Were you aware that at the time evidence of the earliest horse was uncovered, living more than 50 million years ago, it looked much more like your dog than the mighty beast we are acquainted with these days? They say it had a body that was no more than 1 foot high at the shoulder, its head looked far more similar to a dog’s snout and it had a lengthy tail. Nonetheless, as opposed to the dog’s feet the first horse known as the eohippus had toes that looked like hooves instead. This was thought to be the beginning of an evolutionary trail that’s been traced right up to the beautiful creature that we know and adore these days.
While time passed the horses got to be larger and larger and gradually the toes turned into hooves as the wonders of evolution painted this gradual although continuous picture. As you could guess having said that this was by no means a totally foreseeable progression. Although there is evidence of vast herds of smaller horses existing around a million years ago we also know that a number of these early breeds grew to become extinct as a result of climate shifts and ruthless hunting by mankind.
Actually, it is said that horse populations were completely wiped out in what we today know as the United States and that the creatures were effectively “reintroduced” into this nation by Spanish travellers who brought them along while they looked for the new world back in the 15th century.
You might think that it’s odd that the horse is so symbolic of the American “Wild West.” When you ask individuals to randomly come up with a snapshot of the animal in their mind’s eye the chances are that quite a few of them might picture someone similar to John Wayne riding off in to the sunset on one, having beaten the bad guys at their own game.
It is intriguing to consider the evolution of the creature and just how they’ve evolved into this type of terrific companion and workhorse. It’s not completely unexpected that many of us are looking at horses for sale, so we can bring them into our very own lives. We’re beginning to try to find places to acquire saddles, particular apparel and tack. We are looking online at inexpensive horseboxes for sale along with horse trailers for sale. We’re figuring out exactly where we would keep the creature, the way we might allow for its training and whether we’d have enough room to ensure it gets the right sort of exercise.
Clearly, there is lots more to looking after a horse than there is to a pet dog, even though the much larger creature appears to have descended from a species which was much more like our domesticated family canine pal, initially.

