What Is Horse Allogrooming?

What is horse allogrooming? Allogrooming is social grooming between two horses. They nip with their incisors along the necks or withers. Usually only bonded horses engage in social (mutual) grooming with each other. It increases bonding and establishes social hierarchies. What does it mean to curry a horse? The horse Read more…

Do Horses Suffer Trauma?

Horses can experience trauma and events they perceive as aversive that make them experience physical or mental pain and/or made them feel like their lives were threatened. Horses can form negative associations with events, situations, environments etc. Can horses be traumatized? Both horses and humans are vulnerable to trauma. Both Read more…

Why Does My Dog Prance Like A Horse?

Prancing means to walk or move around with ostentatious, exaggerated movements. Although such a gait is generally associated with horses, some dog breeds can also prance. Some canines have prancing as their natural gait (body structure) while others do that when they are happy or excited. Why does my dog Read more…

What Do Race Horses Do?

horse racing, sport of running horses at speed, mainly Thoroughbreds with a rider astride or Standardbreds with the horse pulling a conveyance with a driver. These two kinds of racing are called racing on the flat and harness racing, respectively. Do race horses want to win? According to experts who Read more…