Why we don't yell at horses.
Have you ever seen someone yell and scream at a horse?
It's a lot like asking someone a question in a foreign language and then screaming the same request at them when they don't understand it. That person may have been happy to comply with your request had you asked in a language they were familiar with.
We have a primarily verbal language.
Horses primarily speak in a silent language, complex and vast if we are keen enough to listen.
For that reason, it's difficult for us to understand that communication with horses is silent, just as it is difficult for us as apex predators to understand the instincts of a prey animal.
I'm amazed and thankful that these gorgeous creatures allow us to fumble up on their backs, put up with our shenanigans, and share in their wingless flight.
I don't deserve it, it's not something the horse owes me.
So how can I become frustrated with him for not understanding a language I failed to teach him?
Here's to a lifetime of learning to read and speak that silent language.
And that's why we don't yell at horses.
Have you ever seen someone yell and scream at a horse?
It's a lot like asking someone a question in a foreign language and then screaming the same request at them when they don't understand it. That person may have been happy to comply with your request had you asked in a language they were familiar with.
We have a primarily verbal language.
Horses primarily speak in a silent language, complex and vast if we are keen enough to listen.
For that reason, it's difficult for us to understand that communication with horses is silent, just as it is difficult for us as apex predators to understand the instincts of a prey animal.
I'm amazed and thankful that these gorgeous creatures allow us to fumble up on their backs, put up with our shenanigans, and share in their wingless flight.
I don't deserve it, it's not something the horse owes me.
So how can I become frustrated with him for not understanding a language I failed to teach him?
Here's to a lifetime of learning to read and speak that silent language.
And that's why we don't yell at horses.
