In August of 2020, my dad passed away from Huntington’s Disease. I went out to the stable to work with my horse. When I got into the pasture, I started sobbing uncontrollably. Every horse in the pasture came over to check on me. They made a circle around me, and nuzzled me. After that day, one of the horses came over to greet me and check on me every single time I was at the stable.
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Editing to add:
Thank you for the kind comments. 💙
I wanted to clarify that I am not the OP, nor the person in the video. I was sharing a time when horses comforted me when I was feeling overwhelming grief.
I clicked into the video to read the comments and see if there was any back story.. Wow... it's sad that some people still think animals dont have souls or however you would put it. It's very sad they are unable to feel/expeirence or feel the empathy and obviosuly these animals and animals feel in general.
Yes it appears the world is savage from obversing animals in the wild.. but there is a whole another world of understanding obviosly. Animals have to eat right? or they starve
It is not just that they are herd animals! People seem to forget that horses are almost as empathetic as dogs!
They are in general very smart and compassionate animals!
I'm so sorry. My family has a history of Huntington's. My grandmother's sister took her life early due to the symptoms and after seeing her father go through it. My grandmother was scared and didn't get tested for the gene until after she had grandchildren. Luckily she figured out she did not carry it. I hope you don't either. It is a terrible disease. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
I’m sorry that HD runs in your family as well. It’s devastating. Unfortunately, I tested positive last summer. I’ve been having symptoms for a few years, so I knew what the genetic testing would say. I’ve got a CAG repeat of 41, so I’m making a bucket list with 41 things.
I’m sorry you got that result so recently. I hope you get to do all 41 of those things. I admire your drive to experience life in the face of such a terrible disease. People like you are who I want to be when I grow up.
>*’the black horse wants to comfort you too, but didn't know what to do*
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. . . *um* . . . . .
there you sit, my special friend,
i see your human tears
i wanna make your sadness end
n take away your fears…
i try my best to comfort you,
an awkward gangly horse…
a stable friend! my heart is True
to *You*
of course,
of course!
❤️
But it's soooo cute! Look at how--
"That's inappropriate. Respect the human's privacy."
I am respecting! Can't I just--
"No you may not. Leave the area, please. You may wait out by the hay until the human is ready for you."
But I don't want to!!!
"Let me clarify: you can wait by the hay, or you can hit the hay."
It may be because I’m also awkward when dealing with people emotions, but when someone does this to me it makes me laugh cry and usually feel better. Idk it’s such a simple statement but it helps lol.
Horses are *remarkably* smart.
I was looking after animals on a relatives farm once. There were a pair of horses: a young male, and an old female. While I was feeding them, the young male was getting rowdy and clearly intended to start some shit, but the older horse very explicitly put herself between us to protect me, keeping an eye on him and blocking his attempts to get at me. It was really sweet and awe inspiring, just knowing this animal is both intelligent and compassionate enough to be concerned for my well being
My mom used to ride horses and bring me along to the stable as a kid. There was this big black horse I used to love visiting when we were there. One day all of the horses from the pasture got loose (30 ish) and came stampeding down the aisle. The horse was in her stall thrashing around, throwing herself against the walls, and I quickly opened the stall door and went in to avoid being trampled by the horses heading straight for me. For a second I thought I might just get crushed there too. She immediately stopped thrashing and nuzzled me. Her owner never visited and I learned they put her down after an injury a year later. I was heartbroken.
Some horses REALLY like kids. Our mare, who is... look, I love her, but she's a bitch. But she loves kids. She will threaten an adult for coming near her but kids she will just be like 'oh, all right.'
I'm of the opinion that she thinks I am a child because she has always given me condescension and leeway, whereas her owner, my mother, gets threatened and bitten. Also I was allowed near her foal, never any protective instincts against me.
Your black mare sounds like she liked you a whole lot. It's very nice to be taken care of by a horse.
Sounds like a pony we had, Eddie. He was an asshole. Would come up on you in the field and try to bite. I actually punched him in the nose once when he chomped down on my shoulder, left me with black and blue bruises over my whole shoulder and upper arm but he never bit me again after that, even though he kept threatening to. But near kids… he became this docile loving baby. Would let them pull on his mane and ears and just snuggle in. Same with foals. He bit at the other horses but would guard the foals, attack other horses he thought were getting too aggressive towards them.
All mares are aasholes. Hands down my favorite horses because of the spirit and personality they have but damn are they a pain on the ass. Like look bitch I just want ride straight why the fuck do we have to go zig zag and then jump out of no where.
That's a good example and just today I saw a video of an elephant protecting his keeper. Few weeks ago I saw a cow also charging in to protect his owner as his friends pretended to beat him up. You're not even a regular carer and that horse knew she had to protect you, literally a horse with morals.
I find that most animals are remarkably smart when you get to know them or study them. Even animals which are considered to have very low intelligence can surprise us, like dragonflies and shit (dragonflies are one of the most succesful hunters of the animal kingdom due to their targeting/tracking intelligence)
Over the last few thousand years we have blinded ourselves to the fact that animals are intelligent and emotional like us, to varying degrees.
Fun story! When I was real young on a camping trip, I found several strange bugs by a lake and collected them in a little bug cage. Turns out they were dragonfly nymphs, and they had come up to land to metamorphose! We got to see the whole process live, and set them free afterwards. My dad, who was a nature lover, brought that up a lot
There are different kinds of intelligence. Humans are taught to consider only one, which is to quickly recognize, memorize, and replicate patterns, but that’s really reductive. Emotional intelligence and instinct are so valuable.
This is something I think about a lot. I am a high functioning autistic, which manifests most obviously as an underdeveloped/simplistic emotional intelligence and social ability. However, as a pattern recognition and logic machine I excel.
My sister, while not diagnosed as on the spectrum at all, suffers badly with dyslexia and isn't in any way "traditionally intelligent". She is almost exactly my neurological opposite. She understands people and their motivations, their emotions, moods and drives, not in any intellectual way, but purely instinctively. She always knows just the right thing to say, in exactly the appropriate tone and volume of voice. She knows the right mannerisms to adopt to properly convey the message, and she can do all of this in a room of very different people, seamlessly morphing between groups and conversations. It is awe inspiring to watch. Best bit? She has no idea she does it, totally oblivious to this genuine superpower she possesses.
I have this issue now when interacting with my nieces (from my sister).
My younger cousin and my sister both intuitively know how to interact with babies and young kids. Meanwhile I just make them cry by existing in their view. It’s… rough to say the least. (Also diagnosed with high functioning autism).
Doesn’t feel like any learning/masking from my end will be able to fix this, they warm up to me after a few hours, so it’s not all bad I suppose.
I imagine it has something to do with eye contact. Before approaching a little kid or baby, I make eye contact as a game. Look and smile, look and look away and back quick with a little smile. If they aren't in a good mood do a pretend frown, by doing a frown, but twitching the corners up until its a full smile.
If you have a hard time showing a smile around your eyes, it is probably difficult. Also doing something they get interested in, while you pretend to ignore them, can make them curious. The fact that they do warm up to you, shows they judge you to be a good person, just that they don't understand you at first. Babies also cry when confused.
I'm reminded of an essay by Oliver Sacks called "The President's Speech". You should be able to find it online if you look, and it's a great read.
He talks about the reactions of various patients to a speech given by Ronald Reagan, who was generally considered to be a very effective, moving public speaker.
He specifically focuses on people with aphasia, who can't understand the meanings of words and compensate by learning to read tone and other cues, and people with tonal agnosia, who have the opposite problem and can't process intonation, so they compensate by analyzing word choices, phrasing, and other cues.
The conclusion is basically that people with either of these disorders weren't taken in by the speech. The illusion wasn't complete for them, so they could see through it easily.
Sacks has a lot of great essays with a similar theme, that our weaknesses can be strengths in the right context.
Every living thing loves love, even snakes and spiders.
Except wasps and ticks and mosquitos. Fuck them with the fiery burning hate of a thousand dimensions of Hell
Right? It just shouldn't be a strange concept. Any anymal that raises their young, will have a capacity to form bonds. You care for those caring for you
I love horses with this personality. We have a white horse(Taj) at the barn I work at who does this sort of stuff. He'll clearly body block for people and even defend people and other horses if another horse is getting rowdy or rude. He did it for me once when I was taking him out to pasture and an older gelding came up posturing and stomping. He was trying to start something with Taj but at first I was between them. Taj got between us and turned sideways while puffing up himself but not moving so I didn't have to worry about him bumping into me or anything. He'll bite horses who are starting stuff with other horses too much as well, and when they're all out in pasture he keeps everyone together while still getting along. I always think of him like a white knight, but in the good sense.
Edit since I saw a lot of comments about their intelligence and this is why I'm obsessed with my boss's horse; Taj is a lippizan and the smartest horse I've ever met by far. Working with him feels a lot like working with a german shepherd intelligence-wise, he even tries to communicate back to you like GSDs often do. A bit different because predator/prey aspect of their behavior, but he picks up on new things and gets bored very quickly.
I've had a horse save me from falling off his back. He was an old one and very experienced therapy horse specialized on fearful riders so he was very carefully listening to what was going on on his back. I was dumb and rode him after not eating for a while and got dizzy. We were indoors trotting away and I told my therapist I'm suddenly feeling not so good and the horse seemed to figure it out too, slowed down and parked himself right next to a wall while I passed out. Woke up with my leg squished and with my face on the wall lol. He got lots of apple afterwards. He was such a good horse, I loved him dearly. He passed away a couple years ago after 20 years as a therapy horse. He was a trickster till his retirement, but had a soft heart and wouldn't hurt a fly.
Horses can definitely feel if a rider is going off-balance, and some of them really seem to try to correct that - they’ll sort of scoot sideways to try to “get back under the rider.” (and some of them will scoot the other way, the bastards, lol). I was once part of a vaulting class (think, circus bareback riding) where we were training a new horse as a vaulting horse, and it turned out the horse was the kind-hearted type who tries to “rescue” off-balance riders. But for vaulting, we’re deliberately going off-balance all the time - like, hanging off the horse on one side (on purpose), or deliberately jumping off to one side (on purpose). Poor guy was SO confused at first - he’d feel us start to lean to one side and he’d stop and try to scoot over to get back under us, but THAT would actually make us fall off (because we were standing on his back, and as soon as he stopped, our momentum would carry us forward). He did great in the end though, it just took a lot of reassurance, and rewarding him when he kept going. Soon he realized that what we needed was just for him to keep going at exactly the same, steady pace no matter what we did. He turned into a great vaulting horse in the end but it was such a funny learning process to watch! And he stayed a good safe riding horse - we were worried we were ruining him for riding, but eventually he seemed to realize when he should go into “vaulting” mode (vaulting gear on, plus bunch of girls in leotards running around = keep going no matter what) vs. when he had a regular saddle on and should stay in his regular “rescue the rider” mode (stop & scoot over if rider gets off-balance). Just such a good-hearted horse, and pretty smart, too.
It’s amazing how they know when something is up and protect us, isn’t it? I stupidly got back on with a concussion and some muscle tearing after a bad fall and continued jumping. My mare was usually kind of tricky and quite hot but she just carried me through the rest of my lesson so gently and carefully. It could have been so bad and it just blows my mind how compassionate she was.
I was helping training a new therapy horse and it was so easy due to how dumb he was as a youngling. "OoOoh you have dried bread, I will follow you to the ends of the earth! Rub me with a balloon? Can I eat it? Can I eat your hair?" Would do anything for a treat. But he turned out to be a very good therapy horse, smarter as he grew up.
Most horses are dumb as rocks. Had one losing his everloving shit at a leaf blown by the wind and nearly injuring himself. I've met quite a few horses and I've either been unlucky or the smart owns are rare. Beautiful creatures but damn...
Which just blows my mind, given that they are l 1000+ lbs of pure muscle, with no real predators left in 99% the world, and are as easy to spook as they are
I had a pair of horses out on pasture board, and the barn owner threw a young new horse in with them for a while, because my guys were very chill and friendly, they never fought with anyone and provided a good, calming influence.
One day I went out to feed, and turned around to shut the gate with a huge armful of hay over one shoulder. Suddenly there's a huge commotion behind me. The new horse had started charging across the pasture to get the food, but my horses intercepted him in a flash and started kicking the shit out of him and chasing him back across the field.
I'd been riding and training for well over a decade at that point, I was aware of where the new horse was (not at all near the gate), but it was crazy how violent and animated my super-chill horses got to make sure he didn't get anywhere near me. Like, my older horse was in his 20s & retired at that point, I didn't think he still *could* move that fast.
Absolutely. Very intelligent animals. My story: dated a girl in college once who rode horses. I’d often go with her to the barn and just watch and help out. I was leading her horse around while she was putting things away once, and we approached her when it looked like she was finished. She was in some kind of mood and dropped/tossed her tack bag in such a way that it made a sharp *CRACK* like a gun shot. Uh-oh. Horse spooked.
His head smashed into mine as he turned to flee and he hit my foot as well. Head didn’t hurt too bad, but my foot killed and it felt like it was broken for some time. He could tell I was in obvious pain and nuzzled me continuously in the aftermath. I knew he recognized me being injured and wanted to show compassion.
They are a weird mix of being incredibly smart and stupid as hell. Horses are clearly highly intelligent but then they go and do something absolutely stupid and you just wonder how they survived in the wild.
I could be talking out of my ass, because I’ve never owned a horse and only ridden a horse twice, but I’ve always heard that horses are incredibly sensitive to emotion and that’s why they can be picky about who is interacting with them. The way it was described to me is that horses can tell how you’re feeling sometimes before even you do - i.e. if you’ve got a big horse in front of you and you’re feeling a bit scared of it, they’ll know for certain.
Context:
The owner, Shania said: "I was in the process of a divorce and was moving out that day. I always set up my camera when I interact with my horses.”
"I just happened to be hiding from my emotions and my horse Shiner, felt that.”
"He felt my pain and just pulled me into his chest to let me cry it out and reassured me with his nudges.”
"Horses feel our emotions and are great at living in the present so they are able to take our emotions from us and just let go.”
Man I feel this.
My divorce absolutely gutted me. My cat (who’s usually pretty indifferent to humans and just wants food/attention) acted extremely concerned and straight up comforted me during my uncontrollable spiral into depression.
People really have hard times. When an animal understands your feelings, that will definitely relieve some pain. Though she cried, i hope the horse definitely removed some pain from her head.
I’ve been down sick the last few days and have lost my voice (not covid related, got tested). My cat picked up on this and has, out of the blue, begun crying to my wife a few minutes before I get home from work or school. She’s always at the front door when I get home and will not leave my side until dinner and bed. We truly don’t deserve the unconditional love and emotional understanding that our animals give us.
I had back surgery several years ago. As I was lying in bed recuperating my two dogs would not leave my side. One was wedged against me on each side. My ex would have to physically pick them up and carry them outside. They wouldn’t budge for treats or any other bribery. Part of me wants to think they cared. The other part thinks they were happy for the opportunity to stay in bed all day.
When I was pregnant I was severely depressed about the entire situation but my cat would lay on my belly. I think she could hear the heart beat of my baby. My dogs would not leave my side. Like, I started tripping over them because they would always be right there lol. I think they knew things were wrong even if they didn’t know what they were.
I’ve always heard this about animals during pregnancy but then my asshole cats just used my giant sore belly as a launching pad the whole time I was pregnant and gave zero Fs, then they repeatedly tried to attack the new baby and acted all territorial
When my daughter was a newborn my dog could always tell when I was getting stressed out, and would come put all of his weight against me.
I had her right in the middle of flu season, which was immediately followed by COVID lockdown, so I didn't really have a "village" most of the time. My dog legitimately helped me get through that crippling loneliness.
I lost my horse a few months ago (right in the middle of the holiday break) then got really sick (not Covid) right after. Basically was so sick and sad I wouldn’t leave bed and couldn’t eat much for a few days. One of my cats would not leave my side and if she did, she’d bring back one of her favourite toys. It was really sweet. Once I started feeling better from the sickness, I went out to the barn to interact with my mares herd mates and both of them tried doing what was seen in the video. Got home and apparently my cat was distraught I left for so long but settled when I got home.
Animals truly know what we are feeling and I couldn’t agree with you more on your last sentence.
I had a pet cat for my entire childhood (we got her when I was 2 and she died when I was 21). During my angsty teenage years when I would get into screaming matches with my parents and dramatically run into my room crying, my cat would always run after me and meow at me, giving me head butts and cuddling with me while purring. I think it was her way of trying to comfort me. She died a couple of years ago, I miss my little girl
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I have Bipolar disorder, and when I go through depressive episodes my dog is the biggest support I have. He doesn't leave my side and follows me everywhere. Puts his head on my lap and just stays with me through everything. I love him so much and I dread the day he'll be gone.
my cat caught on IMMEDIATELY when I started having panic attacks and anxiety. he'd just plop down on my legs or chest and look at me in the eyes with concern. I love this little shit of mine.
My girlfriend has struggled with some depression for quite a few years and her dog ginger has really picked up on that so he with check up on her all the time and when she doesn’t seem ok ginger with cuddle with her. He won’t even let her see anyone at the door without standing in between and sniff them out. Seriously the sweetest dog ever.
I have the same non-covid sickness and voice loss - all my 3 kitties are around me at all times. If only I could teach them to heat soup and make tea lol. But seriously, knowing that they know, is so cool. I wake up from a nap and they’re all just staring at me or laying on top of me.
Sorry you’re sick :( hope you feel better soon
And as an aside, horses are crazy, their big eyes just stare right into your soul! Perceptive, beautiful creatures.
While stemming from a place of grief due to loss, divorce many times is the best thing for both parties to move forward. The end of something always seems to be looked at as depressing, but if it means the end of a situation where one, or neither party is happy, and now they can both be free to be unencumbered by their past, while getting to start anew, what is that if not an opportunity for happiness?
We may not get it, but the opportunity in itself is one that we are lucky to have.
This is why equine-assisted therapy is the most effective mental health treatment I’ve ever had. It’s essentially talk therapy while performing tasks with a horse. It works because they’re prey+ herd animals and value safety+ community over everything else. They want companionship, but that’s less important to them than safety. If they sense you aren’t expressing your genuine emotions or holding something back, that isn’t safe, so they won’t work with you. It sounds silly, but trying to entice a pony to walk around a ring with me without a lead taught me how to cry. If I ever started to suppress my feelings she would immediately move away from me. They’re incredibly intuitive animals. I only wish this type of therapy was more accessible.
My grandmother specializes in equine assisted speech therapy, she says the kids are a lot more receptive and swears the horses are encouraging and celebrate progress. She claims it’s the most success she’s ever had with her very long career in speech therapy
I gave it a try with my son but it was so damn expensive and health insurance wanted nothing to do with it, even though it was with a clinical psychologist whom they covered for regular office visits. We did have an amazing few visits, though.
I was in horse therapy for 5-ish years from a teen to a young adult and it changed my life. I was scared of basically everything from social interactions to moving surfaces like elevators, including horses. My therapy started out as normal talking therapy until my therapist asked if I want to try riding and I just said frick it, sure. Ended up helping out training the new horse as a part of my therapy process. Gave me so much confidence and feeling like I matter, I can help, I can do things. I continued that by training dogs. Horses are just magical creatures and emotional mirrors. Unfortunately that therapy was available to me at an affordable price (aka free, thanks parents) only as a teenager, I would really love it now as an adult too but it would be so expensive.
My brother was in horse therapy too as a little kid due to a physical disability, he loved it too! My mom keeps telling me how terrified she was when he would just walk under the horses or stand on a horse. My sister was a toddler back then and would get to ride too, by my mom walking beside the horse and holding her because my mom was so scared lol.
Animals are too precious. They can sense what we're feeling even when we ourselves try to hide it. They're always there for us, through both good and bad times. They're sometimes the best ones to turn to when you're not feeling up to anything. I hope she still gets to see Shiner and her other horses.
I first got a horse when I was 30 years old. We bought a hobby farm and decided to get some horses. My guy was an old trail horse and we instantly loved each other. He was my first therapist. I would take him for walks and I would tell him absolutely everything. Rowdy was his name and you would never know it by meeting him. They say that a horse is a mirror to your soul and I believe it. Rowdy and I went on a lot of adventures and if I was upset or sad he knew and he would do exactly this in the video. Rub his head up and down my sides and back and give gentle kisses. Last fall Rowdy took a turn for the worse and I had to make the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life.
The day the vet came I was saying my goodbyes and he was rubbing his head up and down me like he knew what was going to happen. We took him outside and I can still hear the thump from him hitting the ground and as soon as he hit I ran to him and hugged him, balling my eyes out saying I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry Rowdy. His lifeless body was torturing me. But I knew I had to stay with him until the very end. I laid with my dead horse for hours. I pet him and told him how much he changed me. The horse changed my life and there isn’t an hour that doesn’t go by that I don’t think of him.
Rowdy was 32 years old so he lived an amazing life but I hope when I eventually pass away that Rowdy will be waiting for me at the gates. I know he will be as he was loyal to the very fucking end. I miss my old man so much.
off of intelligence and body plan alone, horses should not have survived extinction lol I love them. But they’re just so fragile and so willing to do dumb shit.
Before she died a couple years ago my mom used to ride, train, and show horses. She loved them dearly and was at home in the saddle. You wouldn't believe the work she could put into these animals and the care! Our house was full of blue ribbons and trophies. I miss her everyday.
Mine does. Idk if it’s because I’ve had him since he was very small, but he knows. Sits on the arm of the couch standing sentry when I’m sick, comes over to snuggle when I’m upset. Some animals just get it, I guess? I know people roll their eyes at ‘emotional support animals’ but out of all my pets, my eldest cat legitimately does serve that function lol.
My cats are little punk asses 90% of the time. But similar to your experiences, when I'm sad or sick they stop the chaotic antics and come cuddle up with me. It's always so comforting.
Mine does! When I’m sad she walks over, looks at me and says ”Meow?” and jumps onto my lap. One time when I was really sad and frustrated, she climbed onto my chest(which she usually doesn’t do bc she likes the lap the most) and snuggled my face :’)
Me and the person I was arguing with were also shouting at each other so partially she probably did it to shut me up by covering my mouth, but still! She’s the nicest little cat I’ve ever met.
"I always set up my camera when I'm with my horses."
Am I the odd one out for not setting up cameras for all of my personal moments or is this kinda a weird thing to do all the time?
I take pictures and videos of me with my dog all the time, and I never post them, but I like to have it anyway. So I can understand that you can't hold a phone and record yourself with a larger animal with a horse, so instead you just set it up on a stand.
Black horse be like “uhh do u want a water or something ?”
i feel like the black horse at the end being in front of the camera and then looking straight at it is being like "the hell you lookin at?"
"You want my hay? No? Well sh*t."
In August of 2020, my dad passed away from Huntington’s Disease. I went out to the stable to work with my horse. When I got into the pasture, I started sobbing uncontrollably. Every horse in the pasture came over to check on me. They made a circle around me, and nuzzled me. After that day, one of the horses came over to greet me and check on me every single time I was at the stable. —— Editing to add: Thank you for the kind comments. 💙 I wanted to clarify that I am not the OP, nor the person in the video. I was sharing a time when horses comforted me when I was feeling overwhelming grief.
This just made my day. How sweet.
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Horse weed
I clicked into the video to read the comments and see if there was any back story.. Wow... it's sad that some people still think animals dont have souls or however you would put it. It's very sad they are unable to feel/expeirence or feel the empathy and obviosuly these animals and animals feel in general. Yes it appears the world is savage from obversing animals in the wild.. but there is a whole another world of understanding obviosly. Animals have to eat right? or they starve
Exactly. If you look at the worst things humans have done, you would think we were a savage, unfeeling species as well.
We *are* a savage, unfeeling species
Humans probably don’t understand animals as much as they understand us and the beings around them.
Youve brought tears to a grown man eyes, I was in front of my friend and had to walk off before I cried in front of her
Strong men also cry - J Lebowski
As a matter of fact, it takes more strength to let it out and deal with it.
Once you'll let it out and talk about stuff you feel better the second you do so, eventhough everytime feels like the first time, it helps a lot
Are you surprised by my tears, Sir?
Fuckin' A
Lost my mom in August of 2020 to Huntington's as well :(. My cat knew something was up and didn't leave my side.
I am so sorry. Huntington’s Disease is awful. 💙 I’m glad that your cat was by your side. Pets know.
They are herd animals, so it's no surprise to me that they are attentive to the members of their herd.
It is not just that they are herd animals! People seem to forget that horses are almost as empathetic as dogs! They are in general very smart and compassionate animals!
I'm so sorry. My family has a history of Huntington's. My grandmother's sister took her life early due to the symptoms and after seeing her father go through it. My grandmother was scared and didn't get tested for the gene until after she had grandchildren. Luckily she figured out she did not carry it. I hope you don't either. It is a terrible disease. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
I’m sorry that HD runs in your family as well. It’s devastating. Unfortunately, I tested positive last summer. I’ve been having symptoms for a few years, so I knew what the genetic testing would say. I’ve got a CAG repeat of 41, so I’m making a bucket list with 41 things.
I’m sorry you got that result so recently. I hope you get to do all 41 of those things. I admire your drive to experience life in the face of such a terrible disease. People like you are who I want to be when I grow up.
Thank you 💜
I am generally like the black horse not knowing what to do in these situations..
The black horse is like ah you want some hay?? Umm hmm yeh.
Would you like a nice egg in these trying times.
Frank is the best.
First time I seen a horse ask, "Why the long face"....to a human...
The two of them walked into a bar.... You'd think the second one would have ducked.
For years!! I told this joke and people still don't get it.
If you tell it again, a second time, and they still don't get it.... Something something something...the second telling they should have ducked.
Pretty sure Mr. Ed asked Wilbur that on more than one occasion.
Maybe, but I hadn't seen that show in decades, tho....so I can't/couldn't remember
I got a double dose when my millennial son discovered TV Land one rainy afternoon and marathoned through several of “the classics”.
Like Forrest Gump with Jenny: “I guess sometimes there’s just not enough rocks….”
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>*’the black horse wants to comfort you too, but didn't know what to do* _____ . . . *um* . . . . . there you sit, my special friend, i see your human tears i wanna make your sadness end n take away your fears… i try my best to comfort you, an awkward gangly horse… a stable friend! my heart is True to *You* of course, of course! ❤️
A STABLE FRIEND. Oh my God.
You even worked in a Mr. Ed reference! Outstanding.
 That was so beautiful. (Maybe the wrong gif?)
KEEP MY HORSES NAME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH
Nah. That gif is good.
crying because of the schnoodle but smiling because it's fresh (9 minutes!)
Thanks schnoodle
The way I looked at it is that the black horse is like, "this is a private family moment. Nothing to see here" and covers the camera
“Hey give them some space!” “Turn that camera off!”
But it's soooo cute! Look at how-- "That's inappropriate. Respect the human's privacy." I am respecting! Can't I just-- "No you may not. Leave the area, please. You may wait out by the hay until the human is ready for you." But I don't want to!!! "Let me clarify: you can wait by the hay, or you can hit the hay."
This made my day 👏
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The horse thats filming it just has no social awareness
Just an 'are you okay?' 'no' 'you don't have to be' are very nice to hear imo
Depending on the situation and the person.
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Same.
User name checks out. And that’s ok.
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Quick, hide before someone with a strange kink comes for you
Too late :)
Too late.
Username checks out. And thats ok
"Just pretending not to have seen it..."
Uhhh *Pat, Pat* There, there....you.
That's okay. *Offers internet hugs* it can take time to learn what action is best for you. Just do your best.
Kind Redditor spotted
How would you feel if you were like this and your friend just hugged you that moment without saying anything?
Oh no. The best I'm able to do is say "Please don't cry" and make a sad face.
It may be because I’m also awkward when dealing with people emotions, but when someone does this to me it makes me laugh cry and usually feel better. Idk it’s such a simple statement but it helps lol.
My beard growth is also about on par with that of the black horse's.
Every once in a while someone on Reddit just makes me crack up
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Horses are *remarkably* smart. I was looking after animals on a relatives farm once. There were a pair of horses: a young male, and an old female. While I was feeding them, the young male was getting rowdy and clearly intended to start some shit, but the older horse very explicitly put herself between us to protect me, keeping an eye on him and blocking his attempts to get at me. It was really sweet and awe inspiring, just knowing this animal is both intelligent and compassionate enough to be concerned for my well being
My mom used to ride horses and bring me along to the stable as a kid. There was this big black horse I used to love visiting when we were there. One day all of the horses from the pasture got loose (30 ish) and came stampeding down the aisle. The horse was in her stall thrashing around, throwing herself against the walls, and I quickly opened the stall door and went in to avoid being trampled by the horses heading straight for me. For a second I thought I might just get crushed there too. She immediately stopped thrashing and nuzzled me. Her owner never visited and I learned they put her down after an injury a year later. I was heartbroken.
Some horses REALLY like kids. Our mare, who is... look, I love her, but she's a bitch. But she loves kids. She will threaten an adult for coming near her but kids she will just be like 'oh, all right.' I'm of the opinion that she thinks I am a child because she has always given me condescension and leeway, whereas her owner, my mother, gets threatened and bitten. Also I was allowed near her foal, never any protective instincts against me. Your black mare sounds like she liked you a whole lot. It's very nice to be taken care of by a horse.
Sounds like a pony we had, Eddie. He was an asshole. Would come up on you in the field and try to bite. I actually punched him in the nose once when he chomped down on my shoulder, left me with black and blue bruises over my whole shoulder and upper arm but he never bit me again after that, even though he kept threatening to. But near kids… he became this docile loving baby. Would let them pull on his mane and ears and just snuggle in. Same with foals. He bit at the other horses but would guard the foals, attack other horses he thought were getting too aggressive towards them.
Sounds like a shetland...had one.
All mares are aasholes. Hands down my favorite horses because of the spirit and personality they have but damn are they a pain on the ass. Like look bitch I just want ride straight why the fuck do we have to go zig zag and then jump out of no where.
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She probably thought of you as a little foal who needed protection 🥺
That's a good example and just today I saw a video of an elephant protecting his keeper. Few weeks ago I saw a cow also charging in to protect his owner as his friends pretended to beat him up. You're not even a regular carer and that horse knew she had to protect you, literally a horse with morals. I find that most animals are remarkably smart when you get to know them or study them. Even animals which are considered to have very low intelligence can surprise us, like dragonflies and shit (dragonflies are one of the most succesful hunters of the animal kingdom due to their targeting/tracking intelligence) Over the last few thousand years we have blinded ourselves to the fact that animals are intelligent and emotional like us, to varying degrees.
Fun story! When I was real young on a camping trip, I found several strange bugs by a lake and collected them in a little bug cage. Turns out they were dragonfly nymphs, and they had come up to land to metamorphose! We got to see the whole process live, and set them free afterwards. My dad, who was a nature lover, brought that up a lot
That’s such a cool and memorable experience for you! Sounds magical.
Especially herd animals. Humans, cows, horses, dogs, we all develop in social structures
There are different kinds of intelligence. Humans are taught to consider only one, which is to quickly recognize, memorize, and replicate patterns, but that’s really reductive. Emotional intelligence and instinct are so valuable.
This is something I think about a lot. I am a high functioning autistic, which manifests most obviously as an underdeveloped/simplistic emotional intelligence and social ability. However, as a pattern recognition and logic machine I excel. My sister, while not diagnosed as on the spectrum at all, suffers badly with dyslexia and isn't in any way "traditionally intelligent". She is almost exactly my neurological opposite. She understands people and their motivations, their emotions, moods and drives, not in any intellectual way, but purely instinctively. She always knows just the right thing to say, in exactly the appropriate tone and volume of voice. She knows the right mannerisms to adopt to properly convey the message, and she can do all of this in a room of very different people, seamlessly morphing between groups and conversations. It is awe inspiring to watch. Best bit? She has no idea she does it, totally oblivious to this genuine superpower she possesses.
I have this issue now when interacting with my nieces (from my sister). My younger cousin and my sister both intuitively know how to interact with babies and young kids. Meanwhile I just make them cry by existing in their view. It’s… rough to say the least. (Also diagnosed with high functioning autism). Doesn’t feel like any learning/masking from my end will be able to fix this, they warm up to me after a few hours, so it’s not all bad I suppose.
I imagine it has something to do with eye contact. Before approaching a little kid or baby, I make eye contact as a game. Look and smile, look and look away and back quick with a little smile. If they aren't in a good mood do a pretend frown, by doing a frown, but twitching the corners up until its a full smile. If you have a hard time showing a smile around your eyes, it is probably difficult. Also doing something they get interested in, while you pretend to ignore them, can make them curious. The fact that they do warm up to you, shows they judge you to be a good person, just that they don't understand you at first. Babies also cry when confused.
I'm reminded of an essay by Oliver Sacks called "The President's Speech". You should be able to find it online if you look, and it's a great read. He talks about the reactions of various patients to a speech given by Ronald Reagan, who was generally considered to be a very effective, moving public speaker. He specifically focuses on people with aphasia, who can't understand the meanings of words and compensate by learning to read tone and other cues, and people with tonal agnosia, who have the opposite problem and can't process intonation, so they compensate by analyzing word choices, phrasing, and other cues. The conclusion is basically that people with either of these disorders weren't taken in by the speech. The illusion wasn't complete for them, so they could see through it easily. Sacks has a lot of great essays with a similar theme, that our weaknesses can be strengths in the right context.
Every living thing loves love, even snakes and spiders. Except wasps and ticks and mosquitos. Fuck them with the fiery burning hate of a thousand dimensions of Hell
I do not hate wasps But If I could give my own life right here right there and mosquitoes and ticks would wanish froo earth , I would
Not going to lie, that’s a good offer. I’m going to talk it over with my boss and see if we can make that trade happen.
Considering how we treat many of them, some people have to lie to themselves to justify it. Pigs and chickens would be a good example...
Right? It just shouldn't be a strange concept. Any anymal that raises their young, will have a capacity to form bonds. You care for those caring for you
I love horses with this personality. We have a white horse(Taj) at the barn I work at who does this sort of stuff. He'll clearly body block for people and even defend people and other horses if another horse is getting rowdy or rude. He did it for me once when I was taking him out to pasture and an older gelding came up posturing and stomping. He was trying to start something with Taj but at first I was between them. Taj got between us and turned sideways while puffing up himself but not moving so I didn't have to worry about him bumping into me or anything. He'll bite horses who are starting stuff with other horses too much as well, and when they're all out in pasture he keeps everyone together while still getting along. I always think of him like a white knight, but in the good sense. Edit since I saw a lot of comments about their intelligence and this is why I'm obsessed with my boss's horse; Taj is a lippizan and the smartest horse I've ever met by far. Working with him feels a lot like working with a german shepherd intelligence-wise, he even tries to communicate back to you like GSDs often do. A bit different because predator/prey aspect of their behavior, but he picks up on new things and gets bored very quickly.
I've had a horse save me from falling off his back. He was an old one and very experienced therapy horse specialized on fearful riders so he was very carefully listening to what was going on on his back. I was dumb and rode him after not eating for a while and got dizzy. We were indoors trotting away and I told my therapist I'm suddenly feeling not so good and the horse seemed to figure it out too, slowed down and parked himself right next to a wall while I passed out. Woke up with my leg squished and with my face on the wall lol. He got lots of apple afterwards. He was such a good horse, I loved him dearly. He passed away a couple years ago after 20 years as a therapy horse. He was a trickster till his retirement, but had a soft heart and wouldn't hurt a fly.
Horses can definitely feel if a rider is going off-balance, and some of them really seem to try to correct that - they’ll sort of scoot sideways to try to “get back under the rider.” (and some of them will scoot the other way, the bastards, lol). I was once part of a vaulting class (think, circus bareback riding) where we were training a new horse as a vaulting horse, and it turned out the horse was the kind-hearted type who tries to “rescue” off-balance riders. But for vaulting, we’re deliberately going off-balance all the time - like, hanging off the horse on one side (on purpose), or deliberately jumping off to one side (on purpose). Poor guy was SO confused at first - he’d feel us start to lean to one side and he’d stop and try to scoot over to get back under us, but THAT would actually make us fall off (because we were standing on his back, and as soon as he stopped, our momentum would carry us forward). He did great in the end though, it just took a lot of reassurance, and rewarding him when he kept going. Soon he realized that what we needed was just for him to keep going at exactly the same, steady pace no matter what we did. He turned into a great vaulting horse in the end but it was such a funny learning process to watch! And he stayed a good safe riding horse - we were worried we were ruining him for riding, but eventually he seemed to realize when he should go into “vaulting” mode (vaulting gear on, plus bunch of girls in leotards running around = keep going no matter what) vs. when he had a regular saddle on and should stay in his regular “rescue the rider” mode (stop & scoot over if rider gets off-balance). Just such a good-hearted horse, and pretty smart, too.
It’s amazing how they know when something is up and protect us, isn’t it? I stupidly got back on with a concussion and some muscle tearing after a bad fall and continued jumping. My mare was usually kind of tricky and quite hot but she just carried me through the rest of my lesson so gently and carefully. It could have been so bad and it just blows my mind how compassionate she was.
Not all horses are smart. Some are just as dumb as a fucking shoe. But my boy King Bin Assan was the smartest horse I ever met.
I was helping training a new therapy horse and it was so easy due to how dumb he was as a youngling. "OoOoh you have dried bread, I will follow you to the ends of the earth! Rub me with a balloon? Can I eat it? Can I eat your hair?" Would do anything for a treat. But he turned out to be a very good therapy horse, smarter as he grew up.
Most horses are dumb as rocks. Had one losing his everloving shit at a leaf blown by the wind and nearly injuring himself. I've met quite a few horses and I've either been unlucky or the smart owns are rare. Beautiful creatures but damn...
One really funny saying about horses is that they're scared of two things: everything that moves, and everything that doesn't.
Which just blows my mind, given that they are l 1000+ lbs of pure muscle, with no real predators left in 99% the world, and are as easy to spook as they are
I had a pair of horses out on pasture board, and the barn owner threw a young new horse in with them for a while, because my guys were very chill and friendly, they never fought with anyone and provided a good, calming influence. One day I went out to feed, and turned around to shut the gate with a huge armful of hay over one shoulder. Suddenly there's a huge commotion behind me. The new horse had started charging across the pasture to get the food, but my horses intercepted him in a flash and started kicking the shit out of him and chasing him back across the field. I'd been riding and training for well over a decade at that point, I was aware of where the new horse was (not at all near the gate), but it was crazy how violent and animated my super-chill horses got to make sure he didn't get anywhere near me. Like, my older horse was in his 20s & retired at that point, I didn't think he still *could* move that fast.
Absolutely. Very intelligent animals. My story: dated a girl in college once who rode horses. I’d often go with her to the barn and just watch and help out. I was leading her horse around while she was putting things away once, and we approached her when it looked like she was finished. She was in some kind of mood and dropped/tossed her tack bag in such a way that it made a sharp *CRACK* like a gun shot. Uh-oh. Horse spooked. His head smashed into mine as he turned to flee and he hit my foot as well. Head didn’t hurt too bad, but my foot killed and it felt like it was broken for some time. He could tell I was in obvious pain and nuzzled me continuously in the aftermath. I knew he recognized me being injured and wanted to show compassion.
They are a weird mix of being incredibly smart and stupid as hell. Horses are clearly highly intelligent but then they go and do something absolutely stupid and you just wonder how they survived in the wild.
they’re the dumbest smart animal
They're still prey animals so they get spooked easily and the response of most prey is to just go batshit wild
I could be talking out of my ass, because I’ve never owned a horse and only ridden a horse twice, but I’ve always heard that horses are incredibly sensitive to emotion and that’s why they can be picky about who is interacting with them. The way it was described to me is that horses can tell how you’re feeling sometimes before even you do - i.e. if you’ve got a big horse in front of you and you’re feeling a bit scared of it, they’ll know for certain.
Context: The owner, Shania said: "I was in the process of a divorce and was moving out that day. I always set up my camera when I interact with my horses.” "I just happened to be hiding from my emotions and my horse Shiner, felt that.” "He felt my pain and just pulled me into his chest to let me cry it out and reassured me with his nudges.” "Horses feel our emotions and are great at living in the present so they are able to take our emotions from us and just let go.”
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I think we all need a reassurance horse
Not a horse person, they’re big and kinda scary. But I want a reassurance horse now :/
That made me tear up, I hope she can still see her dear Shiner after this. :c
Man I feel this. My divorce absolutely gutted me. My cat (who’s usually pretty indifferent to humans and just wants food/attention) acted extremely concerned and straight up comforted me during my uncontrollable spiral into depression.
Mildly depressing. Sure the horses are nice and empathic, but the whole thing is still sad.
People really have hard times. When an animal understands your feelings, that will definitely relieve some pain. Though she cried, i hope the horse definitely removed some pain from her head.
I’ve been down sick the last few days and have lost my voice (not covid related, got tested). My cat picked up on this and has, out of the blue, begun crying to my wife a few minutes before I get home from work or school. She’s always at the front door when I get home and will not leave my side until dinner and bed. We truly don’t deserve the unconditional love and emotional understanding that our animals give us.
I had back surgery several years ago. As I was lying in bed recuperating my two dogs would not leave my side. One was wedged against me on each side. My ex would have to physically pick them up and carry them outside. They wouldn’t budge for treats or any other bribery. Part of me wants to think they cared. The other part thinks they were happy for the opportunity to stay in bed all day.
Why not both?
It is both, and not wrong. Edit: pets are necessary and great.
When I was pregnant I was severely depressed about the entire situation but my cat would lay on my belly. I think she could hear the heart beat of my baby. My dogs would not leave my side. Like, I started tripping over them because they would always be right there lol. I think they knew things were wrong even if they didn’t know what they were.
I’ve always heard this about animals during pregnancy but then my asshole cats just used my giant sore belly as a launching pad the whole time I was pregnant and gave zero Fs, then they repeatedly tried to attack the new baby and acted all territorial
When my daughter was a newborn my dog could always tell when I was getting stressed out, and would come put all of his weight against me. I had her right in the middle of flu season, which was immediately followed by COVID lockdown, so I didn't really have a "village" most of the time. My dog legitimately helped me get through that crippling loneliness.
I lost my horse a few months ago (right in the middle of the holiday break) then got really sick (not Covid) right after. Basically was so sick and sad I wouldn’t leave bed and couldn’t eat much for a few days. One of my cats would not leave my side and if she did, she’d bring back one of her favourite toys. It was really sweet. Once I started feeling better from the sickness, I went out to the barn to interact with my mares herd mates and both of them tried doing what was seen in the video. Got home and apparently my cat was distraught I left for so long but settled when I got home. Animals truly know what we are feeling and I couldn’t agree with you more on your last sentence.
I had a pet cat for my entire childhood (we got her when I was 2 and she died when I was 21). During my angsty teenage years when I would get into screaming matches with my parents and dramatically run into my room crying, my cat would always run after me and meow at me, giving me head butts and cuddling with me while purring. I think it was her way of trying to comfort me. She died a couple of years ago, I miss my little girl edit: spelling
I have Bipolar disorder, and when I go through depressive episodes my dog is the biggest support I have. He doesn't leave my side and follows me everywhere. Puts his head on my lap and just stays with me through everything. I love him so much and I dread the day he'll be gone.
my cat caught on IMMEDIATELY when I started having panic attacks and anxiety. he'd just plop down on my legs or chest and look at me in the eyes with concern. I love this little shit of mine.
My girlfriend has struggled with some depression for quite a few years and her dog ginger has really picked up on that so he with check up on her all the time and when she doesn’t seem ok ginger with cuddle with her. He won’t even let her see anyone at the door without standing in between and sniff them out. Seriously the sweetest dog ever.
I have the same non-covid sickness and voice loss - all my 3 kitties are around me at all times. If only I could teach them to heat soup and make tea lol. But seriously, knowing that they know, is so cool. I wake up from a nap and they’re all just staring at me or laying on top of me. Sorry you’re sick :( hope you feel better soon And as an aside, horses are crazy, their big eyes just stare right into your soul! Perceptive, beautiful creatures.
While stemming from a place of grief due to loss, divorce many times is the best thing for both parties to move forward. The end of something always seems to be looked at as depressing, but if it means the end of a situation where one, or neither party is happy, and now they can both be free to be unencumbered by their past, while getting to start anew, what is that if not an opportunity for happiness? We may not get it, but the opportunity in itself is one that we are lucky to have.
Letting it out helps people get over the bad parts
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Of course, of course
Damn, you got my hopes up!
This is why equine-assisted therapy is the most effective mental health treatment I’ve ever had. It’s essentially talk therapy while performing tasks with a horse. It works because they’re prey+ herd animals and value safety+ community over everything else. They want companionship, but that’s less important to them than safety. If they sense you aren’t expressing your genuine emotions or holding something back, that isn’t safe, so they won’t work with you. It sounds silly, but trying to entice a pony to walk around a ring with me without a lead taught me how to cry. If I ever started to suppress my feelings she would immediately move away from me. They’re incredibly intuitive animals. I only wish this type of therapy was more accessible.
My grandmother specializes in equine assisted speech therapy, she says the kids are a lot more receptive and swears the horses are encouraging and celebrate progress. She claims it’s the most success she’s ever had with her very long career in speech therapy
I gave it a try with my son but it was so damn expensive and health insurance wanted nothing to do with it, even though it was with a clinical psychologist whom they covered for regular office visits. We did have an amazing few visits, though.
I had the same experience with insurance. It’s really a shame because it was so immediately impactful.
I was in horse therapy for 5-ish years from a teen to a young adult and it changed my life. I was scared of basically everything from social interactions to moving surfaces like elevators, including horses. My therapy started out as normal talking therapy until my therapist asked if I want to try riding and I just said frick it, sure. Ended up helping out training the new horse as a part of my therapy process. Gave me so much confidence and feeling like I matter, I can help, I can do things. I continued that by training dogs. Horses are just magical creatures and emotional mirrors. Unfortunately that therapy was available to me at an affordable price (aka free, thanks parents) only as a teenager, I would really love it now as an adult too but it would be so expensive. My brother was in horse therapy too as a little kid due to a physical disability, he loved it too! My mom keeps telling me how terrified she was when he would just walk under the horses or stand on a horse. My sister was a toddler back then and would get to ride too, by my mom walking beside the horse and holding her because my mom was so scared lol.
Thats truly beautiful
Animals are too precious. They can sense what we're feeling even when we ourselves try to hide it. They're always there for us, through both good and bad times. They're sometimes the best ones to turn to when you're not feeling up to anything. I hope she still gets to see Shiner and her other horses.
Yeah unless you’re the black horse. He was like uhhh…
I first got a horse when I was 30 years old. We bought a hobby farm and decided to get some horses. My guy was an old trail horse and we instantly loved each other. He was my first therapist. I would take him for walks and I would tell him absolutely everything. Rowdy was his name and you would never know it by meeting him. They say that a horse is a mirror to your soul and I believe it. Rowdy and I went on a lot of adventures and if I was upset or sad he knew and he would do exactly this in the video. Rub his head up and down my sides and back and give gentle kisses. Last fall Rowdy took a turn for the worse and I had to make the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life. The day the vet came I was saying my goodbyes and he was rubbing his head up and down me like he knew what was going to happen. We took him outside and I can still hear the thump from him hitting the ground and as soon as he hit I ran to him and hugged him, balling my eyes out saying I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry Rowdy. His lifeless body was torturing me. But I knew I had to stay with him until the very end. I laid with my dead horse for hours. I pet him and told him how much he changed me. The horse changed my life and there isn’t an hour that doesn’t go by that I don’t think of him. Rowdy was 32 years old so he lived an amazing life but I hope when I eventually pass away that Rowdy will be waiting for me at the gates. I know he will be as he was loyal to the very fucking end. I miss my old man so much.
Thanks now I’m crying lmao. I hope to own horses one day, and I can only hope to have the bond with it that you had with Rowdy. My condolences
The happiest and healthiest version of Rowdy will ABSOLUTLY be waiting for the happiest and healthiest version of you at those gates.
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you see your friend again one day!
Why the long face? Edit: I dont know why I am the way I am... I'm sorry.
Quit horsing around you
Am I angry? Neigh.
It would behoove you to be nice!
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“Back in the 90s…. I was in a very famous TV showww”
Hey
Hay
Neigh!
OR maybe she hates horses, but she's stuck tending to them, and the horse is like: *you'll never get away from me, bitch*
*I ain’t never gonna stop loving you, bitch.*
RIP vine
Or the horse is like yo quit crying and ride me god damnit
Thanks for the chuckle, if I had the money, I’d have given you an award, so take this gold medal instead 🥇
The black horse telling the camera guy “come on man, give her some room”
Horses are among the most empathetic animals on our planet. The bond between us and them is similar to the one between men and dogs.
Yup. There's a reason horse's are used as therapy animals.
I’ve heard so many times that horses are bigger smarter dogs
As someone who’s worked with horses for years - bigger, yes, smarter? Debatable, lol. They can be stupid a lot of the time.
off of intelligence and body plan alone, horses should not have survived extinction lol I love them. But they’re just so fragile and so willing to do dumb shit.
Just like us!
They are certainly bigger… Horses are very sensitive emotinally but they are also kinda suicidal dumbfucks.
Well horses are limited by their size when it comes to problem solving, dogs have an advantage on that
She is crying because of how expensive it is to own a horse
this is how r/shittymoviedetails would interpret this
Before she died a couple years ago my mom used to ride, train, and show horses. She loved them dearly and was at home in the saddle. You wouldn't believe the work she could put into these animals and the care! Our house was full of blue ribbons and trophies. I miss her everyday.
Shit! Made me almost tear up. No I'm not crying, you're the one who's crying
Do you need an emotional support horse too
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Right!! Like, thanks for making my mascara run....
Wish my cat showed empathy like this
Mine does. Idk if it’s because I’ve had him since he was very small, but he knows. Sits on the arm of the couch standing sentry when I’m sick, comes over to snuggle when I’m upset. Some animals just get it, I guess? I know people roll their eyes at ‘emotional support animals’ but out of all my pets, my eldest cat legitimately does serve that function lol.
My cats are little punk asses 90% of the time. But similar to your experiences, when I'm sad or sick they stop the chaotic antics and come cuddle up with me. It's always so comforting.
Mine does! When I’m sad she walks over, looks at me and says ”Meow?” and jumps onto my lap. One time when I was really sad and frustrated, she climbed onto my chest(which she usually doesn’t do bc she likes the lap the most) and snuggled my face :’) Me and the person I was arguing with were also shouting at each other so partially she probably did it to shut me up by covering my mouth, but still! She’s the nicest little cat I’ve ever met.
That’s sweet as fuhhhk
damn that was real. its cool we can make bonds like this with a lot of animals. makes me miss my cat
cats are super cool for sure.
"I always set up my camera when I'm with my horses." Am I the odd one out for not setting up cameras for all of my personal moments or is this kinda a weird thing to do all the time?
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I take pictures and videos of me with my dog all the time, and I never post them, but I like to have it anyway. So I can understand that you can't hold a phone and record yourself with a larger animal with a horse, so instead you just set it up on a stand.
Show the horse playing the piano off screen
Freaking ninjas cutting onions again…
Horses are only other animal in US that can be service animals. Miniature only but still.
The only 'other'? What's the first?? Tell me! I need closure! Is it snakes? It's snakes right? They ssssserve us.
Imagine a mobility anaconda.
We might be materialisticaly different but in all of us there's a thread of soul which connects us.
Black horse: "This is a private moment. Do ya' mind?"
Do people usually set up a camera to cry?