Flashcards in Behavior & Nature Deck (39)
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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)
2
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)
3
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)
4
What are the 4 voice sounds of the horse?
Whinny, Nicker, Snort, Squeal
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 387)
5
What category of behavior is demonstrated when horses huddle together in bad weather?
Contactual behavior
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 673)
6
Name a common term for dominance hierarchies.
Pecking order
(Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 207)
7
How is dominance established in horses?
Aggression
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 677)
8
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)
9
A horse that pulls at the bit is called what?
Lugger
(Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 172)
10
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)
11
What term describes the depraved appetite or the eating of unnatural materials?
Pica
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 392)
12
What term describes an excitable horse?
Snorter
(Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 250)
13
What term describes a bucking horse that twists its body in the air?
Sunfisher
(Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 259)
14
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)
15
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)
16
What term describes the habit horses have of eating too fast?
Bolting
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 183)
17
Rearing, shying, stall walking and tail rubbing are examples of what?
Vices
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 182-184)
18
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)
19
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)
20
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)
21
How do you read your horse's intentions as you approach it?
By watching its' head & ears
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137)
22
What prompts the horse's immediate instinct to kick or run?
Fear
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 320-1)
23
What does it signify if a horse has its' ears pinned back?
Anger (or fake anger)
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137)
24
What does it mean if a horse has its' ears pricked forward?
Interest or suspicion
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensimnger, p. 388)
25
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)
26
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)
27
Which sense of the horse better - sight or hearing?
Hearing
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-2)
28
What must the horse do to see faraway objects?
Lower its' head
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1)
29
What must the horse do to see close objects?
Raise its' head
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1)
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