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Old 03.27.2009
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Seeing-Eye Horse Kicks Up Controversy
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A disabled Texas woman has sparked a controversy with her use of a seeing-eye horse.
Fort Worth's Tabitha Darling, who is legally blind and has a bone condition that makes walking painful, uses her pony Trixie to help her navigate the world. ABC News reports that Darling and the animal go everywhere, from places like Dairy Queen to Target. WFAA has more on the story.

She means the world to me," Darling told WFAA. "[Trixie's] not just a working animal, but -- well -- my friend."
But some in the city's disabled community question Darling's use of Trixie, saying there are animals other than a horse that the woman could be paired with.
"She doesn't need to be riding it around like Lady Godiva in a store," Carolyn Finefrock told WFAA. Finefrock, whose vision is even worse than Darling's, uses a seeing-eye dog and gets around with a wheelchair.
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"She doesn't need to be riding it around like Lady Godiva in a store," Carolyn Finefrock told WFAA.

She's riding in the store naked ? Where's that video ?
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Pretty interesting VIDEO there....
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Hmmm, interesting.
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You know what, the stupidity of people astounds me really. If its not hurting you and its not causing an actual issue like the horse is ######## on the supermarket floor WHO FRIGGEN CARES?! And you know what, I think it should be legal to ride horses instead of cars. If I want to ride my horse to walmart instead of paying 15.00 in gas, I should be able to. Though I would draw the line at riding him TO walmart and not IN walmart.
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I can hear the *store intercom* clean up in aisle 3, clean up in aisle 7, clean up in aisle 11
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