A friend tagged me in a post about those looks a horse gives us basically when they are saying, “Don’t you dare!” I replied how I thought I was fluent in horse, eye language as a joke.
But, to be honest, those of us that live with horses or dogs or cats or donkeys….alpacas, the eyes speak volumes to us.
Verbal language eventually fades into silence.
I move in silence often with my horses. There is no need to speak. Well, Harley likes it when I say his name.
Every day I work towards having a better, more peaceful relationship with my horses, and so much of it occurs through the eyes.
They look into mine as I gaze into theirs. If I am lucky enough, I will see what their reactions will be through their eyes before their body moves.
I can see their moods before I touch them.
I can see a yes or a no response before they physically act.
Mojo came to me from a kill pen. If you wish to know more, https://reenchantedthoroughbreds.com/2020/03/06/vallier-found-me/.
I took this picture of his eye ten minutes after I brought him here. I sat on the ground just outside of his area and let him explore and wander without asking a thing of him. He kept coming back to me and dropping his head alongside mine.
His eye told me how tired he was….how injured his soul was….how physically he was on the edge……
Yet…he had a glimmer of hope. He still wanted a relationship and asked me through his eyes if I could give that to him.
My answer was yes…
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