tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post7088767552278180720..comments2024-03-26T08:14:17.157-07:00Comments on Haiku Farm: In which I investigate a little bit of voodoo for myselfAareneXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072169739345465380noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-71815736976596896172016-02-22T14:47:29.557-08:002016-02-22T14:47:29.557-08:00Arya has a double whorl, but as far as I can tell,...Arya has a double whorl, but as far as I can tell, she doesn't really match the descriptions about what that might entail. She's pretty straightforward and VERY laid back. She's lazy, and will make her opinion about work known, but gets right back to working willingly after asking and then me responding with "nope, this is what we're doing right now, get over it." She's not super spooky, and spooks in place more often than not. She's fairly smart, but not overly so, that I can tell (has escaped her pasture, but more from brute force than cleverness). So I don't know. Unless I'm just not smart enough to read her, I don't think she's living up to her double whorls. :-) (My blog post with whorl pictures is at http://yougottastart.blogspot.com/2016/02/another-horse-filled-weekend.html)Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854988599579651219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-81271690715011489782016-02-21T23:36:18.884-08:002016-02-21T23:36:18.884-08:00Faith has one whorl below eye level and one high, ...Faith has one whorl below eye level and one high, just below her forelock hair. That should make her calm one minute and wildly not calm the next... Which she does seem to be, a bit. She's bold and inquisitive, but prone to explosions. I can only hope experience will overlay that! Her body whorls are symmetrical though, so that's good.<br />Joe has one whorl, dead centre. Mr Cool, so that fits. Interestingly, his crest whorls don't line up and the one that is closer to his shoulder is on his right, which is his more clubby foot, but his more favoured canter lead...<br />Mac and Angel are dead simple single whorl horses. <br />Savannah is a double whorl horse and she has flipped from dead slow to VERY forward since we have had her. She doesn't "flip" in the same way that Faith seems to but she does have a pretty decent temper on her and definitely "loses her shit" occasionally, but it comes out as being stroppy rather than panicky.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955968213167302745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-90424623836225429292016-02-19T18:08:03.318-08:002016-02-19T18:08:03.318-08:00There is so something to it. I look at everyone...There is so something to it. I look at everyone's whorls when I work on them and I can totally tell you that double whorl horses are crazy smart and somewhat diabolical, and single whorl horses are quite a lot more straightforward (they might be nuts or they might be calm, but they don't have the dual personality that double whorls can have). I've also seen a couple of those zig zag types - one whorl down low and one up high on the opposite side of the face - and those ones can really be loose cannons. Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-15135316421406337412016-02-19T09:31:50.537-08:002016-02-19T09:31:50.537-08:00Interesting! I bought that book years ago and neve...Interesting! I bought that book years ago and never read it in depth, mostly just flipped through to see what my horse was, and she actually has three swirls on her forehead. Basically all signs in the book pointed to a complicated and sensitive horse, which is definitely JazzColbyJazzmushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555076374298205933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-6608104490297083092016-02-19T07:52:15.372-08:002016-02-19T07:52:15.372-08:00Deli has a high left whorl!Deli has a high left whorl!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130269654793509549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-80942155487010989922016-02-18T23:16:31.977-08:002016-02-18T23:16:31.977-08:00I was wondering what all the Xs are on Mag's m...I was wondering what all the Xs are on Mag's markings description in his passport. I wondered if they marked whorls. lythahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719586193059362084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-90708901804067841442016-02-18T18:56:43.699-08:002016-02-18T18:56:43.699-08:00Your horses are all pretty much average, don't...Your horses are all pretty much average, don't you hate to hear that? Except the one with no swirl that is very interesting. Joe's feather should mean that he likes people, a lot. As near as I can tell the swirl at the base of the forelock might mean they are thinkers. How did I do?<br />In order to really tell anything the pictures would need to be full frontal of the head including ears and a profile shot. I love this stuff, apparently I'm the only one? I used to start colts and they usually fit their markings, plus learned many that aren't in the book. Uneven whorls, on the flanks chest and so on, show a decided unevenness in the horses sidedness. This article talks more about that stuff http://horsemanship-journal.com/theory/whorlology/<br />And my analyses of my latest horse here http://www.pumpkinvinefarms.com/?p=724<br />This is so much fun, hope I'm not the only one to play.<br />neversummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016741145612184296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-11614896822596677682016-02-18T17:57:43.956-08:002016-02-18T17:57:43.956-08:00er, there is no such thing as nothing, nada, zilch...er, there is no such thing as nothing, nada, zilch. It's actually a very high whorl buried in the forelock.. I spent many years doing ID cards for Thoroughbreds and they ALL have one (card would be rejected if you didn't record it, so I got quite good at finding them).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955968213167302745noreply@blogger.com