I was reading Carolyn Resnick’s book, Naked Liberty and found this passage which I thought was interesting:
“Although he permitted me to ride him, it was many months before Mustang grew to like me. But once he liked me, I could depend on his support and friendship more than if he were human. Over time, his love for me grew to such an extent that even though the free-range land where he grew up was just few days travel from our ranch, he chose to stay when we finally let him run free.”