I think mine is why I was very disappointed for the brief period when I actually had horseback riding lessons, and I did not learn anything about how to communicate with my horse (not even "what do ears in X position mean") and it was basically all competitive horse riding stuff and it was bad and I quit because nope.

Though I do really love horse smell, and being around horses. Just not the school of riding them that treats horses like machines?

Fortunately I kiiiiind of got my wish in terms of how I relate to dogs and cats. Not actual mind reading, but good enough at reading animal behavior that I can usually tell what the heck is going on etc.