Horse behavior
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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
Free-roaming mustangs (Utah, 2005)
Fights for dominance are normally brief; sometimes, displays which do not involve physical contact are sufficient to maintain the hierarchy.
A stallion (foreground) exhibiting the flehmen response
Horses urinate 3–6 times per day.
Stable vices
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Stable vices are bad habits of horses and other equines. They often develop as a result of being confined in a stable with boredom, hunger, isolation, excess energy, or insufficient exercise. Vices ar
Horse behavior
…each other. In some cases, stallions are released for exercise at different times of the day to ensure they do not see or hear each another. To avoid stable vices associated with isolation, some stallions are provided with a non-horse companion, such as a castrated donkey or a goat (the Godolphin Arabian was…
Horse damaging the stable by chewing wood
Placing horses on pasture and the presence of companion animals may both help to reduce stable vices.
A horse cribbing on a wooden fence while wearing an anti-cribbing collar