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From everything Marie had told me, and from what I had seen so far, Laddy most certainly hadn’t reached that state of mind when people were chasing him. In fact, it appeared that this horse saw what was happening to him in a completely different light, one that actually taught him the absolute opposite of what they wanted him to know.

“Most horses,” I said, “in fact, probably the majority, usually catch on to the idea pretty quickly. It’s why so many people rely on that method so much, because most horses will respond in a pretty predictable way. But every once in a while, a horse like this comes along.”

“What do you mean?”

“He’s a nice guy. Willing and sensitive with a lot of try in him,” I told her. “If I had to guess, I would say that more than likely the very first time your neighbors had trouble catching him, it was probably due to some kind of misunderstanding. Maybe they took him by surprise, approached too quickly, at the wrong angle, or maybe he just didn’t want to be caught. That part doesn’t really matter. What matters is things escalated, people became frustrated, and even if and when this guy did offer to stop moving, which I am fairly certain he did, the owners didn’t recognize it so they kept pushing.”