Horses notice everything. Especially the little things that change in their environment. It’s part of their survival strategy, their lives as prey animals. Something out of the ordinary can be, well, life threatening.
Like the white lettering that appeared on the road at the bottom of the driveway overnight. The barking dogs can be ignored; the sound of blasting at the construction site down the street is fine; the letters on the pavement are not.
There was much snorting, some backing up and a lot of coaxing before we managed to tip toe along the side of the road around those horse-eating letters. Thank goodness by the time we returned they were old news and he walked right over them.
It’s always amazing that things on the way BACK to the barn are never that scary…things on the way LEAVING the barn on the other hand……
Yes, it is all a matter of perspective!
Of course, then there are those things they see every single day, and walk by every single day, in the barn that, suddenly, inexplicably, must have grown fangs over night!
My horse was a little concerned about a couple of squirrels today… I think that it is so amazing though that prey animals will trust us to tell them it will be okay!
That’s so true. The trust our horses have in us is really amazing.
One of the many reasons I love them ☺️