Upon bringing horse #1 (PB) home , we told our daughter that since she never had a lesson she should not try to ride him. About 3 hours after that she came running in "Mommy, Mommy I got on PB's back and had him walking around the barn".
To this day she hasn't had a real lesson. She bought Pat Parelli's dvds and watched his show.
She trained our 2nd horse, Bentley when he was a foal. She can ride him bareback , with saddle, swim with him down at the creek. Also, she has the boys run around in the paddock..around and around. She points her hand to the side and they change direction. She raises her hand up toward her and they walk over to her.
I amazed. She's like that with all animals. No wonder she's a vet tech.
Some of us are one with the animals more than others.
Neither of my sisters were but their children and grandchildren are
Oh wow. She sounds amazing. I truly believe animals know good from bad... It is obvious your daughter loves animals and they know it. I hope you have videos of her interactions with the horses!