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Man’s most effective method of communication with the horse are what?

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Hearing (voice command) and touch

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When should halter training begin?

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Before the wearing process or just after weaning before the horse gets too large to handle

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What is the scientific name for the donkey?

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Equus asinus

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What 2 factors influence the behavior of the performing horse?

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Hereditary and environment

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What term means the knowledge of the skills necessary for the riding and care of horses?

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Horsemanship

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What are the most common cues used in horse training?

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Voice commands and pressures

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Placing insufficient emphasis on temperament is a common mistake by whom?

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First time horse owners

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Who has the better sense of hearing, horse or man?

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Horses

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Horses afflicted with pulmonary hemorrhage are called what?

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Bleeders

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Primary and secondary reinforcement may be divided into what general types?

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Positive and negative

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11
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How many inches are in one hand?

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4

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12
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How do horses establish “pecking orders”?

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By fighting

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When is a horse most apt to strike at another horse?

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When there is nose to nose contact

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What is the term for a fully trained horse?

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Finished

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One year in a horse’s life is equal to how many year’s of man’s life?

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3 years of man

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16
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Give an example of a primary reinforcement.

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Feed

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Members of what breed of horses are among the most highly trained horses in the world?

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Lippizans

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What is the initial step in training?

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Teaching horse to accept the halter and to lead

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What is the proper way to use a hoof pick?

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Pick should be run from the heels towards the toe

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What are protective pieces (usually made of metal) fastened to the bottom of a horse’s hooves that protect the wall?

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Shoes

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What is a bad habit that can affect a horse’s usefulness?

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Vice

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Behavior in a performing horse is the result of what 2 influences?

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Heredity and environment

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Which vice may be a sign of fungus, lice, or worms?

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Tail rubbing

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In very cold weather, what should be done to the bit of prior to placing it in the horse’s mouth?

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Warm it

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How is dominance in horses established?

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By fighting or aggression

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When training a horse to neck rein, is the direct rein or bearing rein introduced first?

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Direct rein

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27
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Which leg is the near leg

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Left leg

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28
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What is a cue?

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A signal that causes a response

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29
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When measuring a horse in hands, where would the measurement be made?

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From the highest point of the withers and straight down to the ground

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30
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What are stimuli that can naturally cause a response with no prior practice?

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Unconditioned stiumli

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What term describes when a horse attacks or savages an unsuspecting attendant in a stall or paddock?

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Charging

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What term describes a bad habit that may affect the horse’s usefulness or be dangerous to itself or handlers?

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Vice

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33
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The temperament of a horse is expressed by what?

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Eyes and ears

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34
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Name 3 factors that influence the social rank of horses.

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Age, early experience, weight, size, aggressive personality, timid personality

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Give 5 reasons for a horse to have behavior disorders.

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Confinement, restrictions of exercise, boredom, being left alone, poor handling, mismanagement, poor nutrition, bad experiences

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36
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Hooves should always be picked in which direction?

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Heel to toe

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37
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What type of behavior is exhibited by horses huddled together during inclement weather?

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Contactual behavior

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38
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What is a forward and sideways kicking action that hits the handler while standing at the horse’s side?

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Cowkick

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39
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When a horse is exercised, is its energy need increased or decreased?

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Increased

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40
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What is allelomimetic behavior?

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Copying or mimicry

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Which of the horse’s senses is being developed as it learns to respond to the rider’s hands, legs, and weight?

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Sense of touch

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When referring to a group of animals, what is the more common term for dominance heirarchy?

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Pecking orders

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43
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What horse identification method corresponds to fingerprinting?

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Matching chestnuts on the horse’s legs

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44
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What size horse shoe would usually fit an average sized horse?

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Number 1 shoe

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45
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Horse training reinforcements are of 2 general types-name them.

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Positive and negative reinforcements

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46
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Name 2 methods of conditioning with adversive stimuli.

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Punishment, escape, avoidance,

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47
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When trailering a mare and foal, should both the mare and foal be tied or just the mare and not the foal?

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Just the mare should be tied

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48
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What is used to help load a reluctant horse in a trailer?

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Butt ropes

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49
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What is a habit in which the horse rolls his food into a ball and drops it on the ground?

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Quidding

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50
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How does the horse use its binocular vision?

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To judge or see distance objects

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51
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What is geophagia?

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Eating of dirt

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52
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Which is stronger: the horse’s sense of sight or of hearing?

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Hearing

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53
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What type of behavior is exhibited when horses show care and attention to each other, especially the care between a mare and her foal?

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Epimeletic behavior

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54
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What term describes the behavior of a mare giving attention to her foal?

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Epimeletic behavior (care giving)

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What term describes the olfaction of the male horse, when he extends his neck upward and curls his lip in the presence of a mare in estrus?

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Flehman response

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56
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What is the oldest means of identification for permanently marking a horse?

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Hot iron branding

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57
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Describe the body condition of a horse that has a gutter or crease down its back.

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Fat or obese

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58
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How long should a new horse ideally be isolated before being added to the herd?

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30 days

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59
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What type of behavior is exhibited by signaling for care and attention by calling a movements?

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Et-epimeletic behavior

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What type of behavior is the taking of food and water into the digestive tract?

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Ingestive behavior

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61
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What term describes the ‘reward’ type of training?

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Positive reinforcement

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62
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The horse’s ability to focus on objects is limited by the distance of the object. Within what range is a horse’s vision primarily blurred?

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Within 3 feet or less

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63
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The trainer manipulates the environment by dividing it into what 3 elements?

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Stimulus, reinforcements, and responses

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What is the first step in learning to stop or back correctly?

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Learning to flex at the poll when pressure is applied on the bit

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65
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Which type of stimulus is used most commonly in the trained horse?

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Conditioned stimulus

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66
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Learning to cross the front legs is the first step of learning what?

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Spin or roll-back

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67
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What is elimination behavior?

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Behavior that involves urination or defecation

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68
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What type of behavior is exhibited by both young and adult horses signaling for care and attention by calling or movement?

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Et-epimeletic behavior

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What type of behavior includes submission, attempts to escape, aggression or fighting?

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Agonistic behavior

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70
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The basis of the psychology of horse training is the relationship of what 3 factors on each other?

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Stimulus, responses & reinforcements

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71
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Dressage is derived rom a French word that means what?

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Training

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72
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What is the term used in training horses that refers to specific types of behavior?

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Responses

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73
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Why must a trainer start with basic cues?

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They are closer to being natural & easier to learn

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Into what 2 broad categories can you divide reinforcements?

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Primary & secondary

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75
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Which of the 2 categories of stimulus are most commonly used by horsemen?

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Conditioned

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76
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What is the most common term for conditioned stimulus in training?

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Cues

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77
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What is the average weight of a race horse shoe?

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About 6 - 10 ounces

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What is Et-epimeletic behavior?

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Both young & adult horses signaling for care & attention by calling or movement

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79
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How is wood chewing different from cribbing?

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Wood chewing does not force swallow gulps of air

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What is the average weight of a saddle horse shoe?

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About 12 or 14 ounces

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81
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What is good general rule when selecting a horse as far as the amount of training of the horse?

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More inexperienced the rider the better trained the horse should be

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Which can a horse inflict the more damage with, a kick or a bite?

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Both can be equally damaging

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Name 2 characteristics that overactive ears suggest about a horse?

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Nervous disposition or difficulty in perceiving sight or sound

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What type of behavior is also referred to as contagious or infectious behavior?

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Allelomimetic behavior

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What type of behavior involves the sensory inspection of the environment & involves one or all of the horse’s senses?

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Investigative behavior

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86
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What is it called when a stallion curls its upper lip & extends his neck during the teasing of a mare?

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Flehmen response

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87
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Describe the correct process for presenting a new cue to horses.

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Present the new cue followed by the old cue, make sure that the timing is close enough to slightly overlap

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88
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When are most of the growth plates closed in a young horse?

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About 3 years old

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89
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When the horse is generally compared to other animals, it does not rank high on the tests for intelligence & it doesn’t have an ability to reason How does it learn while having these limitations?

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Learns to respond to very subtle cues or aids & possesses an outstanding memory.

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90
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Why should a trainer of a young horse, use voice commands more than other cues?

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Horses utilize their sense of hearing better then their other senses

91
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Learning to flex at the poll when pressure is applied o the bit is the first step in learning what?

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Stop or back correctly

92
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Name a secondary positive reinforce for the horse.

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General acts of kindness (pat on the neck)

93
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Horses standing head-to-tail in the shade & mutually fighting flies for each other is what type of behavior?

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Epimeletic

94
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In degrees, what is the field of vision for each eye?

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215 degrees

95
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What exercise is used to increase stamina, wind & muscle tone while preventing trauma to feet & legs caused by concussion?

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Swimming

96
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Which are the 2 most dangerous vices to man?

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Biting & kicking

97
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If your horse gets cut on a sharp metal object, what type of wound would this most likely be?

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Incision

98
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Where are the horse’s blind spots?

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Behind its hindquarters & below his head

99
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What are the 3 most sensitive areas to touch on a horse’s body?

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Around the eyes, ears & nose

100
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What is the horse’s primary behavioral characteristic of self protection?

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Flight

101
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What type of behavior is seeking affection or protection?

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Contactual

102
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What is the average rate of hoof wall growth per month & how often do mature horses need their hooves trimmed?

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1/4 to 1/2 inch per month, making shoeing or trimming necessary every 6 - 8 weeks

103
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Which organization began in 1980 & has an official publication called Aside World?

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World sidesaddle Federation, Inc.

104
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What term applies to a horse that belongs to a specific breed & has ‘papers’ to document its ancestors?

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Registered horse

105
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What is it called when fluid accumulates below the knee & hocks after long periods of standing?

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Stocking up or leg edema

106
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Horses that are base-narrow & toe in or toe out will have uneven wear of the hoof wall. Which part of the wall will wear down faster?

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Outside wall is worn down at a faster rate than the inside wall

107
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How does freeze branding work?

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It destroys pigment cells of the skin causing regrowth of hair on frozen area to be white

108
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What solution can you give to help a horse suffering from heat cramps?

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Electrolytes

109
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In training horses, what is a conditioned response?

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Response that is learned through practiced

110
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If you can easily feel a horse’s ribs through a thick winter hair coat, what kind of body condition would you find?

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Horse that is too thin

111
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What is agonistic behavior?

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Behavior that involves submission, attempts to escape, aggression or fighting

112
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Give 3 reasons for horses chewing on the bark of trees & tail chewing

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They like to chew wood, or deprivation of roughage or nutrients, boredom, lack of exercise, imitating other horses

113
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The nails on an attached horse shoe should be parallel to what part of the horse?

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Coronary band

114
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What piece of equipment is used to remove the burr of the wall underneath the nil clinch?

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Clinching gauge

115
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What term describes the ingestion of feces?

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Coprophagia

116
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Describe the Y-Tex corporation system of alpha characters for freeze branding horses.

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Alpha characters used to identify the breed, 2 stacked angles represent the year of birth, 6 side by side underlined angles designate identification or serial number of horse

117
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What are the 2 primary types of policies for insuring a horse’s life?

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All Risks Mortality(ARM) or full mortality & Specialized Perils (such as FLT-fire, lightning & transportation accidents)

118
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What are the 3 most common horse shoe nail sizes?

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4,5 & 6

119
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Horses will likely establish this area in a pasture or paddock and will not graze in that area until there is no other source of feed. What is this area called and which type of behavior is being practiced?

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Elimination Area and Elimination behavior

120
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Which event can be compared to ballet training because it progressively develops the horses musculature and coordination until the horses carriage and beauty are free to be displayed to the maximum of the horses ability?

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Dressage

121
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What is the term for the examination performed on sale horses by the buyers veterinarian prior to the final sale approval?

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Pre-purchase exam

122
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What is the highest level of certification in the American riding instructor certification program?

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Instructor/Educator

123
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Unscrupulous horse dealers may use silver nitrate to burn cups into worn incisions what is this practice called?

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Bishoping

124
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What is the main cause of horse barn fires?

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Human carelessness while smoking

125
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What is the rhythmical swaying back and forth while standing at the stall door?

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Weaving

126
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What is it called when a farrier removes flares on the hoof wall?

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Dressing or shaping the hoof

127
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What 2 effects can artificial lighting produce on horses?

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Aids in shedding hair and estrus schedules

128
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What piece of equipment is used to remove dead sole fro the hard, dry hooves?

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sole knife

129
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Name the 3 classifications of vices.

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Dangerous to the handler, dangerous to the horse, nuisance habits

130
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What piece of equipment is used to pare away the dead sole from the hoof, remove ragged parts from the frog, relieve pressure on corns and cracks, and to remove foreign bodies from the foot?

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Hoof knife

131
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What piece of equipment is used to shape and make shoes?

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Rounding or turning hammer

132
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What is ingestive behavior?

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behavior that involves taking of food or water into the digestive tract

133
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What are outward distortions on the hoof wall called?

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flares or wings

134
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What type of behavior involves coping the behavior of another horse?

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Alleomimetic behavior

135
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What is caused by a constant irritation to a part of the sole usually from poor shoeing?

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corns

136
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What piece of equipment is used to draw down the clinches?

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Clinchers (clinching tongs)

137
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What piece of equipment is used to hold hot shoes while shaping although they can also be used to hold cold shoes?

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Fire tongs

138
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What term describes one who trims and applies shoes to the horse’s hooves?

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Farrier

139
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What type of behavior occurs in hoofed animals recognized by a marked lip curling and is often seen in stallions although mares do the same thing?

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Flehmen reflex

140
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What piece of equipment is designed for easy removal of driven nails from creased or fullered shoes and can also be used to pull nails from pads on showhorses?

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Crease nail puller

141
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What piece of equipment is used to cut off clinches, turned-over or wrung off nails to an equal length?

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nail cutters (nail nippers)

142
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The oxidative phosphorylation breaks down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins into energy (ATP) with the involvement of oxygen, what type of exercise is this?

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Aerobic (uses oxygen)

143
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Name 2 factors that make today’s horses more docile, more trainable, and more tractable than those of 30 years ago?

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Heredity and increased handling at earlier ages

144
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What type of shavings would not be used for bedding because horses can develop founder from it?

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Black walnut

145
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What is the Horse’s most important sense for responding to cues from the rider?

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Sense of touch

146
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Name 2 general types of clinchers used by farriers.

A

Saddle horse clinchers, gooseneck clinchers, draft horse clinchers

147
Q

What type of behavior is the giving of care and attention between a mare and a foal?

A

Epimeletic behavior

148
Q

What term describes a horse who does not want to leave the barn because he feels safer there?

A

barn sour horse

149
Q

The North American Equine Ranching Information council represents who?

A

Professional ranchers who manage nearly 500 pregnant mares Urine (PMU) ranchers

150
Q

What is the function of PMU ranching?

A

Collection of pregnant mares urine for the key source of hormones used in the worlds leading estrogen replacement therapy–used to treat osteoporosis and relieve short term symptoms of menopause

151
Q

What piece of equipment is used to open the nail holes on the shoe to receive the horse shoeing nail?

A

Pritchel

152
Q

What is aerophagia?

A

Wind sucking (similar to cribbing not pneumovagina)

153
Q

What term is used by behaviorists to refer to training the horse?

A

Shaping

154
Q

Explain metabolic specificity of exersize.

A

One must train specifically for that particular event to be good at it (training for 1/2 race will not make horse it’s best for running 1 1/2 mile race)

155
Q

What piece of equipment consists of two parts: the blade and the point, and is used to set or raise the clinchers and to punch nail holes and broken stubs out of the hoof?

A

Clinch cutter

156
Q

What piece of equipment is designed to protect the horseshoer’s legs from unfinished driven nails and hoof cutting tools that may slip while in use?

A

Horseshoeing apron

157
Q

What piece of equipment is used to drive horseshoe nails and to turn over or wring off nails after they have been driven to the proper height?

A

Driving hammer

158
Q

What piece of equipment is sometimes called the shoeing hammer?

A

Driving hammer

159
Q

How can pinchers or pull offs be easily distinguished from nippers at a glance?

A

Pinchers have knobs on the ends of the handles

160
Q

What piece of equipment is used to remove shoes, nail stubs, and improperly driven nails?

A

Pull offs or pinchers

161
Q

What piece of equipment is used to determine the exact half angle and toe length so the corresponding pair of feet can be trimmed the same length and angle?

A

Hoof gauge (divider or rule)

162
Q

What is the average weight of a draft horse shoe?

A

about 16 ounces

163
Q

What piece of equipment is used to remove the surplus growth of the wall?

A

Hoof nippers

164
Q

What are 4 signs of aging in a horse?

A

drooping lower hip, sway back, deep hollows above eyes, graying hair, changes in teeth

165
Q

What does the term “response” refer to in horse training?

A

Acts or movements of the horse

166
Q

What is the term for when and how often a response is reinforced during the training process?

A

Schedule of reinforcement

167
Q

What piece of equipment is used to make a level bearing surface after the hoof has been trimmed and to dress a distorted or flaring foot?

A

Rasp

168
Q

What type of behavior involves the taking of food or water into the digestive tract?

A

Ingestive behavior

169
Q

Name 3 problems that can result from wood chewing.

A

Mouth infections, colic, excessive tooth wear

170
Q

What is the first thing that should be done for a horse suffering from heat exhaustion?

A

Spray them with cold water and move them to shade

171
Q

what kind of shoe is used to support a horse with navicular problems?

A

bar shoe– pressure of the horse’s heel

172
Q

What does the capital E stand for in freeze branding?

A

unregistered or grade horse

173
Q

What is a pritchel used for?

A

To open nail holes in a horse shoe

174
Q

What is another name for a machine-made horseshoe?

A

Keg shoe

175
Q

What is the 28 hour law?

A

Law in US that prohibits transporting livestock for a period longer than 28 consecutive hours without unloading, feeding, watering, and resting for at least five hours before resuming transportation

176
Q

Name 4 major ways to estimate a horse’s age by the appearance of their teeth.

A

Occurrence of permanent teeth, disappearance of cups, shape of surface of permanent teeth, and angle of teeth

177
Q

Name four forms of doing business as related to horse ownership and horse management.

A

Sole proprietorship, partnership, syndicate, S corporation, regular coporation

178
Q

What is the normal range of the horse’s heart rate, when it is running or swimming?

A

210-240 beats per minute

179
Q

Give 4 reasons why exercising a horse in a swimming pool is beneficial for the horse.

A

Increases wind, improves muscle tone, increases stamina, prevents concussion to limbs

180
Q

What type of balance of the hoof take into account the horse’s conformation and its prime consideration that will provide for the need of most breeds?

A

Geometric or static

181
Q

What type of balance of the hoof deals with the alteration of foot movement and involves corrective shoeing?

A

Functional or dynamic balance

182
Q

The functional balance of the horse’s hoof has 3 dimensions around the X, Y, and Z axes. Horseman refer to these characteristics as what?

A

X= foot fall Y= lateral swing and Z= animation

183
Q

Name 6 vices that are dangerous to horses.

A

Fighting, shying, cribbing, wood chewing, eating bedding, manure or dirt, bolting feed

184
Q

What are 3 ways to prevent cocked ankles in foals?

A

Exercise, not overfed, trim feet to keep frog pressure

185
Q

What is investigative behavior?

A

Behavior that involves the sensory inspection of the environment that involves one or all of the horse’s senses.

186
Q

What term is defined as equal weight distribution around the center of gravity of the horse’s limb as it relates to horse shoeing?

A

balance

187
Q

Glycolysis breaks down glucose or glycogen into lactic acid and does not use oxygen, what type of exercise is this?

A

anaerobic

188
Q

Name 5 factors that would influence the purchase of a horse.

A

Cost, breed, daily/monthly expenses, registered/grade, color, horses training, experience of horse, experience of rider, age of horse, sex, size, pre-purchase exam results, suitability for use

189
Q

What type of behavior is exhibited by mutual mimicking?

A

Allelomimetic

190
Q

What term describes the conditioned stimuli used in training horses?

A

cues

191
Q

Name 7 general considerations when selecting a horse other than the purpose for which it will be used.

A

General appearance, temperament, training, breed or type, pedigree, age, sex, color, size, conformation, soundness, way of going

192
Q

Name 3 forces responsible for the horse’s behavior.

A

Intelligence, training, experience, heredity

193
Q

What are 3 benefits that a horse receives from swimming?

A

Conditions and exercises horse, increases stamina, increases wind, prevents concussion/trauma to young horses in training, improves muscle tone.

194
Q

When is contingent reinforcement most effective?

A

When reinforcement is given immediately

195
Q

What is allelomimetic behavior?

A

behavior that involves copying or mimicking other horses

196
Q

Name a type of specialized shoe commonly used on reining horses.

A

Sliding plates

197
Q

Describe how to correctly pick up the left front hoof.

A

Run your right (I think it is actually left but the question says right) hand down the front leg starting at the shoulder, at the cannon bone lean into your horse with your shoulder, ask horse to pick up the hoof, cradle the front of the hoof in your hand

198
Q

What is the major detrimental effect of wood chewing?

A

Structural Damage

199
Q

What is the tern for a horse that is owned by a group of several people?

A

Syndicated

200
Q

Besides the trailer hitch, what should also be used to attach the trailer to the vehicle?

A

Safety chains

201
Q

What does a skin pliability test determine?

A

Dehydration

202
Q

What term describes when a horse consciously squeezes the handler against the wall of the stall with its body?

A

Crowding

203
Q

Name the area where a horse is most likely to develop a saddle sore.

A

On its withers

204
Q

What is Epimeletic behavior?

A

Giving care and attention between a mare and a foal.

205
Q

What piece of equipment is used to determine the location of a painful area in the foot of a lame horse?

A

Hoof tester

206
Q

Approximately how long can dressage training take to reach the highest levels

A

8 years or longer

207
Q

What are 2 types of papers that are required to accompany a horse that is shipped interstate?

A

Health certificate, statement of ownership and negative Coggins test

208
Q

The checked pattern or trademark on a beveled head of the horse show nail should be facing where when nailed to the hoof?

A

Facing the center of the hoof.

209
Q

What is the lowest level of certification in the American Riding Instructors Certification Program?

A

Instructor in Training

210
Q

In what direction should a horse’s hooves be picked out?

A

from heel to toe

211
Q

How many mares are on am average PMU ranch?

A

108

212
Q

Which organization was established to help promote safe, knowledgable riding instruction by keeping member instructors well informed of matters pertaining to their profession?

A

American Riding Instructors Association

213
Q

What sense is being used during the flehmen response?

A

Sense of smell (olfactory)

214
Q

when a horse has its shoes reset, the new nail holes should be how much higher than the older nail holes?

A

at least 3/8 of an inch

215
Q

Name 3 vices that are dangerous to man and 3 that are dangerous to the horse.

A

Dangerous to man- biting, nipping, striking, rearing, kicking, charging, and crowding

Dangerous to the horse- cribbing, wood chewing, eating manure, dirt or bedding, bolting feed, fighting, and shying

216
Q

Name 3 reasons why horse shoes may be necessary.

A

Protect horse’s foot, provide traction, correct or influence the stance, correct or improve abnormal and pathological conditions

217
Q

Name 5 factors that influence the size of the horse shoe.

A

Length of shoe heels, position of the heel nail hole, web or width of shoe, weight or thickness of shoe, nail hole size, nail hole position

218
Q

Name 10 of the 12 specialities in the American riding instructor certification program.

A

Hunt seat, stock seat, saddle seat, dressage, combined training, side – saddle, driving, open jumper, recreational riding, mounted patrol training officer, distance riding: endurance and competitive, and vaulting

219
Q

Give 3 reasons why to exercise horses in swimming pools that is beneficial to conditioning the horse.

A

Increase stamina, increase wind, prevent concussion trauma to legs and feet, improves muscle tone

220
Q

Name 3 forces responsible for the horse’s behavior

A

intelligence, training, experience, heredity

221
Q

Name four factors that influence the style of horse shoe selection.

A

Type of work, terrain that the horse is worked on, integrity of horse’s foot, size and weight of horse, variety of ground surface patterns availible

222
Q

Name 5 areas of the horse that are especially sensitive to touch.

A

Ears, eyes, nose, withers, ribs, legs, and flank

223
Q

Describe 4 ways to exercise a horse that is unable to be ridden.

A

Lounging, walking, swimming, turn out in pasture, put on mechanical walker

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