“Champing at the bit,” when used figuratively rather than literally—forget the actual horses—means to be eager to start or to be anxious to get moving. “Chomping” also deals with biting down, but it usually has to do with eating. The horses aren’t stress-eating their bits. Why is my horse chomping Read more…
A. Vinegar in small amounts is fine for horses. Is white vinegar safe for horses? Additionally, you can use a mixture of white vinegar and love oil to repair patchy hair that has been faded by the sun or is falling out. Just apply to the horse and leave it Read more…
Horses have an accessory olfactory system known as the vomeronasal organ that detects pheromones and volatile odors. What smells do horses love? Researchers discover that certain scents can help horses to relax. If you’ve ever lit a scented candle to help yourself relax after a long day, you may not Read more…
Horses also relate to their immediate environment through their sense of smell. They greet each other nose to nose and recognize each other by scent and by sight. Mares and foals immediately learn each others scents and can find each other quickly in a crowd of horses. Horses come to Read more…
These are touch (tactile), smell (olfactory), hearing (auditory), taste (gustatory) and sight (vision). The horse is by nature a prey animal, which requires it to be acutely perceptive and aware of its environment at all times in order to avoid falling victim to one of its predators. What is a Read more…
Hold the lead rope in your hand and slowly bend down at the waist with your head down. Gently guide the horse’s head down with you. This should pull your horse out of his alert, guarded pose, and over time he will see that he can safely let his guard Read more…
Vision. Vision is the most widely studied sense in horses. What is a horse’s strongest sense? Sight is probably the most important of the equine senses. With eyes on the side of its head, the horse can see almost all around, although a blind zone exists behind it and a Read more…
But an ABC News investigation found that large numbers of the horses have been tortured and beaten to produce that dancing gait, and that the abuse includes a painful practice called “soring,” in which caustic chemicals are smeared on the animals’ ankles. Is making a horse dance cruel? Charro Riding Read more…
Horses are not color blind, they have two-color, or dichromatic vision. This means they distinguish colors in two wavelength regions of visible light, compared to the three-color (trichromic vision) of most humans. What colors do horses see best? Horses can identify some colors; they see yellow and blue the best, Read more…
Riding keep to the left. keep both hands on the reins unless you are signalling. keep both feet in the stirrups. not carry another person. not carry anything which might affect your balance or get tangled up with the reins. keep a horse you are leading to your left. What Read more…