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What is the difference between bow hocks and capped hocks on a horse?
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Bowed hocks are a structural defect of the hind limbs where the horse's hind legs appear to be bowed. Capped hocks are caused by injury to the bursa of the hock joint resulting in enlargement of the tip of the hock, giving them a knobbed appearance one or both hocks can be affected.
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Is your horse dropped in the hocks?
If a horse dropped in the hocks it means that the horse dropped on its ankles. The hocks of a horse is the horses ankles.
What are fused hocks on a horse?
the two back legs are the hocks so the answer 2
What is the difference between a horse?
The difference between a horse is about three feet.
A horse with a hard lump on the top of its hock is said to have what?
A capped hock.
What does the cowboy slang 'rattle your hocks' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! Hocks are a cow's or horse's ankles. If you rattle yours, you're really moving fast.
How do you cure a horse with hock pain?
If a horse has hock pain you should call an Equine Veterinarian and have them do a full work up on the horse to find why the hocks are sore.
What do you call a knee on a horse?
The front knees are called the "Knees", the hind ones are called "Hocks".
How are human legs different then horses?
The most major difference is that a horse's legs are not muscular like a human's. There is very little, if any, muscle mass on a horse's legs. Also, horses stand on their toes, unlike humans who stand on their feet from the heal (which is very similar to the hocks on a horse) to the toes.
What is the difference between a king and his horse?
INSTINCT!
What is the difference between a radish and horse radish?
A horse in an animal... Horse radish is a plant you can eat...
Does a horse have knees on it's back legs?
Kind of. they bend the other way to a knee. they are called hocks
What is the difference between an equestrian statue and a horse statue?
There is only one huge difference between an equestrian statue and a horse statue. An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider on the back of a horse, while a horse statue is just simply a statue of a horse.
