Are you a dog lover? Cat lover? or just an animal lover in general? I myself am an animal lover in general. I love all animals, including the stinky ones. One of my all time favorite animals is the horse.
Horses have been around for a very long time. It is estimated that the first horse was domesticated between
2000 B.C and 4500 B.C.
Originally humans saw horses as a source of food. They used horses for meat and milk. As time slowly went by, horses were used more for transportation and draft work (pulling or pushing carts, wagons, etc.) Though some countries still used horses as a source of food.
Nowadays horses are used for things other than a source of food, though there are still some underdeveloped countries that still do. Normally horses are used for pleasure, sports, companionship, draft work, and much more.
As human society progressed, horses were bred for specific purposes. With this, horse breeds began to take shape. Today, the
top seven horse breeds include:
- Arabians
- Quarter Horse
- Paint
- Miniature
- Thoroughbred
- Appaloosa
- Morgan
Obviously horses have been around for a very long time. They provided us with food and companionship. For some people this is their lives. I personally know some people whose lives involve horses. The horse has slowly made its way through time and into our hearts.
Thoughts? Opinions? Ideas involving horses?
When people think of horses normally the first thing they think of is riding them. I personally have been working with and showing draft horses for the past ten years. People normally associate draft horses with field work in the olden times or the Amish but I am glad you included draft work in this post because it is still current even if it is not thought of as much as riding.
ReplyDeleteNormally you would see draft work today in many of the underdeveloped countries. But there are some people who can't afford all the fancy new machinery that we have today and so they would use horses and other animals for draft work.
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