Touch and Smell, goes a long way with a horse.
Horses have five highly developed senses. They also have a sixth sense. What we call a finely tuned perception.
You hear people say ” I am afraid of this horse and he/she knows it” .
The horse is acutely aware of the persons body language and posture. He will detect rapid breathing and heightened adrenalin levels, increased sweating due to stress. A horses intuition picks up a great deal of information from the world around him. So the question do they smell fear or are there many other ways…
