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A horses ears are sensitive and easily injured. In the wild a horse relies on three senses for survival, sight, sound and smell, so if his ears are damaged it may impair his hearing and this could be life threatening. Domesticated horses have all the same survival instincts.
All horses are naturally protective of their eyes, ears and feet. Part of the initial handling of a young horse is to desensitize them to human touch, so that the horse will allow people to handle any part of them without fuss, however, rough handling can strengthen the natural survival instinct and the horse will resent any handling of these areas
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How can you get your horses confidence up when you are showjumping?
Lots of love! Treats too. If you massage they're ears that works (if your horse doesn't mind its ears being touched). I know it sound weird but, singing helps your horse gain confidence.
What is it called when you clip your horse right before its ears?
Do you mean after the ears? then it is called the bridle path. you would clip it as long as the horse's ears.
Why are cats agitated when their ears are touched?
Their ears are very sensitive. (please add more)
What does a horse feel when his ears are flat?
what does a horse feel when it put its ears flat
What if a horse's ears are slanted backwards?
horses often show their feelings by moving their ears, if the ears are forward: the horse is interested or exited in something. if the ears are slanted back or twitching: the horse is relaxed and listening to what is around him. if the ears are flat back: the horse is angry.
Why do the kathiawari horses have curved ears?
The people who created the breed probable liked curved ears so they bred a horse with slightly curved ears horse to another with curved ears and got a foal with really curved ears. Through selective breeding they insured that the entire breed would have curved ears.
What is kaciraffphobia?
Kaciraffphobia is the fear of having your ears touched.
What does it mean when a horse pinns back his ears and bites another horse?
It means the horse is being territorial. That horse obviously does not want the other horse in its space. It means the horse is angry, and to stay away from his space.
What does is mean when horse's ears are slanted backwards?
it means it doesn't like being treated badly
How far can a horse rotate its ears?
A horse can rotate its ears as far as 180 degrees.
What happens if soap touches a hamster's ears?
Nothing will happen. It is like if soap touched our ears; nothing happens.
Is a horse happy if his ears are slanted backwards?
when a horse slants it's ears backwards, it generally means he/she is not happy. The horse is usually angry or reluctant
