Anyone interested in horses? Is it common for us?

I think any intense interest can be connected to autism but being horse obsessed isn’t necessarily always linked to autism. 

I’m in my 60s but when young, my main intense interests were horses and dogs. I have retained my interest in dogs, the equine interest less so. 

I used to spend hours studying the form of horses, day in and day out. I had an idea in my mind of the ‘perfect horse’. I knew every horse and dog breed in the ‘Observer’s Book of Horses’ and ‘Observer’s Book of Dogs’. I knew nearly every sentence, word for word in several books on horse care. 

If I had nearby access to horses, I could probably still watch them for hours. These days, I watch my dogs, often observing for long periods. Even if I’m watching TV and the dogs are snuggled up near me, I find it hard to take my eyes of them and focus on the programme, unless it’s something really interesting. Perhaps that level of intensity is an autistic thing.

I think any intense interest can be connected to autism but being horse obsessed isn’t necessarily always linked to autism. 

I’m in my 60s but when young, my main intense interests were horses and dogs. I have retained my interest in dogs, the equine interest less so. 

I used to spend hours studying the form of horses, day in and day out. I had an idea in my mind of the ‘perfect horse’. I knew every horse and dog breed in the ‘Observer’s Book of Horses’ and ‘Observer’s Book of Dogs’. I knew nearly every sentence, word for word in several books on horse care. 

If I had nearby access to horses, I could probably still watch them for hours. These days, I watch my dogs, often observing for long periods. Even if I’m watching TV and the dogs are snuggled up near me, I find it hard to take my eyes of them and focus on the programme, unless it’s something really interesting. Perhaps that level of intensity is an autistic thing.