Horse Spirits

Fourty -plus years in a Horse career have convinced me that, like people, Horses do indeed have some Spirit/Soul somewhere inside their mind or body.

When I look into their eyes, they look back into mine.

Not like a dog looks; don't judge me as saying that I think dogs are without Spirits, no; a dog has to 'know' you before they look directly into your eyes, they have caution.

A horse will look at you directly, the first time.

Perhaps it is because they usually stand taller than people.

What I see when I look is that there is "always someone home".

If I catch a Horse asleep It will leap away in fear as soon as It sees me looking. I have been in pastures working away at a fence or on a tractor to suddenly realize that the whole herd is...watching me.

It comforts me...this meeting of souls.