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<\/a>Come to think of it, of course Vampire Bill would call his paramour “Sucky”<\/i><\/p>\nSo names aside, the other thing I noticed upon meeting Suki is her interesting whorls.<\/p>\n
Whorlology has been studied by everyone’s favorite autistic person with a PhD, Temple Grandin. If you don’t know who she is, HBO put out an amazing biopic about her starring Claire Danes. Check it out.<\/p>\nThat’s a weird place for a horse to have a giant cowlick. She has a matching one on the other side…thank goodness.<\/i>
\nA few years ago, my friend (and respected trainer) Amber Lydic, posted an article about hair whorls in horses.<\/a> Basically, there have been scientific studies correlating certain behaviors with the presence and location of hair whorls. Just like the author of the article, I constantly search to disprove the theory of “whorlology” because it totally seems like pseudoscience. However, my experience keeps proving the validity of the theory. Incidentally, the last time I asked Amber, her experience is also in line with Whorlology.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>I don’t even have HBO, but I’m thinking they should sponsor me after this post.<\/i>
\nSuki came to me with a reputation of being dangerous. Upon seeing her long wheat whorls, I referenced the Whorlology<\/a> article right away. I was relieved to see that they are more of a sign that she is an easy keeper, and less that she is crazy. Nevertheless, she does seem to be very troubled. As she sheds her winter coat, and gets more relaxed with me grooming her, I will certainly be on the lookout for more whorls.<\/p>\n