What are some inherited behaviors of horses?

Answer 1

Horses learn by direct/indirect stimulus good or bad that involves any or all of their combined senses. These senses take in information that is processed through their mind governed by their instinct and personality. Horses most EASILY learn in a GENTLE and CONSISTENT manner. Sometimes pressure or reasonable force may be needed or applied depending on the issue or situation. Horse are NOT stupid. They can learn indefinately depending upon what YOU can think up to teach them. However they are limited when compared to advanced thoughts and behaviors that humans exhibit. Notable horses that I have known or observed to exhibit such behaviors that are exceptional are as follows. Disregard a given command that had it obeyed would result in death or harm of human and rider. Intelligent disobediance A stall door that colapsed on a horse who was tied to it by the unwitting owner. The horse reacted with flight response until the owner having noticed a commotion approached. The horse stopped and stood very calmly though was obviously "tense". The onwer was able to calmly disconnect the horse's halter to the stall door and retie the horse elsewhere at a safe distance. This horse CHOSE a safe behavior and to display UNCOMMON trust towards its' owner. A horse while being ridden on a quiet road approached an intersecting road that was hidden by a bush. Since neither rider nor horse heard any obvious vehichular motion on approach they began to cross the intersecting road. As they did so a vehicle suddenly "jumped" out at them at a high rate of speed. Too quick for the driver to stop or slow. The rider lacked speed of response to correct the motions of its' horse. The horse acted of its' own accord and pivoted and stepped out way doing an abrupt 180 degree turn about. Had the horse not acted both rider and horse might have been hurt or killed. So to the reader who thinks a horse is "stupid and flighty", remember these famous words of "horse sense" often spoke by long time cowboys and horse riders.

Answer 2

Horses behave very differently depending on the way humans treat them. If they are sensible and good that means there wners treat them well. But sometimes horses can be quite moody and be very bad behaved although there owner treats it well. That means the animal has not been treated well before and needs to learn to behave. If animals do not behave ever then it seems they must have a problem or are treated badly. But a horse may also misbehave because they do not respect you. that is usually the case when your horse misbehaves. being badly treated may be one of the reasons the horse does not respect you. you also have to let the horse know that you are the boss, not them, they will respect you more.

Answer 3

like if a cheetah can run fast then the baby they have has that behavior

-No, an example of an animal learning a behavior would be how baby chimps will observe their parents using a tool like a stick to poke in a hole to get ants out to eat, and then the baby mimicking. Just because a cheetah can run fast doesn't mean that the baby will.

Answer 4

Horses are born withcharacteristics such as stubbornness how being caring, intelligence, etc. bit they also have to learn characteristics such as gentleness, attitude behavior, etc. even though they may have already developed some of those characteristics at birth.

Answer 5

Cribbing is a MAJOR behavior horses learn from each other. I hate it. My horse is older and has been exposed to the awful cribbing habit many times. Thankfully, she's smart enough to not do it. It's so bad for horses. Another behavior I guess would be some riding behaviors like refusing jumps. Sometimes when a horse sees another horse refuse a jump, they refuse also.

Answer 6

It really depends on the breed if you cross say. . .a shire with a Arabian you might get a gentle and proud horse (odd combination yes).

Answer 7

Well one is cribbing. This is when a horse continuesly bites on wood or other materials in their stall. Sometimes developed because of boredom it can quickly become an obsession.

Answer 8

Ahorse is very alert which enables it to react to danger very quickly. Additionally, a horse can be very aggressive too.

Answer 9

i think the horse is learned to get used to the metal