I can also verify that eventers do it barehanded. :uhoh: :rolleyes:

And my horses buttons are also broken.... That's ok, there's an entire barnful to try! (No, I have no dignity :no: :lol: )

[Wellspotted]

My horse hasn't got one! :no: :confused:
I looked. I really did. I felt ridiculous, but ... :uhoh:

[YoungFilly]

I have been avoiding this thread for two days and finally gave in. I am laughing as quietly as possible while my 7th graders take a test...


This truly has to be the funniest thing I have ever heard! Imagine the teacher looking at something like this, while her little students are busy doing their school work. Oh, why do we look at this stuff? :lol: :winkgrin: :D

[classicsporthorses]

well, the farrier got here late and that put us behind (okay sorry about the pun) for chores, so I did not have time to try it on my gelding. Yes the farrier, my husand and the dog were rather disappointed they could not offer "assistance" in prompting him.

We have 30+ head on the farm. I have to be able to get one positive result from some horse on the farm.

I am not sure I can convice the horse to stand for the Flame thrower experiment with the lighter :-)

[time fault]

hmm. . . must test this on Wee Dappled Mare, just to give her a new thing to be pissed off at me about.

[Chanter]

Oh dear lord I can't believe I am saying this, but you folks that can't find the Fart Button probably need to go to a PP circus show as he loves expertly demonstrating exactly where the Fart Button is.

Here's a thought, I really wonder if he is not the one that actually needs to fart & so uses the horse's Fart Button as an excuse to fart hisself? :lol:

Whatever, just don't drink the kool-aide!

[BabyGoose]

Maybe some of you aren't actually hitting the button. It doesn't work 100% of the time, but probably 80% of the time.

The spot is just under the tail, just above and beside the "tail pipe", just above the pinbone. I usually use the first three fingers with my thumb on the outside just above the pinbone. Then just gently massage the spot. And come to think of it, it seems to work better on geldings!

I would submit a video, but I don't know how to transfer from the camcorder to the computer. Dang, I proably could get at least two of my horses to fart on cue!

[Aggie4Bar]

Here's a thought, I really wonder if he is not the one that actually needs to fart & so uses the horse's Fart Button as an excuse to fart hisself? :lol:Probably just looking for a refill. All that hot air has to come from somewhere. ;)

[Jaegermonster]

As the scientist in this group...since videos don't have odor, and anyone can just screw up their nose and say Peeyoo, should someone stand a safe distance away, with the tail out of danger, holding a cigarette lighter? Would this be considered a safe pony club practice?

I think I will vaporize myself with laughing if someone not only managed to produce a horse fart, but also lights said fart, while obtaining video of such activity. That is the most hilarious thing I have ever heard. It would be like a blow torch.

[Jamie2337]

This is the best thread ever. I am headed out to the barn to try this tomorrow! I have no moral "diginity" problems. If I can make my horse fart on command I will show it to everyone! I am soooo excited!

[Irish Ei's]

I was tempted to try this on the school horses today while grooming, but as someone else said... shreds of dignity... don't want to take theirs.....

Irish Ei's - you mean "gas powered" horses? :D That's what I call them. Never fails when a beginner tries that first, long awaited trot - the gas begins to pass! And, since it is one of my only good jokes, I proudly inform them that now they're learning more and can ride the gas powered horses! (Maybe I should take this routine out of the lineup - adult beginners are prone to dangerous giggle fits.)

nightsong - 10 points for getting the subtle ones. ;)

So like, where's the video? I was sure there would be one by the time I got back.

Sounds like it's time to replace the muffler and exhaustpipe.....

Free the Aefvue Two!!!

[Laurel&HollyFarm]

I politely asked him to raise his tail, and pushed the fart button . . . he did pass a little gas but that was it. He is a very dignified thoroughbred and perhaps we were both trying to be too polite? Or perhaps he has been played with with the karohbi stick too much. After all his owner does have a karohbi stick and knows how to use it. :D :D :D :D No videos were taken and no horses or humans were harmed in this demonstation. :winkgrin:

[TheCoppertop]

This thread is awesome.. I'm going to try it on my pregnant belgian tomorrow, I hope I survive.

[darkmoonlady]

One most assuredly should remember that the fart button cannot and is not broken. The fart button relies on the presence of shall we say "ammo". Sometimes it is there in abundance and other times has been used up previous to the actual pressing of said fart button. The best course of action in attaining a ripping good outcome is to try more than once and first thing in the morning. And until we have a video google on youtube or msn video "fart thermal image" and you'll be at least kept in giggles till the horse version appears!

[LarkspurCO]

I tried the Fart Button on three horses and all three obliged!!! It took some practice, but eventually each horse produced an honest-to-goodness SBD (Silent But Deadly) emission. I have a new camcorder and tripod. What better way to practice?

Were my trusty assistant available to hold the camera and microphone, I surely would have captured the valve opening/closure, and the accompanying "pfffffffffffffssssssss...."

Desert Spark will now demonstrate the fart button in action:

WMV file:
http://64.140.2.82/users/holly/Pictures/DSFartButton.wmv

FLV file:
http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/hfournier/?action=view&current=FartButton.flv

[Nootka]

well, I suppose you are $25 richer.. HAHAHHA

Cant believe you got it on tape that is wunderfullllll....lololol:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Kementari]

But...but...it's in wmv and I have a Mac!! :( This is truly a tragedy. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[LarkspurCO]

Oh mercy. I am truly sorry.

Try this linkn on photobucket. They converted it to flv. And it may even include some groovy music from my free Ulead software.

http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/hfournier/?action=view&current=FartButton.flv

[Kementari]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Thank you!

Now, having seen it in action, I believe modifying my fart button technique may improve my results. :yes:

(I was pushing like, well, a button... :eek: :lol:)

My poor, poor horses. :winkgrin:

[Coup De Des]

there is so much that is not right with this whole thread....

:)

[Reynard Ridge]

Desert Spark will now demonstrate the fart button in action:

http://64.140.2.82/users/holly/Pictures/DSFartButton.wmv

Give me the info on your fav horse charity, and I'll paypal $25 today. And yes, I was doing it wrong! Chanter was right - back to Parelli Level 1 for moi. :no:

[Coup De Des]

Use your korobhi stick to practise with your DH :)

[Percheron X]

Thanks for posting the video....

Looks like more of a butt cheek squeeze technique. I only give the fart button a five on the ick factor scale where an ultrasound of a mare's follicle, or a sheath cleaning would be a ten.

I think the fart button technique may serve a useful purpose if used to "clear the way" before taking a horses temperature.

[Gruff Pastures]

Great video---I'm on dial-up but it was worth waiting for. I won't bother trying it on my ponies, though, because they don't fart, they emit flatus.

[Bumpkin]

Now I know why Elliot poops when I lift up his hind feet to clean them. haha
My trainer even made the comment yesterday that I seem to really luck out with him pooping in the crossties all the time.

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Really.

Best. Thread. Ever.

[2DogsFarm]

F-button fully functional on older horse
Apparently not installed in younger horse - but he did give me a pretty odd look when I tried...

[LarkspurCO]

Give me the info on your fav horse charity, and I'll paypal $25 today. And yes, I was doing it wrong! Chanter was right - back to Parelli Level 1 for moi. :no:

I learned this from a chiropractor, not Parelli, so you are safe.

Since the star of the fart button video was rescued from slaughter by SAFE (Safe A Forgotten Equine) they are my first choice for the donation. http://safehorses.org/. However, if this will violate forum rules because safe isn't yet 501c3, my second choice is Sunkissed Acres.

FYI, Desi's progress is chronicled here:

http://schwung.proboards67.com/index.cgi?board=rehab&action=display&thread=1158094426

Yoooooohoooo, JoZ, where are you???

[Reynard Ridge]

Hey, you win, YOU chose the charity! I'm off to paypal. And thanks again. I didn't actually try again this morning. I was too grossed out thinking about the fact that I tried it with bare hands yesterday. :dead:

Me again - I sent the money with a brief explaination of what it was for - something along the lines of "I offered $25 to the horse charity of choice for first person to post video of horse fart button - you guys were chosen." Maybe I should send a separate email with clarification?? Or just a link to this thread.

[JoZ]

Here I am!!! There's been a nasty windstorm here (no, not THAT kind of wind) so my internet access has been spotty.

I will send the donation to SAFE right now!

My only complaint is that I use a laptop and on the small screen I can't really SEE the fart button maneuver in the video. But I saw you do something and I saw him fart, so you have satisfied the rules of the contest even though I am no wiser as to the technique... :(

[schwung]

Wow! Many thanks to Holly for selecting us, for those who donated to us, and especially to Desert Spark for submitting to the humiliation of farting on camera!

Merry Christmas!

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Who knew that induced farts could do so much good?

[Reynard Ridge]

Wow! Many thanks to Holly for selecting us, for those who donated to us, and especially to Desert Spark for submitting to the humiliation of farting on camera!

Merry Christmas!

Wow. :eek: An exceptance speech for the Farting Video winning rescue? Have we discovered a new award category?? Good bye Emmys, hello Fartys??

[Amwrider]

I opened up the video in Windows Media Player and couldn't help but notice that WMP has options to Rip and Burn at the top.:cool:

[DairyQueen2049]

I guess I knew about this w/o knowing. :lol:

My older mare had a, ummm, little tad of an itch in that area and IF you put a dollop if vaseline or other moisturizer in the area it soothed her and kept her from tail removal scratching that itching - THAT I should have gotten a video of before her passing - definately NOT PG!!!! :eek: - but while you were applying the soothing lotions she would thank you with a gentle breeze, then turn her head to you ""Ja get that? Jus for YOU. Thanks for the bumm rub mom."

Now I gotta go try it on the new kid.....

[jetsmom]

Be sure your sound is turned up....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo9Sk021ydA

Also- (click on "Horse farting during interview")
http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2005/07/video_horse_far.html




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[Equibrit]

Is this the cause of global warming?

[JackieBlue]

I come back after knee/femur surgery #8 to find this! To think what I might have missed!

First, to verify a fully functioning fart button on video, one should lythely drape a tissue behind the exhaust pipe while activating the fart button. If a breeze ensues, the tissue will clearly tell the tale and no one need crinkle a nose or shed a tear.
Second, for the poster who mentioned that horses always fart when they cough or buck, I wonder if this relationship is something like the chicken and the egg. Which comes first, the fart or the buck...or the cough. You see, I'm just concerned about the "kick back" that an innocent, but curious, horse owner could suffer while testing the fart button theory. It wouldn't be so bad if a fart triggered a cough, but a buck, hhhhmmmmmmmm...maybe we shouldn't be so hasty to run around checking for fart buttons until we know for sure which came first, the buck or the fart.

[murphyluv]

has anyone else wondered why horses don't implode when they cough and fart at the same time...air being expelled forcefully from both ends...

budweiser ad was frikkin' hilarious!

[Coreene]

Like I said in the original Parelli thread where this first came up, Willem had a perfect fart button and poking that button again and again helped what was going to turn into two gas colics.

Now if we could only eliminate the invisible button that they self-trigger when you are right behind them and they let off a giant WET fart, with propulsion, when you do not have another shirt with you. :lol:

[Reynard Ridge]

Well, I won't deign that "other fart button thread" with a comment, but I would like to say that I am very happy with the video I saw. It gave me the direction I needed on location, etc.

Best twenty five bucks, I ever spent? Nah, I got a really nice bottle of port from an obscure little vineyard the last time I was in Portugal that qualifies for the BEST twenty five bucks I ever spent. Maybe the second best. :yes:

[YoungFilly]

I can't believe you posted that video on the internet. Tell me thats not you!!!! Ugh, of all things! :lol: :lol:

RR will you please post a video? Pretty, pretty please? :winkgrin:


I tried the Fart Button on three horses and all three obliged!!! It took some practice, but eventually each horse produced an honest-to-goodness SBD (Silent But Deadly) emission. I have a new camcorder and tripod. What better way to practice?

Were my trusty assistant available to hold the camera and microphone, I surely would have captured the valve opening/closure, and the accompanying "pfffffffffffffssssssss...."

Desert Spark will now demonstrate the fart button in action:

WMV file:
http://64.140.2.82/users/holly/Pictures/DSFartButton.wmv

FLV file:
http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/hfournier/?action=view&current=FartButton.flv

[LarkspurCO]

I can't believe you posted that video on the internet. Tell me thats not you!!!! Ugh, of all things! :lol: :lol:

Oh, it's me and I am darn proud of it! How many people can say their Internet movie debut was profitable? :D

On a related note, did anyone see this story on CNN?
Flatulence on plane sparks emergency landing (http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/06/plane.passing.gas.ap/index.html). If only she had been wearing her Flat D fart filter (http://www.flat-d.com/).

[LarkspurCO]

Wow! Many thanks to Holly for selecting us, for those who donated to us, and especially to Desert Spark for submitting to the humiliation of farting on camera!

Merry Christmas!

Let's just say Desi is doing his best to earn his keep.

[Kementari]

Success is mine! I have found the fart button on Jude (with the assistance of the Infamous Fart Button Video :D).

Alas, Tari's fart button appears to have been cross-wired with the clench-your-butt-cheeks-and-tuck-your-butt-under button. :(

But, hey, one out of two ain't bad! :lol:

[Percheron X]

Alas, Tari's fart button appears to have been cross-wired with the clench-your-butt-cheeks-and-tuck-your-butt-under button. :( But, hey, one out of two ain't bad! :lol:

Too funny.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :D

[Reynard Ridge]

Oh, it's me and I am darn proud of it! How many people can say their Internet movie debut was profitable? :D
f.

Er. Um. [RR pauses, hesitates, and thinks long and hard about this one - ah, but it is SUCH low hanging fruit!] Generally people with names like "Donna Sparks," "Katie Lay" or "Emily Cummings"

:winkgrin:

[hiddenlake]

Er. Um. [RR pauses, hesitates, and thinks long and hard about this one - ah, but it is SUCH low hanging fruit!] Generally people with names like "Donna Sparks," "Katie Lay" or "Emily Cummings"

:winkgrin:

Or Paris Hilton.

And there were plenty of patooties in their flicks too. Though I imagine they weren't pooty patooties. :winkgrin: Or tooty patooties.

Just by coincidence, as we were driving along in a rare moment of silence yesterday my son asked "Mom, what's a horse's patoot?" My first reaction, given earlier events in the day, was to answer "Your father." I resisted that urge (nearly impossible at the time) and instead I gave him the standard anatomy-based insult explanation. But I think it's time to teach my baby that Mom knows how to do something that makes armpit farts seem lame. So it's off to the barn we go.

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Um, I am asking this for a friend. What does it mean if you are picking out your horse's hind hooves, and he doesn't fart, but you do?

My, um, friend wants to know.

[hiddenlake]

Your "friend" should hang one of the ribbons (that I'm sure she's fond of) from her posterior and videotape the wind blowing back there, and then send it to us. We'll be very serious in our analysis and advice....really.

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Should this be a champion rosette or would simply a regular blue do?

Of course, it would be far, far better with a WTD rosette....

[Jamie2337]

I tried the fart button on my horse...but it seemed to be delayed...Until about 30 minutes later when a cat ran underneath him while I was riding. Then he FARTED and bucked at the same time. I think he was getting back and me for poking around his butt.

I was trying to show a friend of mine. She thought I was insane!

[Reynard Ridge]

Um, I am asking this for a friend. What does it mean if you are picking out your horse's hind hooves, and he doesn't fart, but you do?

My, um, friend wants to know.

It means you(r friend) should never pick your (friend's) horses feet out in the company of others. :yes:

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Of course, to clarify, my friend is male, since we all know women don't fart.

[hiddenlake]

Now stop that nonsense. We all know that if your friend was a man, he would know what to do if he farted while picking out his horse's hooves.

Brag about it, find a lighter and try to do it again.

And as to the ribbon, whatever has the bigger flutter factor is the best choice. Though I wonder if Aunt Esther might suggest a tasteful Hermes scarf as a first choice---certainly you might want to preserve whatever dignity you (er, your friend) can. After all, you can never look too good for the camera.

[JenJ]

This is the best thread I have seen in a long time. I just hope the powers that be at my job are not choosing this moment to monitor my computer / internet usage.
And yeah, my horses are going to be guinea pigs as well.
Actually when it comes to farts, horsie farts are far less offensive than those of other animals or humans IMO.

[Calvincrowe]

Oh. My. God...I too, resisted this thread for days. But, now, on the last day of school before break, I sit here muffling my giggles while my 7th graders watch The Grinch... Heineken, I'm sure can attest as well, that 7th graders find flatulence enormously funny..but even I couldn't explain this to them, never. Not without losing my job!

I swear, I will try this! But my dignified, lady-like mare NEVER FARTS IN PUBLIC...

[CookiePony]

Geek:

What does your friend do when the horse bucks, and doesn't fart, but he (the rider) does?

Especially if this occurs in a lesson?

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Hmmm...speaking for my, uh, friend, I would suspect the friend would blame it on the horse. People do this all the time with dogs, and get away with it.

[Chanter]

This is the best thread I have seen in a long time. I just hope the powers that be at my job are not choosing this moment to monitor my computer / internet usage.

Are you kidding, after reading this thread, the monitoring powers that be shall be waiting with bated breath for the next installment of COTH they can find to read from your computer! :lol:

[JackieBlue]

Geek, I love you. You just made my day with your post about your friend's embarassing concern. Does your friend fart when the horse coughs? When she, I mean, he, himself coughs? What about with a sneeze? A sudden exclamation? Any exertion can bring on an emination. Best of luck to your friend. ;)

[CookiePony]

Hmmm...speaking for my, uh, friend, I would suspect the friend would blame it on the horse. People do this all the time with dogs, and get away with it.

Ah, of course! I will tell my, um, friend about this strategy. Thank you. :winkgrin:

[arabdressage]

If only she had been wearing her Flat D fart filter (http://www.flat-d.com/).

OH. MY. GOD.

I have found a new Christmas gift.

[LostFarmer]

Of course, to clarify, my friend is male, since we all know women don't fart.

Thats right they "FLUFF"

[Aggie4Bar]

Thats right they "FLUFF"Unless they're southern. Everyone knows southern women get "the vapors".

[tbtula]

I held off on this thread for a while and I have to say this is one of the funniest threads I have seen.....my gelding will be "tested" when i get tot he barn this afternoon, poor guy..

[Chanter]

Flat D fart filter (http://www.flat-d.com/) Would not work for the farm mgr where I recently moved to as the man does not wear underwear. Oh dear lord what a hideous pity that I know this, as I see his arse crack far more often than any person should ever have to! Perhaps I could simply just annoymously mail him some Beano for christmas? :rolleyes:

[hiddenlake]

Flat D fart filter (http://www.flat-d.com/) Would not work for the farm mgr where I recently moved to as the man does not wear underwear. Oh dear lord what a hideous pity that I know this, as I see his arse crack far more often than any person should ever have to! Perhaps I could simply just annoymously mail him some Beano for christmas? :rolleyes:

Forget the Beano. Go for a more all-around solution. Give him Crack Spackle.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8783490280052394863

You could take a tub of poultice or something pasty like that, put a new wrapper/label on the outside, and give it to him anonymously. I'd love to see his face when he opens it.

[Chanter]

That is hysterical! I do not own a TV so had never seen Crack Spackle before.

[YoungFilly]

Crack Spackle, the MAN SHOW!!!!!!!! :eek:

This thread gets better and better every time I come and look at it. I swear, its like my eyes are glued to this thread! :lol: :lol: :lol: How do you guys come up with these topics!

[LostFarmer]

Mrs. Lost has threatened to buy me crack spackle if I don't were my farmer bibs. :yes: LF

[Chanter]

There was a reason WHY overalls were invented. :yes:

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Can there be a second fart button? A misplaced fart button? As soon as I start to brush Ted's tail, which he enjoys, he will lift it and emit gaseous fumes.

Of course, he is a TB, they don't have big butts, maybe they had to place the fart button elsewhere due to space limitations?

[just_me]

My horse's fart button seems to be out of order. Maybe he moved it to keep me guessing?

[Frank B]

OK! 'Fess up! Who pushed NYC's fart button (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,242342,00.html) ??