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Discussion on Temperament & swirls, whorls, or cowlicks
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rusty
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 12:42 pm:
not sure where to post this...Does any one know if there is significance in placement of whorls, swirls or cowlick on a horses face, cheeks etc???? and their temperament???
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Member:
mrose
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 1:19 pm:
AK, did you do a search? Seems to me there have been several discussions about this.
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Member:
rusty
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 1:36 pm:
I did, but nothing came back. suggestions??
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Member:
lilo
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 2:23 pm:
Hi AK,
There were several discussions on this. Here is a link to one of them.
I have two horses and both of them have double swirls, between the eyes. My mare was certainly not an easy horse to train (very reactive) but I don't know that I can blame the swirls. She is a mare, she is 1/2 Arab, 1/2 Saddlebred - therefore more the hot-blooded type.
The gelding is a Rocky Mountain Horse - supposedly super calm, but have not found that to be true for him. Is it the swirls - I really don't believe that. Linda Tellington Jones does believe there is some significance to it - she is quoted in this thread.
Lilo
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Member:
cgby1
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 3:29 pm:
I have a book by Linda Tellington-Jones with Sybil Taylor called "Getting in TTouch Understand and Influence Your Horse"s Personality". She has a small section on Swirls. She spends a lot of time on the shape of the horses head, including the profile, nose, lips, and jaw. She also has chapters on conformation, health and environment.I thought that my arab gelding pretty well matched her description of his head. I hope that my filly's neck whorls are not a accurate prediction of her life (bad luck). Her first year was not great, her mother rejected her and she developed a club foot. She is now almost three and the last two years have been uneventful. It's been awhile since I read it, I will have to reread it.
Cynthia
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Member:
rusty
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 3:38 pm:
thanks so much, the thread was interesting & informative...anything about cheek swirls?
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Member:
cgby1
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 4:17 pm:
No, Except for the part about neck swirls(near the bottom where it ties into the chest), all of it was about swirls down the center of the forehead and nose. You might check and see if she has a web site. You may be able to e-mail her and ask her about it.
Cynthia
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Member:
rusty
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 5:28 pm:
thanks again
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Member:
muffi
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 6:26 pm:
She does have a wonderful web site TTOUCH look it up on Google.
(linda Tellington Jones)
You can get free news letters too.
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Member:
vickiann
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 - 8:37 pm:
I have a paint horse who has more swirls than one can imagine. He was broke hard and used hard by cowboys. At over 20 years old, he is more playful and curious than most younger horses. I love him and he has taken care of non-riders (including my Mother). He intuitively seems to adjust to what works with the situation at hand. He is truly as close to "anyone can ride" as is possible, yet he is a very emotional horse, which must always be considered when handling him.
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