Originally posted by Shelteez2
It wasn't that long ago when westerns were made and they used trip wires to make the horses fall when they were "shot".
A lot of those horses didn't make it out un-injured.
HUH!? How long ago was this!? I have never heard about "trip wires" for horses. They are trained to fall when there are shooting scenes. I have seen how it is done with my own eyes. It is a special reining and leg technique the rider does to make the horse buckle up and fall on it's side, while the rider quickly dismounts in a fashion where they (and the horse) are not injured, yet makes it appear that the rider was thrown from the horse.

I am going to browse around for this "trip wire" technique...never heard of it before, I want to know about it, *crosses fingers that is never existed*....


ALSO...

I did not know that Milo & Otis was filmed in Japan and parts were edited out of the movie. So Cass, I can see why you are so concerned. The movie does sound fishy now. Let's just hope that the animals were just really good actors, it's too sad to think that animals could be harmed like that in a movie...you'd think that they'd be smart enough not to do that.... Sorry Cass (and anyone else) if I upset you at all about this! Good thing I got rid of that movie a loooooooooong time ago.