The Work

I have a very important question for you equine folks. I'm missing a word. There's horsemanship, some use mulemanship, nobody uses donkeymanship. Equinemanship? There should be a word for the work/play/art/immersion of mind, body, and soul into... equine. I thought of just calling it The Work. Because no matter what, you have to put in the work. The Path? It's not equitation because it's not all ridden. Same with dressage, I think? What would you call it?

Horsemanship doesn't cut it when it's not all horses, and then I have to be a man, which I'm not as against as some women might be. We're all "man" after all. But still. If I can nitpick about the donkey part, I might as well lose the man part. Maybe there's a word for it in another language.

Maybe every person has their Work that they are so consumed by that they can't find a proper word for it, when the rest of the world is going, "Whatevs, it's just training." Or just running, or just drawing, or just numbers...