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Ranch & Country Magazine Published Quarterly 3-months of Shelf Life Best Advertising Value for LOW COST and HIGH RESULTS Enduring brand — 30-Years as a go-to source for rural real estate
September 1, 2025
We Really Love Our Animals
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People move to rural environments for various reasons - for two-lane main streets instead of traffic-jammed freeways, for smog-free blue sky days and star-filled nights, low crime, friendly faces, and a slower pace. But high on the list is love for our critters and the desire to give them a suitable home with room to roam. For many, the move to the country is all about horses. But goats are a favorite too, beloved for their human sounding baa’s and their quizzical facial expressions. Donkeys are easily adored. Llamas and alpacas make the list. A hen house rewards the owner with farm fresh eggs. And of course it’s definitely about the dogs! How wonderful to give them space, and plenty of earthy off-leash potty options! What is it with the animal kingdom that so engages us humans, that brings us comfort, keeps us laughing, and keeps our hearts happy and full? If you stop and think about it, you might find it hard to put your finger on it, and yet you know it’s true. These guys somehow manage to wiggle their way into our hearts. Some say the rapport we have with our animals is based on their emotional make-up being similar to human emotional make-up. Animals, like humans, have “personalities.” There is scientific evidence that for many people, getting a horsey hug, or exchanging eye contact with our dog, or stroking a curled up lap cat can cause us to release a hormone called oxytocin. Oxytocin is that warm and fuzzy “love” hormone that makes us connect and bond. So our love for our animals could be chemically based in part, but there’s more. Psychological reasons could include the need to nurture, the need for companionship, the need for simplicity. And there is another possibility that could out-weigh all the others — that we are attracted to our animals because animals don’t lie. Let’s face it - we humans are born into a world of deceit. We learn to whisper secrets at the earliest age. We get the Santa Claus story, the stork story, the games of play-like and pretend. And then we get advertising that creates false needs, the political spin, the latest social narrative. We see wars fought on false pretexts, and… Suffice it to say, we humans are ravenous for a little honesty, for a straight shooter. Ray Hunt (1929-2009) was a great fore-father of “horse whispering,” a master horseman and master teacher. He made the following comment in one of his horsemanship clinics, "The horse is honest, you see. He can kick you and buck you off and that's an honest approach. The human - that's something else. But the horse -- he's straight. And he'll come through, if you allow it....” (See article, Ray Hunt, A Legend in His Own Time.) Maybe we love our animals because we can trust them to be straight with us, to let us know exactly how they feel about what’s going on, and about what we’re doing to them. That we can trust them can be refreshing in a world where we are dealing with “hidden agendas” and blatant dishonesty. Or, maybe even more relevant is that they trust us! Once an animal claims us and refers to us as “my human” they begin to trust us unconditionally. They look up at us with those big round eyes and wait patiently for us. They trust we’ll be coming through for them with whatever they need. Being trusted is a great and empowering feeling. And the reality is, we will invariably come through for them. Because, for whatever reasons, we really love our animals. -RC Editor
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