FROM: Gwenyth
Browning Jones Santagate:
Absolutely! Horses are animals of prey. They are
not agressive. Their raison d'etre is to graze, graze, nap, graze some
more. They could care less what they look like while performing the most
graceful passage and piaffes out in the grazelands during play. THEY do
it *right* ... Human's frustrations at trying to conjole the
domesticated horse to perform *what* the human wants and *when* it is
wanted should never, ever, be transferred to the equine personality. The
horse learns frustration only at the hand of man's own insecurities.
Humans need to learn that they *OWN* their own frustrations, anger,
hostilities and more ... the horse does not own any of this. The horse
is surely a *mirror* of the human psyche at this point. Nor, do we have
the right to try to pass our own emotions over to the horse. On the
other hand, the horse has every right to try to relay their
frustrations, anger and hostilities (mirrored from man) over to man.
Horses cannot change their nature. They are what they are. Man *can*
change and *should* be changing what is negative into something that is
positive and for the benefit of both man and horse.
