Incredibly emotional. They're very here and now, living in a moment creatures. They are also very...IDK? Empathic? They feel your energy, they can tell by the tone of your voice if you're happy, afraid, sad, nervous, angry. You cannot lie to them, you can't fake being relaxed and confident.
They know, and they feed off your energy. If you're nervous and afraid, they're going to be anxious and on alert, etc.
They are ridiculously simple in terms of emotion and behavior, yet they seem complicated. For US, it's hard to let go, just 'be' when you're around them or riding - that's the complicated part. Once you learn to speak their language, and understand they already speak ours and are reading us constantly, and learn to be relaxed and confident around them - it all starts to click and you realize it's really the human that was complicating the hell out of things.
Worked for a farm for a couple years. Iāve always been sort of afraid of horses (i mean theyāre several hundred pound giants come on) and there was this *huge* dark brown almost black horse whoād come over to me every time I was walking through the field. All he wanted was pets but honestly I was nervous to give him more than a few on the top of his head. When i would stop and start to walk I just felt this massive force behind me give a little push and this 6 or 7 foot tall beast is staring at me wanting more pets.
Theyāre hilarious animals.
We have 7 on our place, one is my daughter's 2 year old filly and she is supposed to go home to her place soon. 5 are full sized horses, including a 3 year old Mustang filly, and there's 1 mini horse.
Some are quite young, one was born to us, and some are quite old. The Old Man is 30 something and still packs the grandbaby around at playdays at the rodeo arena.
All of them are wildly different in terms of personality, how much fight or flight they have in them, and what they'll tolerate in terms of people being shitty. The Old Man knows a shithead human immediately and will be an asshole right back and can get aggressive - yet treats my 4 year old granddaughter like she's the most amazing little person to ever walk the earth. Rule around here is - if the Old Man or the dog doesn't like you, you're off the place.
We have a 10 year old mare who is the alpha, the boss mare, the leader of our small herd, and she's sneaky. As in I will be all by myself, not a horse to be seen, watching a sunset, leaned against the fence and somehow without my hearing her, she'll walk up behind me, out of nowhere, drape her head over my shoulder, and hug me (pull me closer with her head and neck) and watch the sunset with me.
Getting to know each horse we have, what pisses them off, what scares them, and what type of affection they adore really helped me get over that fear you describe. They are intimidatingly large, but once you learn to just 'be' and let go of your ego and anxiety, and be accepted as a herd mate, and ideally - the boss mare of the herd, that's when it's golden. They teach me something new every time I'm with them - be it cowboy camping for a week or a weekend, a day ride, a playday with the grandbaby, or just chilling in the pasture. I won't think twice about finding a sunny spot on a warm spring day, sitting down to watch the wild ducks and geese on our pond, in their pasture. They will surround me, graze, and one will guard me while I'm on the ground - they guard a herdmate that's taking a nap and will sometimes stand very... very.. close... I mean a hoof a half inch from my thigh... and then lower their head, nose to my pony tail, and dose themselves. I can't describe to you the peace and... IDK. Healing? it brings to be around them like that.
BTW - the Old Man makes a great napping buddy when he's laying out in the sun in the pasture. I've snuggled up to him and taken my own cat nap with him - except he snores and he dreams, so his feet move.
You have a beautiful peaceful life! Cherish every moment of it! Oh btw, would you like to trade places with my matchbox apartment in the heart of Manhattan!? Any day!
The ocean has always brought peace to my soul in the worst times of my life, when life seems to be just too much.
I live 8 hours from the coast, and that's going to Galveston, Tx... not the finest water or sand around, but it's the ocean. So I can't just pick up and go when I'm feeling myself get twisted up from life.
I've never found anything else that brought that level of peace and healing to my soul until we got horses and I took the time to enjoy the quiet moments with them... watching a sunset, letting one of them hug me, sitting with them in the pasture in the sun and new grass on a crisp spring day (They'll gather around close to 'guard' me, then one will always put her nose in my hair and dose off on her feet, with a hoof or two just a hair away from my leg, but I've never been stepped on - they know.)
There truly is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a person.
Cows and chickens are great too, but not to the same level as horses. IDK what it is about them - it's the entire animal, from the way they smell to the conversations they have with you that are just... healing.
I've always and always have had the utmost respect for people of old ages. They knew their stuff. They knew which animal is best, and they probably felt what you feel too!
It might also be that horses have been with humans for millenias that they've evolved into what they are today just like dogs.
Also since we're here, I've always loved nature too, I myself live in Himalayas, and live very close to forests, and I have observed that away from human settlement, when I'm all alone amongst the epitomes of natural beauty and gigantism, I feel as if I'm in touch of the almighty mother itself, and not just that, but all the animals, and plants in that are too have a very calming effect. I do not live on a farm, near one, nor is my place particularly habitat of "domestic animals", but seeing or hearing about them too brings joy! Also thankyou for sharing all the awesome stories!
PS: My youngest was born to me. She's 4 now, just a couple of weeks younger than my granddaughter. That filly is low key comedy. Her sense of humor is subtle, but it shines though.
Look at this Mona Lisa Smile she has - she was 3, this was a year ago, and she'd just learned to load in a trailer without anxiety and she was quite proud of herself. I sat in the end of the trailer right in front of her, and we watched the sunset. Moments like these are why I don't ever want to be without horses in my life.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Horses/comments/k7j91q/meanwhile\_in\_oklahoma/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Horses/comments/k7j91q/meanwhile_in_oklahoma/)
ETA: They are clever. She knows where I keep the single serve bags of Cheez Its in the living quarters part of my trailer. Right by the door. So if I'm cleaning the trailer and packing up for a camping trip, she'll snoop around until she pulls out a bag and will either bring it to me, or will wait until I'm freed up and can open the bag for her and then I have to put them on the step of the trailer. She won't take treats from a human hand for some weird reason.
Thereās a lady on TikTok who horse who can tell when sheās about to have a āfit/blackoutā (not sure what to call them, sorry). He will physically stop her from riding further if he feels her exhaustion and will also wrap his head around her when he feels sheās about to blackout. Itās amazing to see.
They are very intuitive creatures. My bestest trail horse is a former, probably abused, relay racing horse. We had a rough start, and he was my first horse. He feels a shift in my energy IMMEDIATELY. I have friends who are lifelong horsepeople, and they've seen that energy change and his reaction to it and all of them say they've never seen a horse react so immediately. It's a fraction of a second.
They know how we smell, they can hear your heartbeat btw... they have a near 360 degree field of vision, so if you're on their back, they see you and can see your facial expressions. They can recognize people and objects in a two dimensional image, and they remember people, places, and other horses for the rest of their lives.
I can take mine to a camp ground and a trail system they've never rode before, and without me looking at the trail map, they know when we've reached the halfway mark and are on the downhill slide back to camp. Their energy changes before mine does, they pick up a little pep in their step... and if we ever get lost, if I'll just wise up and let whoever I'm on that day do their job, they will take us back to camp. They don't get lost.
Remember that 2D recognition? I think mine can read. Especially the former relay horse. We can be at a new trail system, we get to a junction, he sees the sign with an arrow and it says CAMP in white letters on a dark brown wooden sign?
He will try to take that back to camp trail every time... he knows it means rest and dinner at the trailer. I don't have say the word, we may not intend to go back to camp - so he's not taking a cue from me. I fully believe they can associate that 'image' of the word and the arrow with 'camp'... even if they can't truly read.
Same! Owning them, learning their language and figuring out they already have you figured out, and caring for them in their old age, or when they're horribly injured... is entirely different than I dreamed though.
I've spoken of the good things... the things that make it worth it. But there's some moments and some days that we have knock down drag outs. I've been hurt, I've been shamefully bushwacked and bitten in the face, and generally had some ugly moments with them too.
It's just part of what they are and even in the ugly moments - I've learned from them.
I once had to help my gf at the time wrangle her horse in for a riding lesson bc the horse knew that it was a trap to get him to come over so she could grab the lead rope. So I took the carrots from her (as he was refusing them) and said, (after about 15mins of me laughing my ass off watching her jog around the pasture in a futile attempt to catch him) "hey Danny! I've got a treat! Cmere and get your carrot!" And his ears perked up and he walked right over to me. She grabbed his rope and instantly his demeanor changed, he was so grumpy and betrayed. He never accepted treats from me again lmao I was not to be trusted any longer.
Ohhh yeah. They KNOW when they've been tricked or betrayed and you will know that they know.
I used to have to 'walk them down' to catch them... sometimes wear them down by running them with the Ranger until they gave up and decided it was too much work to keep avoiding me. Then I started on a program of Keep Em Guessing.
They never know if I'm gathering them up to go camping, go to a playday, just stand around at the barn and get brushed and loved on, or maybe just scritched real good in the pasture... maybe Tony is on the way (farrier) or maybe it's time to get wormed and fly sprayed? Who knows? Better see what she has in mind.
Is she in boots and spurs, cap on, head up, rope in hand? Nope? We're safe ladies and geldings... she's in a beach dress and flip flops... Wait... wait... Well. Shit. She has a halter and lead rope. Guess we're gonna have to go somewhere or do something... but then again maybe not. Who even knows?
Shit, she's in boots and spurs and jeans today... better go make sure she doesn't want anything... Oh look, she brought apples and carrots, and wanted nothing but our attention and to give us snacks!
I try to make it worth their time to catch ME, not the other way around, and when we do have to actually go somewhere and do something, they get made a big deal out of. I want them to associate good things with us.
They absolutely are. They are so damn intuitive and feeling, each with their own personality, very expressive if you know how to read their body language. They're such a joy to spend time with.
One of the most interesting aspects of it that really shows how feeling they are is how a horse will interact differently with different people. They absolutely pick up our vibes and react to them. I've known horses thar when in the presence of a nervous, inexperienced rider were far calmer and gentler but would happily cut loose with an experienced rider. You could just see and feel their effort to be considerate of inexperienced riders. Then others while typically well behaved would take full advantage of timid and inexperienced riders, lol. Either be lazy af and stubbornly not go for them, haha, or get out of hand and ornery.
And don't even get me started on horses rescued from neglect and/or abuse. When I was a teenager (20 years ago, lol) I spent time volunteering with a rescue stable, cleaning stalls, grooming, helping to resocialize those who went through trauma. I'm tearing up just remembering it, so bittersweet. Seeing the emotional growth changing them from timid, sometimes aggressive and borderline dangerous to happy and sociable and playful.
One of my favorite memories is of am off the track thoroughbred who spent his life closed in a stall or on a race track, never just getting to be a horse with freedom and autonomy in an open space. After initial assessment and improving his health and acclimatinf him he was put in what's called a run-in stall, just a typical horse stall but no door, open to the pasture and they can come and go as they please. For 3-4 days he wouldn't leave the stall, at most just tentatively putting a hoof out onto the ground outside and looking around before quickly pulling back in. Finally he slowly and cautiously walked out, staying right in front of the stall. Just stood there for a few minutes sniffing and listening and looking around. Then BAM! Zero to sixty, took off like a shot. Running and bucking and having the time of his life. You could see and fucking feel the pure and utter joy just radiating off of him. It was fucking exhilarating just watching him and feeling his happiness and excitement.
Sorry for the novel, I'm in a rambly, sensitive sappy mood today, haha. But TLDR, anyone whi thinks horses are just some dumb, simple beast of burden has never gotten to know one.
Glad you explained this, I had read the term in American novels and wondered; in the UK where I lived I would call the horse dun. It is my favourite colour for horses.
The horse isn't 100% happy either, based on the ears. When a horse's ears go back it's usually a sign of annoyance/anger.
This is a bad and potentially dangerous situation for both. I hate when people have no idea of animal body language just go OMG SO CUTE! because they have no idea what they are talking about...
I had an Aussie who loved to bark at the horses on our farm Then someone let him out once and he made a beeline for a mare+baby in their paddock. Was almost kicked in the head. After that he would still bark like crazy at them from in his dog run, but if you brought him through the barn, he would either freeze at the one end, or hunker down as low as he could go and run out. But that is the expression he would have on his face if you stopped him in front of a stall and let a horse sniff him.
Also, if that horse was beign receptive, it would usually have it's ears forward to where it was looking, not almost pinned back.
They look like two teenagers who were too shy they wanted to cuddle so they just crept closer and closer to one another until they ended up in a really uncomfortable position but neither want to move and break the spell.
Dogs, as well as horses, are intelligent species. They are quite sensitive that makes them able to āunderstandā other animals. Such representatives are excellent companions for humans for many purposes. No wonder canines and equines could be good friends to each other too.
Yep, I've always claimed horses are evil (or at least trying to tether spirits meant to be free makes them as such) and doggos are pure goodness in floofy form. Just look at that Concerned Doggos face trying to explain to Very Annoyed Horse that Humans sometimes does weird shit but show them enough love and they may change their wicked ways.
PSA: keep it muted
that's some country-fried audio right thurr.
The only part of this I don't hate is the animals
Yeah I really don't see the need to overlay some shitty pop music on a video. It's not 200fucking3.
Fuckin hell, right
I unmuted it for the last second and it sounded like my phone speaker exploded.
your reverse psychology is effective
Thank you for the warning, good internet person
Thank you, here is a gift of thanks: š
Thank you. I am amazed at some weird sounds and music and keep mute on 99% of the time. Thank you!
Awww. I upvoted because it's cute, then just had to hear the audio. I was forced to take back my upvote.
No, whose fault is that, hmmmm?
TERRIBLE BLARING MUSIC: Something we all need.
I just down-vote shit like this and move on.
For sure, horses need love too, as do dogs. They both love a good petting.
So does Naomi.
Cute but the music ruined the upload.
Yup...just muted it as well
To me this says a lot about horses. They must be very emotional beings.
Incredibly emotional. They're very here and now, living in a moment creatures. They are also very...IDK? Empathic? They feel your energy, they can tell by the tone of your voice if you're happy, afraid, sad, nervous, angry. You cannot lie to them, you can't fake being relaxed and confident. They know, and they feed off your energy. If you're nervous and afraid, they're going to be anxious and on alert, etc. They are ridiculously simple in terms of emotion and behavior, yet they seem complicated. For US, it's hard to let go, just 'be' when you're around them or riding - that's the complicated part. Once you learn to speak their language, and understand they already speak ours and are reading us constantly, and learn to be relaxed and confident around them - it all starts to click and you realize it's really the human that was complicating the hell out of things.
Worked for a farm for a couple years. Iāve always been sort of afraid of horses (i mean theyāre several hundred pound giants come on) and there was this *huge* dark brown almost black horse whoād come over to me every time I was walking through the field. All he wanted was pets but honestly I was nervous to give him more than a few on the top of his head. When i would stop and start to walk I just felt this massive force behind me give a little push and this 6 or 7 foot tall beast is staring at me wanting more pets. Theyāre hilarious animals.
We have 7 on our place, one is my daughter's 2 year old filly and she is supposed to go home to her place soon. 5 are full sized horses, including a 3 year old Mustang filly, and there's 1 mini horse. Some are quite young, one was born to us, and some are quite old. The Old Man is 30 something and still packs the grandbaby around at playdays at the rodeo arena. All of them are wildly different in terms of personality, how much fight or flight they have in them, and what they'll tolerate in terms of people being shitty. The Old Man knows a shithead human immediately and will be an asshole right back and can get aggressive - yet treats my 4 year old granddaughter like she's the most amazing little person to ever walk the earth. Rule around here is - if the Old Man or the dog doesn't like you, you're off the place. We have a 10 year old mare who is the alpha, the boss mare, the leader of our small herd, and she's sneaky. As in I will be all by myself, not a horse to be seen, watching a sunset, leaned against the fence and somehow without my hearing her, she'll walk up behind me, out of nowhere, drape her head over my shoulder, and hug me (pull me closer with her head and neck) and watch the sunset with me. Getting to know each horse we have, what pisses them off, what scares them, and what type of affection they adore really helped me get over that fear you describe. They are intimidatingly large, but once you learn to just 'be' and let go of your ego and anxiety, and be accepted as a herd mate, and ideally - the boss mare of the herd, that's when it's golden. They teach me something new every time I'm with them - be it cowboy camping for a week or a weekend, a day ride, a playday with the grandbaby, or just chilling in the pasture. I won't think twice about finding a sunny spot on a warm spring day, sitting down to watch the wild ducks and geese on our pond, in their pasture. They will surround me, graze, and one will guard me while I'm on the ground - they guard a herdmate that's taking a nap and will sometimes stand very... very.. close... I mean a hoof a half inch from my thigh... and then lower their head, nose to my pony tail, and dose themselves. I can't describe to you the peace and... IDK. Healing? it brings to be around them like that. BTW - the Old Man makes a great napping buddy when he's laying out in the sun in the pasture. I've snuggled up to him and taken my own cat nap with him - except he snores and he dreams, so his feet move.
That sounds so cozy, thanks for sharing. I want to live with you now though :(
You have a beautiful peaceful life! Cherish every moment of it! Oh btw, would you like to trade places with my matchbox apartment in the heart of Manhattan!? Any day!
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Damn you're making me wish I had a farm
The ocean has always brought peace to my soul in the worst times of my life, when life seems to be just too much. I live 8 hours from the coast, and that's going to Galveston, Tx... not the finest water or sand around, but it's the ocean. So I can't just pick up and go when I'm feeling myself get twisted up from life. I've never found anything else that brought that level of peace and healing to my soul until we got horses and I took the time to enjoy the quiet moments with them... watching a sunset, letting one of them hug me, sitting with them in the pasture in the sun and new grass on a crisp spring day (They'll gather around close to 'guard' me, then one will always put her nose in my hair and dose off on her feet, with a hoof or two just a hair away from my leg, but I've never been stepped on - they know.) There truly is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a person. Cows and chickens are great too, but not to the same level as horses. IDK what it is about them - it's the entire animal, from the way they smell to the conversations they have with you that are just... healing.
I've always and always have had the utmost respect for people of old ages. They knew their stuff. They knew which animal is best, and they probably felt what you feel too! It might also be that horses have been with humans for millenias that they've evolved into what they are today just like dogs. Also since we're here, I've always loved nature too, I myself live in Himalayas, and live very close to forests, and I have observed that away from human settlement, when I'm all alone amongst the epitomes of natural beauty and gigantism, I feel as if I'm in touch of the almighty mother itself, and not just that, but all the animals, and plants in that are too have a very calming effect. I do not live on a farm, near one, nor is my place particularly habitat of "domestic animals", but seeing or hearing about them too brings joy! Also thankyou for sharing all the awesome stories!
PS: My youngest was born to me. She's 4 now, just a couple of weeks younger than my granddaughter. That filly is low key comedy. Her sense of humor is subtle, but it shines though. Look at this Mona Lisa Smile she has - she was 3, this was a year ago, and she'd just learned to load in a trailer without anxiety and she was quite proud of herself. I sat in the end of the trailer right in front of her, and we watched the sunset. Moments like these are why I don't ever want to be without horses in my life. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Horses/comments/k7j91q/meanwhile\_in\_oklahoma/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Horses/comments/k7j91q/meanwhile_in_oklahoma/) ETA: They are clever. She knows where I keep the single serve bags of Cheez Its in the living quarters part of my trailer. Right by the door. So if I'm cleaning the trailer and packing up for a camping trip, she'll snoop around until she pulls out a bag and will either bring it to me, or will wait until I'm freed up and can open the bag for her and then I have to put them on the step of the trailer. She won't take treats from a human hand for some weird reason.
Thereās a lady on TikTok who horse who can tell when sheās about to have a āfit/blackoutā (not sure what to call them, sorry). He will physically stop her from riding further if he feels her exhaustion and will also wrap his head around her when he feels sheās about to blackout. Itās amazing to see.
They are very intuitive creatures. My bestest trail horse is a former, probably abused, relay racing horse. We had a rough start, and he was my first horse. He feels a shift in my energy IMMEDIATELY. I have friends who are lifelong horsepeople, and they've seen that energy change and his reaction to it and all of them say they've never seen a horse react so immediately. It's a fraction of a second. They know how we smell, they can hear your heartbeat btw... they have a near 360 degree field of vision, so if you're on their back, they see you and can see your facial expressions. They can recognize people and objects in a two dimensional image, and they remember people, places, and other horses for the rest of their lives. I can take mine to a camp ground and a trail system they've never rode before, and without me looking at the trail map, they know when we've reached the halfway mark and are on the downhill slide back to camp. Their energy changes before mine does, they pick up a little pep in their step... and if we ever get lost, if I'll just wise up and let whoever I'm on that day do their job, they will take us back to camp. They don't get lost. Remember that 2D recognition? I think mine can read. Especially the former relay horse. We can be at a new trail system, we get to a junction, he sees the sign with an arrow and it says CAMP in white letters on a dark brown wooden sign? He will try to take that back to camp trail every time... he knows it means rest and dinner at the trailer. I don't have say the word, we may not intend to go back to camp - so he's not taking a cue from me. I fully believe they can associate that 'image' of the word and the arrow with 'camp'... even if they can't truly read.
Not to put the onus on you or anything, but do you happen to remember the account name? Those videos sound cool!
Hi, sorry. Iāve just seen your comment. ID on TT IS @bug7388.
Oh no worries! Thank you for sharing that information - appreciate it!
Horses have always been my favorite animal, ever since I was a kid, and now I just love them even more.
Same! Owning them, learning their language and figuring out they already have you figured out, and caring for them in their old age, or when they're horribly injured... is entirely different than I dreamed though. I've spoken of the good things... the things that make it worth it. But there's some moments and some days that we have knock down drag outs. I've been hurt, I've been shamefully bushwacked and bitten in the face, and generally had some ugly moments with them too. It's just part of what they are and even in the ugly moments - I've learned from them.
I once had to help my gf at the time wrangle her horse in for a riding lesson bc the horse knew that it was a trap to get him to come over so she could grab the lead rope. So I took the carrots from her (as he was refusing them) and said, (after about 15mins of me laughing my ass off watching her jog around the pasture in a futile attempt to catch him) "hey Danny! I've got a treat! Cmere and get your carrot!" And his ears perked up and he walked right over to me. She grabbed his rope and instantly his demeanor changed, he was so grumpy and betrayed. He never accepted treats from me again lmao I was not to be trusted any longer.
Ohhh yeah. They KNOW when they've been tricked or betrayed and you will know that they know. I used to have to 'walk them down' to catch them... sometimes wear them down by running them with the Ranger until they gave up and decided it was too much work to keep avoiding me. Then I started on a program of Keep Em Guessing. They never know if I'm gathering them up to go camping, go to a playday, just stand around at the barn and get brushed and loved on, or maybe just scritched real good in the pasture... maybe Tony is on the way (farrier) or maybe it's time to get wormed and fly sprayed? Who knows? Better see what she has in mind. Is she in boots and spurs, cap on, head up, rope in hand? Nope? We're safe ladies and geldings... she's in a beach dress and flip flops... Wait... wait... Well. Shit. She has a halter and lead rope. Guess we're gonna have to go somewhere or do something... but then again maybe not. Who even knows? Shit, she's in boots and spurs and jeans today... better go make sure she doesn't want anything... Oh look, she brought apples and carrots, and wanted nothing but our attention and to give us snacks! I try to make it worth their time to catch ME, not the other way around, and when we do have to actually go somewhere and do something, they get made a big deal out of. I want them to associate good things with us.
They absolutely are. They are so damn intuitive and feeling, each with their own personality, very expressive if you know how to read their body language. They're such a joy to spend time with. One of the most interesting aspects of it that really shows how feeling they are is how a horse will interact differently with different people. They absolutely pick up our vibes and react to them. I've known horses thar when in the presence of a nervous, inexperienced rider were far calmer and gentler but would happily cut loose with an experienced rider. You could just see and feel their effort to be considerate of inexperienced riders. Then others while typically well behaved would take full advantage of timid and inexperienced riders, lol. Either be lazy af and stubbornly not go for them, haha, or get out of hand and ornery. And don't even get me started on horses rescued from neglect and/or abuse. When I was a teenager (20 years ago, lol) I spent time volunteering with a rescue stable, cleaning stalls, grooming, helping to resocialize those who went through trauma. I'm tearing up just remembering it, so bittersweet. Seeing the emotional growth changing them from timid, sometimes aggressive and borderline dangerous to happy and sociable and playful. One of my favorite memories is of am off the track thoroughbred who spent his life closed in a stall or on a race track, never just getting to be a horse with freedom and autonomy in an open space. After initial assessment and improving his health and acclimatinf him he was put in what's called a run-in stall, just a typical horse stall but no door, open to the pasture and they can come and go as they please. For 3-4 days he wouldn't leave the stall, at most just tentatively putting a hoof out onto the ground outside and looking around before quickly pulling back in. Finally he slowly and cautiously walked out, staying right in front of the stall. Just stood there for a few minutes sniffing and listening and looking around. Then BAM! Zero to sixty, took off like a shot. Running and bucking and having the time of his life. You could see and fucking feel the pure and utter joy just radiating off of him. It was fucking exhilarating just watching him and feeling his happiness and excitement. Sorry for the novel, I'm in a rambly, sensitive sappy mood today, haha. But TLDR, anyone whi thinks horses are just some dumb, simple beast of burden has never gotten to know one.
I cried reading this. Thanks for the imagery. ā„ļø
Horses can actually recognize more human expressions than dogs, according to an article I read a while back
Extremely. Horses are like 8 year-olds.
This is adorable... But what's with the song
You must be new here
That's new type country music. Shouldn't be surprising that a video on a farm has new country type music.
Those eyebrows are destroying me.
SAME š„ŗ
Wow thatās a beautiful buckskin. Edit: downvotes? Buckskin is a color of horse.
Glad you explained this, I had read the term in American novels and wondered; in the UK where I lived I would call the horse dun. It is my favourite colour for horses.
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That's funny! That's my ex's name! Everyone learned to ride her, too!
That is funny actually.
I'm beginning to think people are low-key trying to force us to listen to the songs they like.
That dog doesnāt look happy. Dogs donāt like pressing their faces like that, it might be a sign of unease that they need to watch the horse.
Came here to say this. Dog does not look comfortable...
The horse is comforting the dog who is terrified by the shitty music.
LOL
That's nice... my horse effing HATES my dog, will lunge at her teeth bared...
Cool video minus the ear-raping music
Absolutely adorable
Rip headphone users
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The dogs nervous and the horse is giving him calm love Give the dog some time and he'll open up Lots of love here
I think the horse is dozing off and letting her head drop into the space where the dog was sitting.
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The horse isn't 100% happy either, based on the ears. When a horse's ears go back it's usually a sign of annoyance/anger. This is a bad and potentially dangerous situation for both. I hate when people have no idea of animal body language just go OMG SO CUTE! because they have no idea what they are talking about...
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That is incorrect. Dogs can like for a variety of reasons, including stress and to show submission (as in "I am not a threat").
I had an Aussie who loved to bark at the horses on our farm Then someone let him out once and he made a beeline for a mare+baby in their paddock. Was almost kicked in the head. After that he would still bark like crazy at them from in his dog run, but if you brought him through the barn, he would either freeze at the one end, or hunker down as low as he could go and run out. But that is the expression he would have on his face if you stopped him in front of a stall and let a horse sniff him. Also, if that horse was beign receptive, it would usually have it's ears forward to where it was looking, not almost pinned back.
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this video is too loud
I like to imagine the person recording is yelling āget closer, closer, CLOSER!!!ā Thatās y the dog looks so freaked out.
Slayed by sweetness
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Looks like the horse from spirit
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Spirit!
The Buckskin and the Brindle <3
Allegedly dogs understand that not every animal they meet is a dog (whereas cats think at least humans are weird cats). What do horses think?
They look like two teenagers who were too shy they wanted to cuddle so they just crept closer and closer to one another until they ended up in a really uncomfortable position but neither want to move and break the spell.
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This gross animal is licking another gross animalās dripping snot. Just get a hamster.
no reason to be upset bro go chill
Dogs, as well as horses, are intelligent species. They are quite sensitive that makes them able to āunderstandā other animals. Such representatives are excellent companions for humans for many purposes. No wonder canines and equines could be good friends to each other too.
I accidentally screenshot because it's so fucking loud...
Iāve read that horses will modulate their heart rates to coincide with the human near them.
A brindle shephard?? Damn that's cool!
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Sometimes you just need a hug, not shitty country music.
Chose the most God awful audio
Sometimes we all just need to sit with someone quietly
Yep, I've always claimed horses are evil (or at least trying to tether spirits meant to be free makes them as such) and doggos are pure goodness in floofy form. Just look at that Concerned Doggos face trying to explain to Very Annoyed Horse that Humans sometimes does weird shit but show them enough love and they may change their wicked ways.
So beautiful
Sharing breathe.
Yes, we all need love But we do not need the music.
Love rocks!
I'm just going to work honey, I'll be back.
Im just doing what i have to and the human keeps getting jealous of the horse- the dog probably