Comments on: Connecting with Your Horse https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:22:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Deb https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-419898 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:22:55 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-419898 In reply to Cathy.

It’s not often that you read an article that is both informative and heartworming. I’m going to read it to my Morgan mare and save on Ivermectin! (just kidding, couldn’t resist)

]]> By: JustAHuman https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-416655 Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:23:53 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-416655 The bond is very, very, real. Respect. Trust. Time. I was in a saddle before I could walk, I’ve seen bad owners & good owners, & bad horses are made from bad owners. Trust & security can mend a broken horse. Just put down our 34 yr old q-horse. Had him for 33.5 yrs. That’s a long time. My younger boys are just as bonded.

]]> By: Rhonda https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-414757 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 18:50:20 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-414757 We just lost our first horse – a Belgian Draft named Handsome Bob. The bond we had was amazing. When he was young he pulled logs for an Amish farmer, then he pulled carriages in Memphis. He was retired because he had azma and the Memphis heat was too much. We gave him a wonderful life. I’m not sure I will ever experience the same bond… and the pain from the loss is overwhelming – but I wouldn’t change one moment that I shared with Bob.

]]> By: Isabella karam https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-413873 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:43:57 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-413873 I’m 17 years old and just bought my first horse. I’m having trouble trying to bond with him. I take him to graze and he’s always anxious and throwing his head up as if there is someone out to get him. I take him on a lot of trail rides. Today I decided to take him to a park where there’s lots of grass. I put his halter on and let him eat for about an hour. At around 6 I took him to the pavilion and put his bridle on where he freaked out and ran to eat more grass. Before I could approach him he cantered off where we came through from and ran half way home ending up into the neighbors yard. I’m frustrated because I’m only trying to bond with him. He is always good on the way there but once we get there he wants to run home so I stopped taking him there. When I’m grooming him he doesn’t like me to curry his face. He throws his head up multiple times. But I notice he relaxes his thing when I’m grooming so I can’t tell if he’s upset or content. I try to greet him calmly when in the field. The little pony he is in the field with will follow me all around but my horse will not! He will only follow me when he sees me
Going torwards the feeding area. For the most part he’s calm but I’m having trouble as being inexperienced I can’t train him or disinclined him I don’t know what to do but I love him so much, he is my world and the only reason I work. Could you email me with suggestions?

]]> By: Morgan forshey https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-392278 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 10:56:06 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-392278 Me and my horse have a bad relatsion ship and i need your help i am only ten but i love my horse i feel that he thinks i am going to hurt him or leave him alone and never come back i show at clark county fair and he dosnet like judges or beltchers he gets all movey and jumps around i only get to ride him once in a while so what should i do ?

]]> By: Barbara https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-383741 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:51:15 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-383741 I’ve had my horse for 15 years but I wasn’t sure we would make it to year two. He was very aloof at first and acted as if he didn’t know me from one visit to the next. Then one day we went on a long trail ride on a hot day in July. The park we trailered to was supposed to have potable water but the horses refused it. I poured my bottled water into my hands and ….he drank it! Gratefully! From that moment on he trusted me and I began to see what a reliable partner he was and began to trust him more and more. Over the years he has hauled be out of some dicey situations. I always said he was a more experienced trail horse than I was trail rider so many times I have “thrown him the reins” and he comes through like a champ. So if you are not bonding with your horse, ask yourself “could I be doing something to impede him/her from trusting me?” He is now 25, I’m 60 and we are riding off into the sunset together. I thought my soulmate would be human…he turned out to be a little chestnut gelding.

]]> By: sally https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-378776 Fri, 02 May 2014 15:22:46 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-378776 I have had my mare since she was born i helped her into the world, i have talked to her endlessly worked through the early years with her, have competed her and hacked out on our own for hours, she knows me inside out, i have never hurt her always loved her unconditionally, yet I have lost her she no longer trusts me with her safety, i cannot ride her and struggle to handle her away from her field buddy. I miss my best friend so much but don’t know how to convince her that being with me is ok

]]> By: sally https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-378775 Fri, 02 May 2014 15:21:44 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-378775 I have had my mare since she was born i helped her into the world, i have talked to her endlessly worked through the early years with her, have competed her and hacked out on our own for hours, she knows me inside out, i have never hurt her always loved her unconditionally, yet I have lost her she no longer trusts me with her safety, i cannot ride her and struggle to handle her away from her field buddy. I miss my best friend so much but don’t know how to convince her that being with me is ok

]]> By: Linda https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-373572 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:36:09 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-373572 good article, esp. the ending where you never know when you need to call on your bond with your horse to get that extra will to overcome some obstacle, etc. from him/her.

]]> By: Galadriel https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-horse-human-bond/#comment-368969 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:53:41 +0000 /horse-community/horse-human-bond.aspx#comment-368969 Very true. I’m very thankful to have a perfect partnership with my horse based on mutual trust.

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