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In this first episode I share with you some insights, facts and my own experiences about horses ears and how they use them to express themselves and communicate.

Often times, especially in comments on social media, I have seen people question, even attack perfectly good horsemanship because the horses ears were not forward facing.

• Forward facing ears does necessarily not mean happy
• Backwards facing ears does not necessarily mean unhappy
• Pinned ears momentarily can just be a quick expression comparable to for i.e. when you say 'no'!

I don't know about you but personally in my life, I like to have the option and permission to say no. 
I would hate to have to be perfect in everything I do because someone who does not know better would think I was unhappy if I did not.

Let's not do this to the horses. 
Let's learn to understand how they communicate and accept that as a part of their 'happy language' they do indeed put their ears to the side, to the back, wrinkle their nose, swish their tail and even lift a hind leg. 
They need to do this just as much as you need certain words to express yourself.

I could elaborate on this subject for hours, please note it is not an excuse for poor horsemanship and unhappy horses; the idea is to simply get people to think and learn the language of the horse better.

I hope you enjoy ♥

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