Just as children wish for a puppy of their very own, so too do they wish for a pony as well. While puppies are a lifelong commitment of care, love, and attention, so too are horses but on an even larger scale. Just the cost of keeping a horse alone, can break the bank if you are not in the financial position to maintain it. That's where horse stuffed animals come in. While you get everything you could possibly want with a horse stuffed animal, the only cost you will incur is the actual purchase of the plush pet. There will be no worry about feeding it, housing it, exercising it, or taking it to the vet. The best part is, some horse stuffed animals are big enough that a 100 pound child can ride on them giving them somewhat of a feeling of what it might be like to ride the real thing at the very least, their vivid imaginations can dream up what it would be like. Either way, horse stuffed animals are a perfect substitute for the real thing.
The relationship between horses and humans is an ancient one. It is believed that the first horses were likely domesticated some 4,000 years ago and until the invention of the engine, they remained vital to many human societies.
Despite the 400 breeds of horses that exist, there is only one species of horse and they are all grazers. Most horses in the world are domesticated, but there are some that still roam free and are wild. Wild North American mustangs are actually the descendants of the horse the Europeans brought over more than 400 years ago. In fact, wild horses are all descendants of once tame animals that ran free for some three generations. The only wild horse that did not come from domesticated ancestors is the Przewalski. Today, however, this breed only exists in captivity as that last known wild Przewalski's were last seen in Mongolia in 1968.
Wild horses are made up of groups of up to 20 individuals with a stallion a mature male leading the group. The rest of their 'family' consists of females called mares and foals which are young babies. When young males in the group become colts, they are driven away by the stallion. The colts go on to roam with other young males until they can form their own group with females.
Wild or domestic it doesn't really matter to a true horse lover though many would like to see wild horses remain undisturbed in their natural environment. If your love of horses runs deep and you are one of many that are not privileged enough to have one of your own, horse stuffed animals really do make the real thing come to life. And the bigger the horse stuffed animal is, the more lifelike it seems.
Angeline Hope is a collector of large plush horse toys. You can view a selection of large plush horse toys at MyBigPlush.
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