Do Horses Learn To Crib From Other Horses?

Researchers still aren’t sure why some horses crib while others managed the same way do not. But most agree that it’s not “contagious”—horses do not adopt this behavior by mimicking others. “There are many non-cribbing horses kept in stalls next to cribbing horses who don’t learn this behavior,” says Amelia Read more…

Is Nokota A Rare Horse?

Athletic, intelligent and sturdy, the Nokota is one of North America’s most distinctive breeds. It’s also one of the rarest. Nokotas are the only known surviving line of early Indian-Ranch horses of the Northern Plains. In fact, they trace their ancestry to the confiscated war ponies of Sitting Bull and Read more…