>>>>> Beautiful to watch...poetry in motion. What does it mean, though,
>>>>> when
> the tail is always swishing? Is this just a habit type of thing? Trish
>
> I think, generically, tails swishing means the horse is stressed.
> However,
> I'd attribute this to a sort of physical/mental stress, in that the horse
> is
> working very hard and concentrating. Those are VERY difficult maneuvers
> the
> horse is performing, and she's doing them in fine form. I don't think ALL
> kinds of stress are ALWAYS bad - not unless the stress is excessive, and
> for
> long periods of time. I think stress CAN be bad, and maybe it's even
> USUALLY is bad, but it depends on the context, and the possible benefit
> gained I suppose.
I thought the same thing. Looking at her general demeanor, and *how* the
tail was swishing, wasn't like the "get out of my mouth, that hurts!" type
of swish.
Judy
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