https://www.horseillustrated.com/the-near-side-blog-2012-0925-close-encounters/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:27:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.horseillustrated.com/the-near-side-blog-2012-0925-close-encounters/#comment-331937 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:03:05 +0000 /the-near-side-blog/2012/0925-close-encounters.aspx#comment-331937 the first horse I actually rode was named Mongoose a 15 year old who was great learning experience we were riding in the pasture when he stopped and went in the opposite direction of what I wanted so I turned him back just in time to see a skunk crossing the area where we would’ve been I learned to trust a horses judgment after that sometimes they know best

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