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Behavior & Nature Flashcards

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

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Panic and run-away

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 320-1

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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.

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True

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 61

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

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Cribber

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 72

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What are the 4 voice sounds of the horse?

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Whinny, Nicker, Snort, Squeal

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 387

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

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Contactual behavior

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 673

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Name a common term for dominance hierarchies.

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Pecking order

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 207

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How is dominance established in horses?

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Aggression

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 677

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

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Herd-bound or herd-sour

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

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A horse that pulls at the bit is called what?

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Lugger

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 172

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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?

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Cast

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 515

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

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Pica

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 392

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What term describes an excitable horse?

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Snorter

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 250

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

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Sunfisher

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 259

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What is a habit of force swallowing gulps of air?

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Cribbing

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

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

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Wood chewing

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 392

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

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Bolting

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 183

17
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Rearing, shying, stall walking and tail rubbing are examples of what?

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Vices

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

18
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What do you call the horse’s ability to correctly respond the first time it encounters a certain situation or experience?

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Insight learning

Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 152

19
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The horse can see anything behind him that is not narrower than his what?

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Body

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

20
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A horse cannot see directly in what direction?

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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

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

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By watching its’ head & ears

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137

22
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What prompts the horse’s immediate instinct to kick or run?

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Fear

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 320-1

23
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What does it signify if a horse has its’ ears pinned back?

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Anger (or fake anger)

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137

24
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What does it mean if a horse has its’ ears pricked forward?

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Interest or suspicion

Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensimnger, p. 388

25
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At what distance must an object be from the front of the horse for it to see the object?

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Four feet

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

26
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What is the ability to see separate objects with each eye at the same time?

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Monocular vision

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

27
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Which sense of the horse better - sight or hearing?

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Hearing

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-2

28
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What must the horse do to see faraway objects?

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Lower its’ head

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

29
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What must the horse do to see close objects?

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Raise its’ head

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

30
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To judge distance, the horse uses which type of vision?

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Binocular

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

31
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When a horse kicks with a forward & sideward motion, it is called what?

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Cow kick

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 182

32
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What is the term for the type of vision where the horse sees the same scene with both eyes?

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Binocular

Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 1220-1

33
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Name 2 vices that are quickly & often copied by other horses.

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Cribbing, weaving, wood chewing

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 183

34
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What behavior is often displayed when two strange horses stand nose to nose?

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Striking

Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 182

35
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Describe head shy.

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Horse that is sensitive about the head; jerks away when touched

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

36
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Teasing a horse may cause it to do what?

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Develop dangerous habits

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

37
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There are few vicious horses. What may cause a horse to become vicious?

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Abuse

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

38
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Why is it important when you have to punish a horse, that you do it at that instant?

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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

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Describe the horses monocular vision.

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It means that the horse can see out of the right eye and the left eye total independently.

(Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 56)

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