Or maybe you are fortunate enough to own a horse and have an ongoing relationship. Whatever your situation, by personally experiencing this attachment you can appreciate the intensity of the emotions and feelings exchanged between horse and person as the two become a single unit. Once the connection is made, the human perspective changes from viewing the horse simply as an animal into something far more complex. Instead, they view these majestic animals as friends, emotional healers, substitutes for children, or wonderful companions. The intensity of this attachment varies greatly among individuals, but many aspects of the bond remain the same.
Horses are intensely social animals by nature and are predisposed to having social relationships.
Unlike horses in the wild, domestic horses are wholly dependent upon us for their survival, comfort, and well being. Like people, horses have physical and emotional needs. After you nourish their needs, the animals begin to view you as a companion and leader. As soon as the horse identifies you as his companion and leader, he will work with you out of respect. This relationship usually begins when people touch, groom, and pamper their horse.