It's About The Horse

Peeperpuppy · Member Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 578

Bit & Jackspark (& anyone else who wants to take a look),

I loaded a bunch of photos into photobucket & wondered if you would care to take a look & give me an opinion about what you see with the 3 mares in relation to T-Touch & personality analysis.

I started another link because I didn't want to hijack bit's thread

Each mare got her own album.

Harley is my husband's mare, of everything I've compared I think she's the least complicated (IF) I'm interpreting correctly.
Her album:
http://s167.photobucket.com/album...gs%20Choice%20%20aka%20%20Harley/

Harley's sister Gunny:
http://s167.photobucket.com/album...s%20Kitty%20%20%20aka%20%20Gunny/

And the puzzle master: My Lippi... Mis
http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u149/peeperpuppy/Mis/

http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u149/peeperpuppy/Mis/
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bit · Member Joined: 02 Feb 2009 Posts: 4353 Location: Kansas

Can you get full face pictures, and pull the forelock out of the way? Facial whorles tell a lot. I'll get the book out tomorrow and see what I can see.
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Peeperpuppy · Member Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 578

I'll have to wait for the storms to stop

Gunny's is 1 in the center of her face.
Mis' is 1 in the middle & a little bit high...
Harley's is the long one vertical on her face.

I appreciate the help. Will try to get some better shots

On Gunny if you look at the shot with her wearing the bridle & click on it youc an see her's pretty plain. There's not another swirl inside the star on her forehead. Same with Mis. The one where she's sporting a bridle, you can see hers but you have to get it full sized.

Harley's got one shot in there that's the best with the foretop out of the way, showing for the AQHA the scar she bears from when she was a youngster & she gashed her head open. You can see that long whorl on her. Funny, I never noticed it before.
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Clarissa · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:39 am Post subject:

Peeper do any of your horses have whirls behind their forlocks (between their ears) behind their ears at the poll or along their necks either top, sides or under also?
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Peeperpuppy · Member Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 578

yikes... double post... see below
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Copious_Amour · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:45 am Post subject:

Oooooh pictures of Mis! I love Mis!

Peeperpuppy · Member Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 578

[quote="Peeperpuppy:88645"]Here, let me try this.

Harley:

Gunny:
((I think this is the best one I have of Gunny))

Mis:

White hair is fun... if you put the sun on her... it's dazzling & you can't see the whorl at all

This is the best one I have of Mis

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Peeperpuppy · Member Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 578

Clarissa · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:06 am Post subject:

This is what I saw when I quickly flicked through the photos since first impressions are usually the most reliable. Of course hands on may produce a totally different analysis.

Lippi Mis:-
Big bubble, opinionated, likes things to remain stable & done a certain way, interesting that she is not top dog, gets upset easily, hold her stress in, may explode at times & chuck a fizzy or go introverted, untrusting until fully happy with her human. Could be prone to injuries or getting herself into situations & may not like water crossings. A good rider will give her good leadership which will allow her to show that she can work well & has learned her school work. She is probably good at what she is conformationally suited to.

Harley:-
Easy going, confident, soft, happy to comply, keen to be good friends, interested in the goings on, probably fairly healthy & free of
dis-ease, unless there has been a trauma injury.

Gunny:-
Holds in her stress & may work herself into a tizz at times, emotional sweater, could be tight along her sides, resistant to being soft on the bit, ladder climber, usually willing once the ground rules are established. Being tight sided might produce leg & rib problems or wither problems leading to back trouble or saddle fit issues.

I could add more if I knew about the whirls. Whirls give an indication to the complexity of the character & strength of dedication. As for the T-Touch, I haven’t learned about that yet.
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Copious_Amour · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:14 am Post subject:

Just found this:

Clarissa · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:16 am Post subject:

Copious_Amour · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:19 am Post subject:

And then there is this:

A more scientific explanation of whirls and which side foals like to suckle on due to their whirls.
http://www.agresearchforum.com/publicationsarf/2005/056_page.pdf

Clarissa · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:26 am Post subject:

What an interesting article that was & yes I did find that same thing although I wasn't so focused on the birth presentation of which leg came out first.

Onesidedness is a very important thing & I think it could be used in matching potential horse parents for a particular foal outcome for a certain human.
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Copious_Amour · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:50 am Post subject:

I can't remember who I was speaking to the other day but the mention of which side the mane lies on naturally (meaning, a person did not train the mane to lay left or right for their liking) ; if that has to do with a horse being left or right "handed." Or left or right brained at that. I've found horses with manes that flop on both sides of the necks are spunkier but now we know that this could/does mean that their body is out of alignment. Does this cause the "spunkiness" or is it another characteristic trait such as whirls?

jackspark · Member Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 4474 Location: Missouri

Peep, I'll just let my fellow Spirit ladies make the comments here. I am not qualified to do that. I do want to ask: How big is Harley and how big is your hubby?

Em, what does it say if your horse has a double whirl between the eyes?
Seems like I read once that it indicated a feisty personality? Will do pics later
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