Chazot Thoughts/Think Therefore I Am (Click link for entire article and photos) I Think Therefore I Am (Original posted in 2010) Hi; I am Chazot. It just happens that I am taller, more athletic, spirited and intelligent than the average. I am also modest. For reasons that I can’t explain, I am able to understand humans. It is not that the first humans I met were rational. Instead, they were hellish, with the exception of one. Her name was Rosie. She was the owner of the barn. At the worst times of my life, she gave me a gesture, regard and perhaps even thoughts that helped me. Like every other horse, I have faculties of perception far more sophisticated than the average human wants to believe. In the racetrack job, where I was trapped during the first years of my life, she was the only one who sensed my desperation. She was not financially interested. I did not belong to her. She was just the one who gave me this look and touched me gently with her hand when I needed it the most. All the others were afraid of me and as we, within the equine species all know, humans hide their fear behind discipline and brutality. I will come back to this racetrack experience on many different occasions because I am still traumatized. However, this is not the subject of this discussion. In one aspect, my life has turned from the worst to the greatest. Her name is Helyn and she came to see me one day at my racetrack barn. We looked at each other and we knew. The man who came with her was different. His name is something like johnluck. You have to understand that I am an American thoroughbred and I think in English. From what I hear he is something like a French warmblood or maybe just a warm French. He verbalizes with an accent but his body language and his energy are very clear. At first he was hard to read. He was turning around me, touching my legs and my back. His vibrations were telling me that he appreciated my athleticism and spirit, but his facial expression was more like he did not like me. I heard later that this is what humans are doing when they have not discussed the price. To make it simple I refer to him as he. One small problem we have is that in the morning when he comes to feed us, I gratify him with a kind hi he! and he believes that I whinny. In the end, it does not matter what he hears. He responds each time and we spend a few warm minutes. He is the one who writes my thoughts on the computer. As everybody knows, except perhaps the dressage judges, a horse only does have one finger per limb. The number of fingers is not really the issue since he types on the keyboard with only one finger at a time anyway. The problem is the size; my fingers are too large for the computer. Like most editors, he sometimes adds his own thoughts. However, overall, he is quite close and I support his translation Today’s issue is that I have strained the lateral branch of my suspensory ligament. A guy came to watch TV in the barn. He arrived in a van. The letters on the side of the van were about ultrasound, scanner and so on. The guy sat next to my left rear leg holding what looked like a remote control in his hand. He was rubbing his remote control against my lower leg watching the screen of his computer. I cannot see which movie he was watching but once in a while he was dropping words such as scar tissue and inflammation. I wondered why they were paying a guy to watch television in the barn. The guy told them that the fibers of my suspensory ligament were not disturbed and that it was inflammation. Care needs to be taken but this will not alter my career. Now they are doing a lot of weird things around my rear legs. They are mostly busy with the left hind but they are also taking care of my right hind. Even Helyn, who is always on my side, is taking part in the treatment. They alternate ice and warm wraps. They are packing thick layers of clay, brown wrapping paper plus cotton and leg wraps. Within the horse species we have to learn about these humans’ strange habits. They like to dress us with all type of sheets, colorful blankets, wraps and other toys. Between equines, the general consensus is that whatever toys humans like to play with, they are taking care of us and we appreciate the attention. The expression limited exercise does not set well in my mind. I need exercise. I am a type A personality. This is better than the TV guy who was advising stall rest but I become worried about my next morning turn out. I do not sleep well. Manchester who is my barnmate is concerned about me. The next morning he arrives, feeds us and disappears for about 30 minutes, the time to have his own breakfast. He comes back as usual and I start to relax some, but not for long. The procedure started as normal but now he spends some time around my left hind limb. I can feel a wrap instead of the usual boot. Also, instead of the halter, he places the bridle around my head. He rests his right hand on my shoulders and invites me to go for a work in hand session. What do you mean work in hand? This is my turn out time! This is my morning canter, my adrenaline rush through the ring. This is MY time. However, I comply because I am a nice guy and also he never does anything to hurt me. He annoys me once in a while but I never feel threatened by him. I try to concentrate but THIS IS MY TURN OUT TIME. I have to explain to you the game of the work in hand. He rests his hand on my shoulder and walks by my side straightening his own vertebral column. We horses are capable of feeling such slight changes in muscle tone and therefore I follow him slowing down my movement. The first time he did it I was thinking that he was not feeling well. He had his hand on my shoulder like he needed support and he was slowing his pace. I was worried about him and I slowed down my walk. I guess that makes him happy. Each time I respond like that he pats me for a long time and then we go home. In the next days I realize the extent of this training technique. He does not give me any (click link for website)scienceofmotion/i_think_therefore_i_am_.html Video on youtube and entire story and photos on webpage https://youtube/watch?v=-RwQ7qNIZAA
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 05:10:30 +0000
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