Video Of The Week - Friesian Horse Is Stable Lock Opener Extraordinaire

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To say that Mariska, a Friesian mare who resides at the Misty Meadows Farm in Midland, Michigan is a smart horse, is an understatement. After all, which animal can figure out how to escape from its stable by deftly open the latch! If that doesn't impress you how about this? After she strolls out, Mariska calmly goes and opens the stable doors of her friends and encourages them to take off too!

And, it gets better - The one door she breezes right past even though it is adjacent to her own stable, is the one where her mother Trienke, who also happens to be the 'boss' mare resides! Mariska's owner, Sandy Donem says that they did not teach the horse to do this - It's a skill she has learnt by practicing really hard.

The smart horse began her quest by first learning how to grab the zipper tabs on her owner's jackets and pulling them up and down. Once she had mastered that, she began drawing out Sandy's hair ties and even grabbing and eating the jingle bells of an antler head band she was once wearing. Then came the opening and closing of paddock doors and finally, the stable lock!

In fact, it has gotten so bad that Sandra and her husband Don have had to install a second lock at the bottom of Mariska's door! We have a feeling that sooner or later, this smart mare is going to figure out how to open that too!

Resources: Telegraph.co.uk,horestalk.co.nz

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  • brockover 11 years
    WOW! I can't boleave the horse can open doors
    • Emmaover 11 years
      I can't bevle that a horse can open a door with it mouth. That is cool if I had a horse I would tech it to open a door with it mouth.
      • Rilynnover 11 years
        I have a text-to-text connection with the story because I use to have a horse that could open its stall.
        • chrisover 11 years
          That horse is funny! TATAY
          • Taylorover 11 years
            I can't belive that a horse can open a door!
            • Ivanover 11 years
              I can"t believe that a horse could unlock a lock?
              • Sophieover 11 years
                That is a really smart horse! Our horse can't do that! I wonder....
                • xgispzx
                  xgispzxover 11 years
                  Very cool, it must be hard to find a stable that will hold that horse for long!
                  • panda456
                    panda456over 11 years
                    its like nothing can hold that hores
                    • hohoover 11 years
                      some girls are talking to smack about the horse