"Only the horses" song

Did you guys saw this great video? It is a great video with some gorgeous white horse running!



"Only the horses" Scissor Sisters



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The Chinese Zodiac and The Horse Sign

I think everyone has heard of the Chinese Zodiac. What we know especially is that it is very different as the one we look everyday to.
The Chinese Zodiac has a important place in the Chinese culture, which is a very wast. The signs in it were used for a very long time now. Interesting is that the signs from the zodiac have been used in stories and folklore. These developed the different personality traits that were represented with each animal. That means that the horse has a very important place in the Chinese culture.
Horses are present in many Chinese myths . They represent horse tales, horse-like beings but also pony. We can find a lot of motifs of horses, which have their focus the horse or have horses as the protagonist of the action or in other cases they are represented as support. According to the cyclical Chinese calendar system, the time period between 31 January 2014 and 18 February 2015 falls unde the category of the (yang) Wood Horse.

The Horse Sign

The Chinese Zodiac consists of a twelve-year cycle, each year being associated with a certain animal. The 7th in the cycle is the Horse. The order of the beings-of-the-year is made to their order in completing a contest of racing across a river, in the so-called The Great Race.This race is done to see which of the animals, in which order, would be the namesakes of the twelve-year cycle. That includes to run, and swum, the finishing line being across a great river. The Rat and the Ox crossed easily enough (the Rat hitchhiking on the Ox back). Those powerful swimmers, Tiger and Dragon had little problem; nor did Rabbit, with a little help from the Dragon. The Horse, an excellent runner; but, not as good of a swimmer, would have been next -- but, the Snake having crossed the river by stowing away on Horse's hoof, doing a sudden dismount, gained the finish line, just in front of the startled Horse. Thus, it is said, despite the animal's general swiftness, the Horse finished the race only in the rank of the seventh position.

More you can read here!

In Chinese the horse is written like: 马 mǎ.

Years of the Horse were and will be:1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026

The Five Elements of Horse is Fire (Huo), which symbolizes enthusiasm and energy. The horse gives people an impression of independence and integrity. Its spirit is recognized to be Chinese people's ethos - making unremitting efforts to improve themselves with passion and diligence.

Lucky Signs for Horse:

• Lucky Numbers: 2, 3, 7

• Lucky Colors: brown, yellow, purple

• Lucky Flowers: calla lily, jasmine, marigold

• Lucky Directions: northeast, southwest and northwest

Things Should be Avoided:

• Unlucky Numbers: 1, 5, 6
• Unlucky Colors: blue, white, gold
• Unlucky Direction: southeast

Personality of the Horse:

People with Chinese zodiac Horse sign always impress people with dynamic, zealous and generous image. Endowed with many shinning points, they also have to face the weaknesses in characteristics.
 Strengths: Most of them are born with nice personalities, such as warm-hearted, upright, easygoing, so they usually have a lot of friends flocking around. Independence and endurance makes them more powerful, and they will never give in facing the bitter suffering. Positive attitude leads everything to a bright direction. 
Weaknesses: Loving spending is their problem, for they need a great amount of money to support social activities and decent dressing. Besides, frankness allows them to let out secret easily. Persistence is what they lack on the path leading to success. 

You can find more infos: here

So like the real animal, the people which are in the Chinese Horse sign are very great and interesting persons.

The Horse Behavior - Part II

Let's continue with the understanding of the horse behavior!

The herding instinct

This is very usual for the horses living in the wild. Although it will be very useful if it is taken in consideration also for the domestic horses. Normally they are sociable animals, and when taken from their herd, they will always bond with a surrogate. When speaking about a domestic horse, the surrogate will often be the owner. That is why it is very important for every horse owner to know everything about his animal.

When going with a group of domestic horses in the field, it is better to turn mares and gelding out separately. This will be a good advice especially in the spring, because then the mares have their season and geldings could show some stallion-like behavior. We can go out with one gelding and more mares, but it would not be a great idea to go with several geldings and only one mare.

Because horses tend to be very sociable and form bonds, they will show their attachment in several ways. One of them is grooming. In doing so, they stand head to tail and chew up and down each other's neck and back. It is understood that when one of them stops grooming his friend, the other one will do the same. This type of grooming is very good because it includes removing parasites and of course growing the friendship. In the summer time, it is very normal to see horses that have bonded by standing head to tail, swishing their tails to keep the flies away.

Reacting to danger

Reacting to danger is a crucial point in knowing your horse behavior. It is very important for you to know how your horse will react when dealing with a potential danger situation. When you will learn that, it will be the most exciting experience when you will go out in the field with your horse.

Domestic horses ,when out in the field, will keep their basic herd instincts. When going out with more domestic horses, they will mostly stand and graze close together. If a horse is apart at a distance, normally is a sign that something is wrong and should be investigated. Dealing with danger situations, the horse will be frighten and will run away. So, if one member of the herd feels something unusual and starts to run, the other ones will run too. This is very good to know when riding along with more people. It is very important for everyone on paying attention to his horse, but also to the surroundings. It is better to see the danger or potential unusual things before your horse, because then you can prevent any accident. If you keep your horse calm, the other ones will also be calm.

Horses are very used to leaving in a herd, and they communicate very good using their body language, like ear movements and vocal sounds. They sleep standing up, like this they are prepared to run in every moment when danger is around. When some horses lie down, normally  will be one or two standing up, like a guard. They will be the first to alert everyone if needed.

Horses spend most of their day gazing. Their stomachs are kept half-full all the time. That is because if something appears, it is better not to run with a full belly.

Horses have a life based on feeling it is always better to run than to fight. This is why, their vision is nearly 360 degrees. The distance between the eyes and mouth will allow the horse to see all around when grazing. Although they like better to run, if they are cornered and have no way to run, they will defend by kicking and biting.
Again it is very important keeping in mind the strong herd instinct also on domestic horses. 

TIPS:

• if a horse lays its ears back, usually means that it feels threatened and be ready to show aggressive behavior.
• it is not a good idea when removing all the horses from a field but one. He will show signs of distress and will try to rush up and down the fence line. This will make the others angry. He reacts like that because being in a herd is like being in a safe place, and when apart from his companions, he feels vulnerable.
• when horses display aggressive behavior toward each other, is usually between stallions.

Hope you will find this helpful!

You may want to see also:

• The first part

The Health Benefits of Riding a Horse

Before cars were invented, people always used horses to travel. Because of that everyone knew how to take care and ride a horse. In our days, we are not depending anymore on these animals. We are considering riding a horse only as a recreational activity.
Among a lot of health benefits of riding a horse, the most obvious of them are:

• strong core
• strong legs,           

but there are also some less obvious benefits, like:

• a boost in confidence
• meditation

Very important is that horses are used in therapy for mentally disabled children.
According to Health Fitness Revolution's top list of the health benefits of riding a horse are:

• Body Awareness: riding a horse works the core muscles that stabilize the trunk: the abdominal and back(because when you are riding a horse your upper part of the body must be straight) and pelvic muscles(because when you are riding a horse you have to hold on by clenching the legs). However, it is not just about the strength of the core, but also about the coordination and stability. As you will try to ride more, your body will learn to move with the horse and it will be easier.

• Quick Thinking: riding a horse, which is such a large, powerful, wonderful animal with a strong personality, every moment having something on his mind, can be a full-body workout. This will make you engage your muscles you never used before. You are also continuously adjusting to the form of the horse.

• Coordination: riding involves doing all sorts of movements at once, in order to guide properly your horse. Because of this particular thing, therapeutic riding programs for the sight-impaired had shown a lot of success.

• Core Strength: riding a horse involves an isometric exercise. That means that you are using specific muscles to stay in certain positions, for keeping your balance. Because of that, the postural strength is a major point when riding and the posture of riders improves even in day by day activities.                                       

• Muscle Tone and Flexibility: riding a horse works out beside the core muscles, also inner thighs and pelvic muscles. During your ride, you often need to maintain a squatting position, constantly having to adjust to the cadence of your horse. Because of that, your muscle tone and flexibility will improve visibly.

• Stable Strength: before any of us starts riding, we also have to take care, clean and feed our horse. For that, working in a barn strengthens your muscles and increases cardiovascular capacity.

• Mental exercise: riding a horse brings you also many mental benefits, you did not imagine till now. Not only that you learn a lot about yourself as you experience time on a horse, but also it gives a meditative effect, because of the constant focus on riding and staying on the horse. Beside being a great exercise, you will also benefit on having a connection and bond with the animal. We should not forget about the peace of mind that comes along every time you ride.

Thank you very much for reading this article! If you have opinions or something to add, please do so...

Grooming a horse....the Summary

I wanted to make you guys a summary of my posts about what tools we need when grooming a horse. 

The horse is a loyal, intelligent, majestic , gorgeous.... I could go like this for ever...but mostly of all very clean. And so should we try to keep it as clean and as healthy as we can. In order to have all the satisfactions that this beautiful animal could give us, we should firstly be very careful on how we treat him.

Kizoa slideshow: Grooming kit - Slideshow

Spring is here!

Spring has come! A lot of flowers everywhere. Everybody loves blooming threes, green grass and of course in this background beautiful horses. Hope you will enjoy my little video! Wish you all a nice weekend!

Beautiful weather!

Beautiful weather has come!! Great weather for riding! Tell me where will you ride this year?

Pfingstfest in Bavaria

I already told you about this bavarian tradition (here). I have some pics to show you guys from this years event.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Friends!

I hope you will have a beautiful Easter and everything that you wish for!

What a great morning I had!

Hello guys!

So I don't know how it is the weather at you...but we are waiting for 2 months to snow and nothing. Only a little bit, once or twice. So today when I woke up it was so great view on my window. There was a lot of snow everywhere and some beautiful horses. I is nothing compared to have a walk in a snowy weather and stare at a lot of beautiful horses. They were really enjoying the weather too!!!

Kizoa slideshow: horses in snow - Slideshow

Great horse show

Cavallo Classico

For those who have the chance to go to one of these shows I can assure you that you will not forget it for a lifetime. This show combines an orchestra, with a band and around 100 horses that will make you feel like you are dreaming.

For more details visit the official site ---> click here!

Also you can see other people reviews on their facebook page ----> click here!

My love for horses...

Hi everybody!!!

My love for horses began when I was a little child. I was so mesmerized by this creature named "horse". I really started to beg my parents to buy me one even thought we were living in a flat on the 4th floor. In my opinion horses are pure beauty and much more.

Hope you will enjoy my blog.
I am at the beginning with this so I hope you will not judge me for my lack of experience.