Anyone that "feels it" when they see a horse, touch a horse, smell a horse......
That's a HORSE PERSON.
You don't have to own a horse, you don't have to know how to ride a horse. You really don't need to know anything about a horse, except -
That feeling you get.
From the most prestigious rider to the greatest laid back horse lover that has nothing but pictures.
Horse people - LOVE HORSES.
Many that actually own horses are a touch 'crazy'. Your walking up to a 1000+ pound animal and trusting it not to kill you for one. Whether it's a pasture pet or trail mate, you bond, you connect and you learn to trust. You become grounded to the universe. You gain the confidence to do -
and sometimes what you do seems crazy to others.
Every horse person knows - horses are special, majestic, powerful, yet the softest most loving creature on the planet. {No prejudice here}
Not one horse person knows everything that they need to know about their own horse. Like people, things happen, things change, health issues pop up, circumstances happen... We don't know it all.
We learn from each other and most all horse people are willing to give you advice; some you have to ask others offer it freely. Yet others charge a buck or two. Usually pennies to the pound well spent.
You don't have to be an expert to be a horse person....
But be warned -
You will become a stronger more confident person just by being friends with one.....