Behavior & Nature

Question 1

What is a horse’s first reaction to any strange or frightening object or situation?

Answer 1

Panic and run-away

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 320-1

Question 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.

Answer 2

True

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 61

Question 3

A horse that bites or sets teeth against something and “sucks wind” is known as a…….?

Answer 3

Cribber

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 72

Question 4

What are the 4 voice sounds of the horse?

Answer 4

Whinny, Nicker, Snort, Squeal

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 387

Question 5

What category of behavior is demonstrated when horses huddle together in bad weather?

Answer 5

Contactual behavior

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 673

Question 6

Name a common term for dominance hierarchies.

Answer 6

Pecking order

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 207

Question 7

How is dominance established in horses?

Answer 7

Aggression

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 677

Question 8

What term identifies a horse that refuses to leave a group of other horses?

Answer 8

Herd-bound or herd-sour

Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 4

Question 9

A horse that pulls at the bit is called what?

Answer 9

Lugger

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 172

Question 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?

Answer 10

Cast

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 515

Question 11

What term describes the depraved appetite or the eating of unnatural materials?

Answer 11

Pica

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 392

Question 12

What term describes an excitable horse?

Answer 12

Snorter

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 250

Question 13

What term describes a bucking horse that twists its body in the air?

Answer 13

Sunfisher

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 259

Question 14

What is a habit of force swallowing gulps of air?

Answer 14

Cribbing

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 72 / Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 4

Question 15

If a horse is fed only cubes or wafers for roughage, which stable vice is more prone to develop?

Answer 15

Wood chewing

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 392

Question 16

What term describes the habit horses have of eating too fast?

Answer 16

Bolting

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 183

Question 17

Rearing, shying, stall walking and tail rubbing are examples of what?

Answer 17

Vices

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 182-184

Question 18

What do you call the horse’s ability to correctly respond the first time it encounters a certain situation or experience?

Answer 18

Insight learning

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 152

Question 19

The horse can see anything behind him that is not narrower than his what?

Answer 19

Body

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 124 / Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 5

Question 20

A horse cannot see directly in what direction?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

How do you read your horse’s intentions as you approach it?

Answer 21

By watching its’ head & ears

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137

Question 22

What prompts the horse’s immediate instinct to kick or run?

Answer 22

Fear

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 320-1

Question 23

What does it signify if a horse has its’ ears pinned back?

Answer 23

Anger (or fake anger)

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137

Question 24

What does it mean if a horse has its’ ears pricked forward?

Answer 24

Interest or suspicion

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensimnger, p. 388

Question 25

At what distance must an object be from the front of the horse for it to see the object?

Answer 25

Four feet | Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

Question 26

What is the ability to see separate objects with each eye at the same time?

Answer 26

Monocular vision | Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 5

Question 27

Which sense of the horse better - sight or hearing?

Answer 27

Hearing | Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-2

Question 28

What must the horse do to see faraway objects?

Answer 28

Lower its' head | Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

Question 29

What must the horse do to see close objects?

Answer 29

Raise its' head | Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

Question 30

To judge distance, the horse uses which type of vision?

Answer 30

Binocular | Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

Question 31

When a horse kicks with a forward & sideward motion, it is called what?

Answer 31

Cow kick | Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 182

Question 32

What is the term for the type of vision where the horse sees the same scene with both eyes?

Answer 32

Binocular | Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

Question 33

Name 2 vices that are quickly & often copied by other horses.

Answer 33

Cribbing, weaving, wood chewing | Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 183

Question 34

What behavior is often displayed when two strange horses stand nose to nose?

Answer 34

Striking | Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 182

Question 35

Describe head shy.

Answer 35

Horse that is sensitive about the head; jerks away when touched (Source: Horse Science (National 4-H Council), p. 4)

Question 36

Teasing a horse may cause it to do what?

Answer 36

Develop dangerous habits | Source: Horses and Horsemanship (National 4-H Council), p. 54

Question 37

There are few vicious horses. What may cause a horse to become vicious?

Answer 37

Abuse | Source: Horses and Horsemanship (National 4-H Council), p. 54

Question 38

Why is it important when you have to punish a horse, that you do it at that instant?

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Describe the horses monocular vision.

Answer 39

It means that the horse can see out of the right eye and the left eye total independently. (Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 56)