March 28, 2011
Emotions In Horse Training
Anthropomorphism. I was confronted by a man after a horse training clinic asking if I knew the definition of the word. When I said, “No,” he set about educating me. He stated it was the projecting of human emotions onto animals. I found it amusing as he had just spend some time telling me how their mule was stubborn, manipulative, and even scheming. Odd, those seemed humanistic as well, so I decided to check out the word for myself.
