While horses rely most on body language to communicate, the noises they make are also meaningful. There are four types…
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A horse communicates how it is feeling at any given moment through his body language. A horse's mood is evident…
"Happiness — it’s something that we see in horses,” says Esther Kuhlmann of Northland Equine Lessons and Training near Kansas…
All horse owners dream of beautiful barns, arenas, and paddocks, but equine behavior and welfare leaders are urging them to…
You’ve heard horse owners evaluate rides and their horse's behavior as they hop off, maybe something like: “He was such…
We have all seen the behaviors that are commonly associated with “hot” horses: the endless energy they have running and…
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