Our Facebook fans divulge some of the funniest, off-the-wall treats their horses love.

Apparently, our horses like more than just oats and hay!

AQHA is proud to have 35,000 Facebook fans who interact with us every day.

We love being able to answer questions about AQHA business, announce important information, explain some of the member benefits you might be missing out on, share photos and more.

But every now and then, we like to be silly.

We asked our fans, “What’s your Quarter Horse’s favorite off-the-wall treat?”

Here are our top-15 favorite answers:

• Dog food, preferably out of the dog’s bowl. And he loves ham! – Jill Sakalares

• Root beer and orange Life Savers! – Fame First-Lady

• Frosted Mini Wheats and Sprite – Laurel Casey

• Kit Kat bars and nacho chips and dip – Tanya Bowen Thweatt

• Girl Scout Do-Si-Dos Cookies and McDonald’s french fries – Julie O’Connell

• Strawberry Artic Freeze from Dairy Queen. – Nancy Baker Tatarek

• Uncooked macaroni. They like the crunch, no mess in your pockets – Judy Dean Harmon

• Marshmallows and strawberry Poptarts – Tamara Brown Templeton

• Doritos and beer. – Wendy Hull

• Hot Pockets! – Diane Stewart

• One likes bananas, oranges, chips and beer. The other likes coffee with sugar and homemade wine. – Cynthia Spies Richardson

• Bananas and butterscotch candy – Aimee Gilmore

• Pickles! – Ashley Leightner

• Mince pies. I have to make them for him all year round. – Katie Manners

• Cat food that they eat right out of the cat’s bowl! – Lisa Tripp

What We Said

AQHA staff members weighed in with their horses’ favorite treats.

• SmartPak Carrot Crunchers – Publications Managing Editor Larri Jo Starkey

• Baby carrots, apples and sometimes ginger snap cookies – AQHA Advertising Account Executive Kristen Jacobson
• Spicy Nacho Doritos and SmartPak’s Uncle Jimmy’s Squeezy Buns – American Quarter Horse Racing Journal Editor Andrea Caudill
• Peppermint horse treats. I pull one out of my pocket immediately after he runs (a barrel pattern) and give it to him for a job well done. – Senior Manager of Regional Shows Kelly Proffitt
• Apples and carrots are Junior’s all-time favorites … he’s health-conscious that way! But I’ve recently discovered another more economical treat that all the horses here love: alfalfa cubes. You can flake off small squares that are perfect for treats. These come in 50-pound bags and are c.h.e.a.p., as well as being all-natural.  I love giving horse treats as gifts to my horsey friends, and last Christmas, I went with Uncle Jimmy’s Squeezy Buns, which are morsels of oats, ground corn and molasses that I had shipped from SmartPak. Reports are that Santa should bring them again next year! – America’s Horse Editor Holly Clanahan, author of The Gallop Report

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