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“Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy or beauty without vanity? Here, where grace is laced with muscle, and strength by gentleness confined.”
― Janet Jones, Horse Brain, Human Brain: The Neuroscience of Horsemanship

“Hollywood sells that romantic myth of horse whispering, but the best trainers don’t whisper—they watch, listen, learn, and think. The horses do the whispering. The human’s job is to rivet attention to their faintest hints. Let’s try to connect with animals at their level, instead of demanding that they constantly adjust to us.”
― Janet Jones, Horse Brain, Human Brain: The Neuroscience of Horsemanship

“The Horse Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy or beauty without vanity? Here, where grace is laced with muscle, and strength by gentleness confined. Ronald Duncan, Poet
© Ronald Duncan Estate and reprinted with permission.”
― Janet Jones, Horse Brain, Human Brain: The Neuroscience of Horsemanship

“Horses are not just smart; they are learning machines. They scout for cues everywhere and soak up information. Once acquired, new knowledge sticks to a horse’s brain like superglue. If there’s a problem with equine learning, it’s that horses learn too quickly—and forget too poorly—to accommodate human errors.”
― Janet Jones, Horse Brain, Human Brain: The Neuroscience of Horsemanship

“withers”
― Janet Jones, Horse Brain, Human Brain: The Neuroscience of Horsemanship