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Free-roaming mustangs (Utah, 2005). Horse behavior is best understood from the view that horses are prey animals with a well-developed fight-or-flight response.Their first reaction to a threat is often to flee, although sometimes they stand their ground and defend themselves or their offspring in cases where flight is untenable, such as when a foal would be threatened.
Placing horses on pasture and the presence of companion animals may both help to reduce stable vices. Stable vices are stereotypies of equines, especially horses.They are usually undesirable habits that often develop as a result of being confined in a stable with boredom, hunger, isolation, excess energy, or insufficient exercise.
An equine behaviourist said warning signs included ‘pinned ears, tense facial muscles, swishing tails or shifting weight’. An equine behaviourist said warning signs included ‘pinned ears ...
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
A horse that rears when being handled by a human who is on the ground also presents a hazard, as it is able to strike out with its front feet and can also fall even without the weight of a rider to unbalance the animal. A rearing horse can also break away and escape from a human handler. However, rearing also has survival value in the wild.
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Providing visual stimulation (an open window to the outside) to a stalled horse reduces risk of stable vice occurrence. Weaving is a behaviour in horses that is classified as a stable vice, [1] in which the horse repetitively sways on its forelegs, shifting its weight back and forth by moving the head and neck side to side.
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