>If you don't need your car for a month, you can just ignore it.
>If you ignore your horse and cart for a month, you've got a dead horse.
My cousins had three horses that hung out in about a quarter section
of woods and needed no attention. Often for weeks. Could have been
years if it came to that.
Casady
To say nothing of the wild horse herds out west... although a few of
them have been accused of fraternization with the camels.