The movie "Buck"? Caution: spoiler

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I got to watch this movie last night, and while I really enjoyed it, there is something that really bothered me. In fact, it makes me want to get up on my soap box, so here I go.

Why is the world didn't they just put that colt down right at the clinic? I mean...it was incredibly stupid that people were having contact with him AT ALL. Buck got him loaded in that trailer to send him off, but what about the people who were going to deal with him wherever he went? ( I think he went to be put down somewhere)

I'm aware it wasn't the decision of the movie makers, but for heavens sakes!! Why do people, in general, think it's okay to handle animals like that? Why do they put so much value on an animals's life that they will risk a human life? I will never, ever understand that. Never. I mean...he wanted to kill them. He wasn't just waiting until he felt threatened. He just wanted to get them. That was insane.

Opinions?

[luvmymorgan]

The owner stated that she planned to have him put down. I heard later that she didn't. Can't understand some people. She had no business owning a stud if she wasn't going to train & handle him properly. JMHO

[ghostrider]

sorry, haven't heard of it

[wjminwi]

You would like it, Denise!....except for the scene Nana is talking about. I don't know how any horsewoman/man could watch that part w/o being bothered. That woman had no business owning ANY horse, let alone a stud, I thought. The kind thing to do would have been to put the poor horse down right then and there, and not risk anyone else getting hurt.

[luvmymorgan]

AND I think she made the comment that she owned 18 studs.

[ghostrider]

I'll have to check Red Box for it, the trailer looks good.
I would have a problem rooting for a horse to be put down due to behavior? Was he injured?

[luvmymorgan]

A handler was injured and the horses' behavior was pretty bad. I wouldn't like to see an animal put down for that reason either but this horse was definitely dangerous.

[wjminwi]

Like Denise said, I'd normally have a problem w/putting down for that too, but this horse was so messed up he was never going to have a happy life, short of being released to the wild or something. He was either going to seriously hurt someone or be abused himself, I thought.

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I agree, Denise. I wouldn't put a horse down just for bad behavior, but this horses clearly crossed the line between bad behavior, and dangerous to human life. That horse was going to kill someone.

[ghostrider]

I haven't seen the movie and maybe I'd change my mind but IMO there is always an underlying cause and the problem is that you have to connect to the horse to reach him. I'd be interested to know what happened to him.

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You gotta see the movie. You will get it then.

[Speckles]

I understood that they did put the horse down, and that she did indeed have a herd of studs.

I've watched the movie several times (including the night before I audited by my b/o riding in a Buck clinic). You see a few more little details each time you watch it. She was pretty blase (bla-say?) about things when he first started talking to her about that horse. But her attitude changed and she realized that she had a serious problem. And that brought her to tears. She had a very dangerous animal. I can't imagine how she even got that horse loaded up and to the clinic, and what her expectations were for the weekend.

I got the DVD at Walmart when it first came out for about $12 and is well worth it. They made a set of 7 DVDs using the rest of the footage that they shot with the movie. A lot of people wanted more horse/clinic content. They are supposed to be really good. I can't afford them these days, so I'm hoping someone I know will pick them up.

Buck comes to a farm in this area every 2 years. My b/o decided to ride in it this year, so she dragged out the good western saddle, popped her favorite Gypsy mare into the trailer, and off they went. I only was able to watch one day. It was a lot of fun, particularly in the afternoon when they were trying to cut cows. If you want a few laughs, you want to watch cutting in Maine. Buck made a funny comment about the cows we have around here. At least they weren't dairy cows.

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Buck does say it's not the horse's fault, but the human's fault. I loved how Buck handled him, but not many people could effectively or safely handle a animal like that. It's sad...but would be so much worse if someone got killed.

I will never, ever understand people who put so much value on an animal's life, that they think it's okay to risk human life. It's a mystery to me.

I agree that it's a great movie. I'm hoping to watch it several more times.

[ghostrider]

I saw on Craigslist here just last night there's a gypsy vanner mare for only $10,000! Anyone interested? LOL

I ordered the whole last season of Lost online last night, will be here TUES so I'll have to rent Buck on my next days off and watch it before Lost gets here. (I never did watch the last two episodes and my Hulu stopped working) UGH

[tripledeuce]

That horse was almost exactly like John's horse Dream!!!!

John wanted a horse so bad, it was almost ready to be put down. To prove his methods would work with ANY horse.

It saddens me that so many forge tt than when John started, he had two stallions. Everybody remembers Zip, few remember Dream.
Like all John's horses, Dream was a beautiful animal! A Dark bay, no white anywhere.
Dream had quite a since of humor! He would up-stage John every once and a while, and John could only laugh about it.
One of the tricks John taught him was to stick out his tongue, when John would shake a fist at him.
Occasionally, Dream would stick out his tongue behind John's back. It gave the audience a great laugh!

Terry