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What is Important to a Horse

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What is Important to a Horse

     So, what is important to a horse?

     Providing gourmet treats, horse toys, blankets, new tack or even beautification of the barn with the latest comforts, is this important to the horse or us?

     Providing a safe, comfortable shelter for our horses is our duty and responsibility, but don't mistake what makes us comfortable for what is important to the horse. All these luxuries are meeting human needs for caring and nurturing, not the horses.

     So what is important to the horse? In my opinion, a horse's needs are very simple and basic.

          1st. is self preservation / survival, his strongest instinct. The strongest instinct for any living animal. Fear equals flight to a horse.

          2nd is food and water to meet his physical need, ... no explanation needed here.

          3rd is space to move and run, remember he was created to run and frolic.

          4th is psychological / emotional well-being, probably the most misinterpreted need by humans. Surely he (the horse) must feel happy and content with all the things I provide him. But does he !!! Psychological / emotional well-being is met through contact or close proximity to their own species because they are social or herd animals. His feelings of security and safety are meet by the herd or contact with his own kind, after all, they understand him. He must feel insecure or depressed when alone or isolated.

     I don't believe human contact can replace the herd or meet the horse's emotional needs. What we do with human contact is meet his physical needs and provide temporary comfort. We relieve bordom, provide space to move / run, with turnouts, training or a job, and physical comfort with grooming, scratching or rubbing, etc.. By providing our horses with things that make us feel better, materialistic things, such as the most expensive, latest new products, etc. is our attempt to humanize the horse's feelings. These materialistic objects are attempting to meet human feelings of comfort, security and well-being, not the horse's.

     Remember, our horses would meet their own physical / emotional needs if we didn't keep them captive and isolated.

     To believe that our materialistic provisions and human contact is making the horse feel content and increasing his feelings of well-being and emotional satisfaction, is to believe that free roaming wild horses must be miserable......

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	PostreichAlicia发表: I like this. I may know these things that are important to a horse, but to read it , and actually think about it again is a nice reminder to myself. I definitely get caught up in things that are important to me sometimes, such as my tack, my barn, ect. I think people definitely need to remember whats important to the horse. I know I have happy horses, b/c I let them be horses- I disagree with people who stall their horses all the time, sometimes for half the day or more, and then turn them out into a small paddock by themselves. I worked for a barn that did this, they were dressage horses, and the vet was out constantly b/c there was ALWAYS a lame horse or sick/colicing horse- that just goes to prove a point that they are not as healthy being stalled up all the time, as the ones that are allowed to be horses. 11 月 12 日
	. . .Yours Truly发表: I’m on my way from here to there And visiting your Space – oh, where? Come visit mine, I’d like to share. Perhaps you’re someone who will care. You’ll be surprised, I do declare. You’re more than welcome at my lair. 10 月 10 日
	MamaMountain发表: Hello Bruce, It sounds as if you have been busy also. I agree with you wholeheartly. My horses are extremely healthy and I believe it is because we allow them to be what they are "horses". Our Belgian mare, Princess is greatly enjoying her jaunts with our friend Adam and seems to love the new experiences. We hope that he will take over the filly after we get her saddle trained and used to different things. Miss Minnie is doing very well and we will be learning more this winter. She has become a great trail horse, but needs a bit more arena work. My Circle Y saddle is working well on her, but next year when she is 7, I may take her in to get fitted for a lighter weight saddle. I love my Circle Y for comfort, but it is heavy. Take care, Penny 9 月 14 日
	Skip发表: Heya Bruce.... Thanks for stopping by, nice to hear from ya....the "style or type" of hoofcare I practice is that started by Jaime Jackson and further refined by Pete Ramey, who is the style I pattern myself after.....if you care to do some reading, you may find much info here : http://www.hoofrehab.com/ just clik on "Articles" and start reading.......basically, we use the wild horses hoof as the model for how we trim, and it works so well, that most horses, if treated and trimmed properly, and FED properly, no longer need shoes, as their hooves grow to the state they would have if left in the wild, and developed naturally..... Clinton Anderson has recently converted his whole program over to this way of hoofcare, and is extremely pleased with the results....the only horses he has shoes on now I hear, is the sliding shoes on the reigners......I believe he also has a DVD available on his site about Pete Ramey's visit out there, and it is about how Pete trims, and the procedures, theory behind it, and some of the practices....very informative.... I have been practicing this now for about 2 years, and there is no way I would go back to any other way of hoofcare..... 9 月 12 日
	S.J.发表: Hi Bruce, how are you? Thank you for your e-mail, it was good to hear from you and I am excited to see you made a new entry, my kinda stuff, lol. I totally agree with you on that one, we prowd owners of a horse forget sometimes that they are horses with their own instinkts and needs, after all, they all come from the same parents...the mustangs/ wild horses.It's the same with some animals at the zoo. However, it all depends on HOW the horse is brought up as a foal, too. I've seen cases where the horse just loved it's stall and rushed to the gate first in the evenings to be the first one in and not because of the food. I strongly believe though, that the horse will turn out the healthiest when you wraise it like a horse and treat it like a horse (oh boy, now I am in trouble....my Apache behaves like a dog, lol) My horse never had a blanket on him and he has the thickest, healthiest coat in the winter you can see on a horse. However, in these days with all the competitions/training going ,we have to keep our horses groomend and looking their best, so blanked is needed if you want to be a winner. The barn should be simple, well organized and functional.... I think I'll better stop here, Bruce. I think you see now where this is going. Sometimes it's just neccesarry to have certain things for our 4 leged friends and sometimes it's a good thing if you keep them by themself for a while, for training purpose of course. A lot of Pro and cons here in this subject, that's for sure. Wild horses? They are the happiest not trained and not working horses in the world.... Have a good evening Bruce, I have to think about this for a bit, it sure is an interresting subject. TTYL, J. 9 月 11 日
	S.J.发表: Hi Bruce, how are you? Thank you for your e-mail, it was good to hear from you and I am excited to see you made a new entry, my kinda stuff, lol. I totally agree with you on that one, we prowd owners of a horse forget sometimes that they are horses with their own instinkts and needs, after all, they all come from the same parents...the mustangs/ wild horses.It's the same with some animals at the zoo. However, it all depends on HOW the horse is brought up as a foal, too. I've seen cases where the horse just loved it's stall and rushed to the gate first in the evenings to be the first one in and not because of the food. I strongly believe though, that the horse will turn out the healthiest when you wraise it like a horse and treat it like a horse (oh boy, now I am in trouble....my Apache behaves like a dog, lol) My horse never had a blanket on him and he has the thickest, healthiest coat in the winter you can see on a horse. However, in these days with all the competitions/training going ,we have to keep our horses groomend and looking their best, so blanked is needed if you want to be a winner. The barn should be simple, well organized and functional.... I think I'll better stop here, Bruce. I think you see now where this is going. Sometimes it's just neccesarry to have certain things for our 4 leged friends and sometimes it's a good thing if you keep them by themself for a while, for training purpose of course. A lot of Pro and cons here in this subject, that's for sure. Wild horses? They are the happiest not trained and not working horses in the world.... Have a good evening Bruce, I have to think about this for a bit, it sure is an interresting subject. TTYL, J. 9 月 11 日
	S.J.发表: Hi Bruce, how are you? Thank you for your e-mail, it was good to hear from you and I am excited to see you made a new entry, my kinda stuff, lol. I totally agree with you on that one, we prowd owners of a horse forget sometimes that they are horses with their own instinkts and needs, after all, they all come from the same parents...the mustangs/ wild horses.It's the same with some animals at the zoo. However, it all depends on HOW the horse is brought up as a foal, too. I've seen cases where the horse just loved it's stall and rushed to the gate first in the evenings to be the first one in and not because of the food. I strongly believe though, that the horse will turn out the healthiest when you wraise it like a horse and treat it like a horse (oh boy, now I am in trouble....my Apache behaves like a dog, lol) My horse never had a blanket on him and he has the thickest, healthiest coat in the winter you can see on a horse. However, in these days with all the competitions/training going ,we have to keep our horses groomend and looking their best, so blanked is needed if you want to be a winner. The barn should be simple, well organized and functional.... I think I'll better stop here, Bruce. I think you see now where this is going. Sometimes it's just neccesarry to have certain things for our 4 leged friends and sometimes it's a good thing if you keep them by themself for a while, for training purpose of course. A lot of Pro and cons here in this subject, that's for sure. Wild horses? They are the happiest not trained and not working horses in the world.... Have a good evening Bruce, I have to think about this for a bit, it sure is an interresting subject. TTYL, J. 9 月 11 日

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