Behavior & Nature Flashcards
What is a horse’s first reaction to any strange or frightening object or situation?
Panic and run-away
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 320-1
True or False: A horse that humps his back and doesn’t settle down until the saddle has been on a few minutes is called cold-backed.
True
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 61
A horse that bites or sets teeth against something and “sucks wind” is known as a…….?
Cribber
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 72
What are the 4 voice sounds of the horse?
Whinny, Nicker, Snort, Squeal
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 387
What category of behavior is demonstrated when horses huddle together in bad weather?
Contactual behavior
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 673
Name a common term for dominance hierarchies.
Pecking order
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 207
How is dominance established in horses?
Aggression
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 677
What term identifies a horse that refuses to leave a group of other horses?
Herd-bound or herd-sour
Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 4
A horse that pulls at the bit is called what?
Lugger
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 172
What is the term that refers to a horse’s falling or lying down close to a wall or fence so that it cannot get up without assistance?
Cast
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 515
What term describes the depraved appetite or the eating of unnatural materials?
Pica
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 392
What term describes an excitable horse?
Snorter
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 250
What term describes a bucking horse that twists its body in the air?
Sunfisher
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 259
What is a habit of force swallowing gulps of air?
Cribbing
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 72 / Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 4
If a horse is fed only cubes or wafers for roughage, which stable vice is more prone to develop?
Wood chewing
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 392
What term describes the habit horses have of eating too fast?
Bolting
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 183
Rearing, shying, stall walking and tail rubbing are examples of what?
Vices
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 182-184
What do you call the horse’s ability to correctly respond the first time it encounters a certain situation or experience?
Insight learning
Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 152
The horse can see anything behind him that is not narrower than his what?
Body
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 124 / Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 5
A horse cannot see directly in what direction?
Downward OR directly in front & directly behind
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1 / Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 5 / The Horse, Evans, p. 124
How do you read your horse’s intentions as you approach it?
By watching its’ head & ears
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137
What prompts the horse’s immediate instinct to kick or run?
Fear
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 320-1
What does it signify if a horse has its’ ears pinned back?
Anger (or fake anger)
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137
What does it mean if a horse has its’ ears pricked forward?
Interest or suspicion
Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensimnger, p. 388
At what distance must an object be from the front of the horse for it to see the object?
Four feet
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1
What is the ability to see separate objects with each eye at the same time?
Monocular vision
Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 5
Which sense of the horse better - sight or hearing?
Hearing
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-2
What must the horse do to see faraway objects?
Lower its’ head
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1
What must the horse do to see close objects?
Raise its’ head
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1
To judge distance, the horse uses which type of vision?
Binocular
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1
When a horse kicks with a forward & sideward motion, it is called what?
Cow kick
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 182
What is the term for the type of vision where the horse sees the same scene with both eyes?
Binocular
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1
Name 2 vices that are quickly & often copied by other horses.
Cribbing, weaving, wood chewing
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 183
What behavior is often displayed when two strange horses stand nose to nose?
Striking
Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 182
Describe head shy.
Horse that is sensitive about the head; jerks away when touched
(Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 4)
Teasing a horse may cause it to do what?
Develop dangerous habits
Source: Horses and Horsemanship (National 4-H Council), p. 54
There are few vicious horses. What may cause a horse to become vicious?
Abuse
Source: Horses and Horsemanship (National 4-H Council), p. 54
Why is it important when you have to punish a horse, that you do it at that instant?
He won’t understand why he’s being punished if you wait
Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1240-4 / Horses and Horsemanship (National 4-H Council), p. 54
Describe the horses monocular vision.
It means that the horse can see out of the right eye and the left eye total independently.
(Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 56)
