I Guess We Are Horse People Now

Every day, for the past 3 weeks, I’ve been practicing T-Touch on our two horses, rubbing between their eyes down the middle of their noses. It’s a type of touch that relaxes them, and builds trust. But it also does the same for the human touching them.

I never thought I’d have a horse. They aren’t the type of animal I’ve gravitated towards, and, frankly, I always found them intimidating. Certainly, a horse didn’t seem like an animal I would bond with.

I didn’t go through a horse phase growing up, as lots of little girls do. I didn’t dream of growing…