A Letter from the horse "Vayron" to Ingrid Klimke: Hello Ingrid,

A Letter from the horse "Vayron" to Ingrid Klimke

Hello Ingrid,

so, I am your "rabbit heart."

You say that in Lier, Belgium, you couldn't find a connection (Anlehnung) with me. I tell you that this connection never existed. There is only one direction in which true connection can work: I seek the contact with you. But all I feel are hard hands and pain in my mouth. And yes, I know that you humans call my mouth a "muzzle," and there are reasons for that...

You say you were sad and disappointed. Why do you say that? Because you felt sorry for me, or because you couldn't achieve success with me?

You say I felt well and was content in the days leading up to it. I tell you that isn't true; you just don't notice when I am not doing well.

You say the ride the day before was good, and the start of the test on March 1, 2026, was too. I tell you that isn't true. The day before, I was only slightly better at "saving" myself; I could only compensate a little better for what you and those who trained me before have done to me and continue to do.

You say I am full of surprises and challenges. I tell you that isn't true. You simply don't see that I don't know what to do anymore! You are hurting me! I fling myself around in the piaffe, doing something that roughly meets your wish just to escape the punishment that would follow if I refused—because I simply cannot perform it! That is a challenge! You are the challenge!

My back hurts! I try to hollow it to escape the pain, but you don't notice. That is a challenge! You are a challenge! I lack the strength, but you don't notice! That is a surprise! You are the surprise!

I am not a challenge and I am not a surprise! I am a horse! I need training that enables me to carry out your wishes without feeling fear, stress, and/or pain! But your answer is the sting of the spurs! Your answer is the curb bit at full tension! Your answer is violence and pain!

You say you would like to speak with me and don't realize that I am already speaking to you constantly! But you don't listen to me! You don't even notice that I have been communicating something to you for a long time!

• What do you think I am trying to tell you when I desperately try to open my mouth?

• What do you think I am trying to tell you when I lash my tail like a whip?

• What do you think I am trying to tell you when I hollow my back?

• What do you think I am trying to tell you when the muscles above my eyes cramp?

• What do you think I am trying to tell you when the muscles around my mouth and nostrils tense up?

• What do you think I am trying to tell you when my eyes fly wide open in panic?

• What do you think I am saying when I stop telling you anything at all?

Therefore, do not call me "rabbit heart"! On the contrary, I am a strong horse that, despite everything you do to me, still somehow functions and tries to fulfill your wishes!

... and if you truly think that I am a 'rabbit heart,' then why do you subject me to all this stress?

Ingrid! Take the new path! Follow the new path!Link here!

Vayron

Info Box:

The "Pain Face": In ethology, the contraction of the muscles above the nostrils ("worry lines") and the panicked widening of the eyes (exposure of the sclera/white of the eye) are clinically recognized indicators of pain and high stress. This is not "concentration," but a stress response of the autonomic nervous system.

Muscular Hypertonia: Tension in the mouth area indicates a blockage of the hyoid bone (Os hyoideum). Since the hyoid is directly connected to the sternum and forelimbs via muscle chains, a "braced" or "hard" mouth inevitably leads to painful tension throughout the entire musculoskeletal system.

Resignation & Learned Helplessness: When a horse "stops telling you anything" (apathy), it describes the psychological state of Learned Helplessness. The animal ceases communication because its signals (defense, fear) have been ignored. "Functioning" is then not an expression of cooperation, but a biological survival mode.

Nociception vs. Obedience: A horse can continue to perform movements despite massive pain stimuli (nociception). As a prey animal, this is an evolutionary strategy to hide weakness; in equestrian sports, this is often falsely declared as a "willingness to perform."

Übersetzung/Translation: Google Gemini