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Total Coincidence
Behind the Bit has an entry on horses displaying the ability to reason.
I’ve seen that a time or two, but what about those coincidental moments that just seem like higher reasoning?
For instance, at a former barn there was a young colt who was, well, a young colt. He had his young horse moments. However, since all I did with him was hand walk him, groom him, and feed him treats, he thought I was the greatest. He was also my favorite horse there.
So, his owner and I were standing outside his stall, talking. He was munching on hay, head hanging over the door. She mentioned something he’d done earlier the day.
“Not him!“ I said. “He’s perfect!“
He dropped the hay out of his mouth and stared at me with absolutely slack-jawed disbelief: Clearly, the fact that he was perfect was news to him.
I’m sure the whole thing was coincidental and a reaction to the tone of my voice, but his expression was priceless. He was absolutely bewildered by something.
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On Oct 9, 2008, GreyHorseMatters said:
I’m sure he understood every word you said and that was why you two got along so well.