member of the Equidae or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass‚ E. africanus. In the western United States‚ a small donkey is sometimes called a burro (from the Spanish word for the animal). A male donkey or ass is called a jack‚ a female a jenny‚ and an offspring less than one year old a foal (male: colt‚ female: filly). While different species of the Equidae family can interbreed‚ offspring are almost always sterile. Nonetheless‚ horse/donkey hybrids are popular
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had stopped riding when I was six because my horse had thrown me off‚ the winter was pretty harsh on my asthma‚ and my riding instructor told me I needed to take a break. So when my grandmother offered to pay for new lessons for me I was thrilled and I took up the chance right away. When I started horseback riding I was only 5 years old‚ and I went to the lessons everyday with my best friend Lexi. Lexi was much better than me‚ and owned her own horse. I was always a little jealous of her mainly
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“We are to see the Creator in the glass of every creature” a practical Wesleyan-Holiness theology of animal life WESLEY AND ANIMALS Where would Wesley be without his horse? As strange as it may sound‚ the Wesleyan-Holiness movement will forever be indebted to Wesley’s four-legged friends who carried the minister and his message of holiness across some 250‚000 miles. It was on these journeys that Wesley was able to invest in serious study‚ as “Wesley read his history‚ poetry‚ and philosophy on horseback
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picture of a charioteer‚ and two horses. One horse is white‚ obedient‚ fit and of a pure breed where the second is black‚ a disobedient lumbering animal. The charioteer represents ‘reasoning’. He is in control of the two horses and is trying to guide them evenly along the journey of life. He is also knowledgeable and therefore is in charge. The white horse is called Passion; representing ‘spirit’. Passion is ambitious and strives towards success. The black horse is called Desire. He represents
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Hippotherapy Yo: Hippotherapy is a form of physical‚ occupational and speech therapy in which a therapist uses the characteristic movements of a horse to provide carefully graded motor and sensory input. Opi: Derived from the Greek hippos (horse)‚ "hippotherapy" literally refers to treatment or therapy aided by a horse. The concept of hippotherapy finds its earliest recorded mention in the ancient Greek writings of Hippocrates. However‚ hippotherapy as a formalized discipline was not
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eleven years old they had two horses‚ Mack and Flora. Mack was an old workhorse slow and easy to handle. Flora was a sorrel mare who was violent and reckless. Narrator’s dad decided to kill Mack so he could feed his foxes. The girl felt very uneasy about the death of the horse. Two weeks after it was time for Flora to be killed. The girl tried to save the horse‚ Flora‚ by letting her run free‚ Laird called his father and the hired man who were going to chase the horse. The girl thought that she would
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the birds! 6．It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest． 7. A little bird told me． Horse 8. He eats like a horse． 9．That’s just a lot of horse and donkey dust! 10．It’s time to study now and stop horsing around． 11．I got it straight from the horse s mouth． 12. Just hold your horses！ 13. She works like a horse all day long． 14．That’s a horse of a different color! 15．You can take a horse to the water，but you can’t make him drink！ Monkey 16．Don’t get your monkey up
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she sees herself in the way the horse acts. After the horse jumps the fence and is running around in the L field the father yells at the narrator to shut the gate. She runs to the gate and arrives before the horse gets there. She starts to close the gate and sees the horse running straight for her. Instead of shutting the gate she flings it wide open allowing the horse to escape. Knowing that the horse was going to be killed I believe that the narrator lets the horse escape to show her development
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I awoke in the morning feeling like it would be a good day. I ate breakfast as usual‚ then went on to do my daily chores and attend to my masters needs.After I finished caring for my master’s horse‚I went to meet up with a friend in the court. Shortly after arriving‚ another squire came in‚ on horseback‚ with a knight who looked pretty roughened up like he was attacked. He explained to the whole court about a knight who had set up pavillion by the fountain just up the road and had attacked his master
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rehabilitation‚ a form of physiotherapy (physical therapy)‚ where tools for rehabilitation are the horse‚ the process of riding and exercising that a person does during riding. While riding all the major muscle groups of the body receive a work out. This occurs at a reflex level‚ because sitting on the horse‚ moving along with it‚ the person instinctively tries to keep the balance not to fall off the horse‚ and thus encourages the active work of both healthy and affected muscles‚ without noticing it
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