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How many hours do you put your horse in the box to get a tub of grease?
a couple, about 3,4 or 5hrs. sometimes it`s just random & u could get one by putting your horse in for 30mins!
Should your horse be placed in a stall at night?
it's a good idea and a good choice.
Actually, no, it is not a good idea. Being in a stall is bad for your horses for many reasons. In a stall, horses cannot move around as they were meant to. Horses need to run around. Wild horses move 18-20 miles a day. while your domestic horse may not move that far, they should be left to excercise as they need to. horses know more of what they need than we do. They can find the grasses that hold nutrients they need, they will avoid plants that are bad for them provided they have enough good grass to eat. they can keep themselves healthy. Like wise, they know how much excersize they need to stay fit. their instincts tell them they need to stay fit so they can escape predators. Horses don't know that they dont have as many predators as they would in the wild. Also, in a stall, they stand in ammonia from their waste. This weakens the hooves, and they dont get adaqute blood flow through their legs because they cannot move around enough. They also breathe in much too much ammonia and carbon dioxide in a stall. They are also stressed in a stall, because they have no where to run if a predator was to come, so they worry about that along witht he fact that they are not in direct contact with the herd, where safety is, and since they cannot run, they cannot run off that stress, and before you know it, you have a horse with ulcers in his stomach. In a stall, unless you have free choice hay, preferably on the ground with a container with small openings so as to mimick grazing, the horse's digestive system will be compromized because they were meant to be grazing at will.
Don't worry about a horse being cold at night. As long as you dont clip their coats for your convinience, they will be OK. their coat allows them to be comfortable in 30 degrees colder than we can stand. They are happier when its cold actually. If you have predators that come out at night, invest in some chicken wire fence and put that on the bottom of the fence your horse is in. You could make it electric, and that would keep cayotes and the like away.
BLUP is the shortened version of Best Linear Unbiased Prediction, or breeding quality number.
Blup calculations are used to predict everything from hog birth rates to volcanic activity, but has not been used in the breeding of other horse breeds than the Icelandic. By compiling fixed numerical values assigned to the traits of any given individual, or group of individuals (hogs, volcanoes, horses), it is possible to track and predict those traits objectively through mathematical calculations. A Blup rating is linear because of the constant updating of the numbers and unbiased because there is little room for subjective opinion. The resulting numbers allow breeders to make informed predictions when choosing breeding stock.
On average, a horse that comes to an evaluation, gets 7-7.5 for individual characters.
The Blup is normal-distributed with an average at 100, i.g. the ultimately average horse meeting up at evaluation has an average at 100, a nag has Blup much lower than 100 (for example 90) and a good horse has a Blup higher than 100 (for example 110). The higher the BLUP is over 100, the more likely it is that the horse and it's offspring will be good.
What BLUP is, is a prediction of the breeding potential of the individual, that is, if you breed the horse, how likely is it that the horse will improve the offspring, or make an offspring of a lesser quality.
A horse has a Blup for many characters. The blup is calculated for all the characters that are evaluated, and for the main score. If a horse gets 100 in Blup for a character A, it means that if you breed that horse, it's not likely to influence that character A in a positive or negative way, it's breeding potential is simply average for that character. If you have a horse, where the available information about the character A is over average, then that horse gets over average in Blup for the character A.
When the blup of a horse X for a characteristic is calculated, all availabel individual evaluation scores that are connected to that horse are used for the calculations, both the scores of the horse X itself, it's parents, it's offspring, it's grandparents, and lots of other relatives. Virtually all evaluation scores of all known relatives are used. Takes BIG computers to do it.
Individual horses can be evaluated many times. You can have the horse evaluated when it's 4 year old, and many times each summer all it's life if you want to. On the other hand, if a horse gets a good evaluation, let's say 8.5 for tolt, when it's young, it gets higher BLUP than if it gets the same evaluation when older. That's because we want our horses to mature quickly, and that you don't need to train them for years to become good. Taking horses to 2-3 evaluations is common for stallions, showing them as 4-5 year olds once, and again when they're fully trained. Taking them to too many evaluations doesn't change the BLUP much, but can be bad for the reputation. If it takes many tries to get one good average evaluation then people tend to think there is something wrong with the horse.
A Blup is based on the relatives of the horse, and evaluations of the horse itself. If a horse for example has 10 evaluated relatives that all have a pretty head, it has a high BLUP for head (that is, it is likely to have a pretty head). If the horse is then evaluated, and there the score for head is low (that is the head prooves to be ugly in appearance) the BLUP gets much lower.
The evaluations that have been made in Iceland in the last 40 years are now put into a large database, Fengur, with evaluation of more than 100.000 horses, and on this data have been made the calculations which are the basis for the breeding value calculations on Icelandic horses, the BLUP! The BLUP is expected to be used as supplement to other evaluations, and insight, but not to rely on, one and alone.
The exact calculation of the Blup is a very complicated statistical procedure, and will not be covered here.
EXAMPLE:
So, if I take one of the supergood stallions as an example, a stallion that has 145 in Blup for the character tolt. It's the stallion B. If I check him quickly, and his pedigree (and forgetting and not checking lots of other info on his pedigree, it's just to give you an idea), the stallion O:
Got on one evaluation the character 8.5 for tolt.
Got on one evaluation the character 8 for tolt.
Got on one evaluation the character 9.5 for tolt.
Got on one evaluation the character 9.5 for tolt.
Has got about 400 registered offspring, where of lots of them are evaluated, and most of the evaluated offspring get high marks for tolt.
Has got a father with high BLUP for tolt (116), and many evaluated offspring, and good evaluations for tolt.
His father's parents were evaluated.
Has gotten an unevaluated mother, that has given a number of evaluated offspring, all with good evaluations for tolt, so she's got good BLUP for tolt.
There is info on more distant relatives that are also calculated into this. All this gets him to be the stallion that has one of the highest BLUP numbers of all stallions in Iceland (145) and with a very high "security" (öryggi) as there is so much info on him. This means he's likely to make the tolt in his offspring better.
Take one young stallion E for example and the character "legs".
He's not been evaluated. His offspring have not been evaluated. His father was evaluated His mother was evaluated, got 7.5 (average) for legs of feet, and she has no evaluated offspring. His mother's father was evaluated and has many evaluated offspring, he's got 99 in BLUP for legs. His father's parents were evaluated with evaluated offspring, and have near 100 in blup for legs. So there is quite some info on his grandparents, but none about E or his offspring. The info on his grandparents point to average BLUP. E has a calculated 102 in BLUP for legs, based mostly on info on his grandparents, but also on info of further relatives which I won't dig into here (father's father's father, uncles, nieces etc.). But the security of this info is rather low, only 56%. That means he's likely to make the quality of feet of his offspring neither better nor worse, as the BLUP is virtually 100.
If we'd find a stallion where all the info is bad about a character, the BLUP will be bad, and he's likely to have bad influence on this character in his offspring.
If you breed together a stallion with 120 in BLUP for tolt, and a mare with 80 in BLUP for tolt, it's likely that you'd get a neither good nor bad offspring from this combination, and the offspring will get the BLUP 100 for tolt until further information about it is collected (the offspring is evaluated, or it's offspring, or other relatives).
Also, when BLUP is calculated, it works all ways. Let's say you take the above stallion O, and breed him to a mare with high blup for tolt (let's say 120), the offspring B will have a high blup when it's unevaluated (maybe something like 132). When the offspring is evaluated, and it gets good evaluations for tolt, it will help raising the BLUP of the stallion O a bit.
On the other hand, if O is bred to a mare with low BLUP (let's say 90) and bad evaluation for tolt (let's say 7), the offspring P will get a lower BLUP (maybe 110). If the offspring is evaluated, and it gets an equally good evaluation as B, this will improve the BLUP of the stallion O MORE than the same evaluation of B. The reason is, that the stallion has shown/proved it's breeding potential to be much better, if it could raise the offspring of the bad mare up to being a good horse, than if it could raise the offspring of the good mare to be an equally good horse.
So, if both B and P go to an evaluation, and both get 9.0 for tolt, the effect of P on it's father's blup will be a lot more.
And more such stuff is calculated along with this, but these are the most important factors.
So, how can you use this information in real life? If you for example have an unevaluated mare, that has a good tolt but is very reluctant to trot, and you are rather certain that it's a fault she's born with (not training mistake), you might want to improve this in the offspring. Then it's best to search for a stallion that has good tolt, but which has gotten supergood evaluation for trot, and preferably good Blup for trot too. That way, you know that the sire has both proven himself as an individual with good trot, and that his pedigree and offspring have also had a tendency to have good trot. Another way to use this in real life is when choosing youngsters. If you are looking at several youngsters, it can help to check on their BLUP factors, to see how good they are likely to become, but remember this is a hint, not the final truth.
BLUP is the shortened version of Best Linear Unbiased Prediction, or breeding quality number.
Blup calculations are used to predict everything from hog birth rates to volcanic activity, but has not been used in the breeding of other horse breeds than the Icelandic. By compiling fixed numerical values assigned to the traits of any given individual, or group of individuals (hogs, volcanoes, horses), it is possible to track and predict those traits objectively through mathematical calculations. A Blup rating is linear because of the constant updating of the numbers and unbiased because there is little room for subjective opinion. The resulting numbers allow breeders to make informed predictions when choosing breeding stock.
On average, a horse that comes to an evaluation, gets 7-7.5 for individual characters.
The Blup is normal-distributed with an average at 100, i.g. the ultimately average horse meeting up at evaluation has an average at 100, a nag has Blup much lower than 100 (for example 90) and a good horse has a Blup higher than 100 (for example 110). The higher the BLUP is over 100, the more likely it is that the horse and it's offspring will be good.
What BLUP is, is a prediction of the breeding potential of the individual, that is, if you breed the horse, how likely is it that the horse will improve the offspring, or make an offspring of a lesser quality.
A horse has a Blup for many characters. The blup is calculated for all the characters that are evaluated, and for the main score. If a horse gets 100 in Blup for a character A, it means that if you breed that horse, it's not likely to influence that character A in a positive or negative way, it's breeding potential is simply average for that character. If you have a horse, where the available information about the character A is over average, then that horse gets over average in Blup for the character A.
When the blup of a horse X for a characteristic is calculated, all availabel individual evaluation scores that are connected to that horse are used for the calculations, both the scores of the horse X itself, it's parents, it's offspring, it's grandparents, and lots of other relatives. Virtually all evaluation scores of all known relatives are used. Takes BIG computers to do it.
Individual horses can be evaluated many times. You can have the horse evaluated when it's 4 year old, and many times each summer all it's life if you want to. On the other hand, if a horse gets a good evaluation, let's say 8.5 for tolt, when it's young, it gets higher BLUP than if it gets the same evaluation when older. That's because we want our horses to mature quickly, and that you don't need to train them for years to become good. Taking horses to 2-3 evaluations is common for stallions, showing them as 4-5 year olds once, and again when they're fully trained. Taking them to too many evaluations doesn't change the BLUP much, but can be bad for the reputation. If it takes many tries to get one good average evaluation then people tend to think there is something wrong with the horse.
A Blup is based on the relatives of the horse, and evaluations of the horse itself. If a horse for example has 10 evaluated relatives that all have a pretty head, it has a high BLUP for head (that is, it is likely to have a pretty head). If the horse is then evaluated, and there the score for head is low (that is the head prooves to be ugly in appearance) the BLUP gets much lower.
The evaluations that have been made in Iceland in the last 40 years are now put into a large database, Fengur, with evaluation of more than 100.000 horses, and on this data have been made the calculations which are the basis for the breeding value calculations on Icelandic horses, the BLUP! The BLUP is expected to be used as supplement to other evaluations, and insight, but not to rely on, one and alone.
The exact calculation of the Blup is a very complicated statistical procedure, and will not be covered here.
EXAMPLE:
So, if I take one of the supergood stallions as an example, a stallion that has 145 in Blup for the character tolt. It's the stallion B. If I check him quickly, and his pedigree (and forgetting and not checking lots of other info on his pedigree, it's just to give you an idea), the stallion O:
Got on one evaluation the character 8.5 for tolt.
Got on one evaluation the character 8 for tolt.
Got on one evaluation the character 9.5 for tolt.
Got on one evaluation the character 9.5 for tolt.
Has got about 400 registered offspring, where of lots of them are evaluated, and most of the evaluated offspring get high marks for tolt.
Has got a father with high BLUP for tolt (116), and many evaluated offspring, and good evaluations for tolt.
His father's parents were evaluated.
Has gotten an unevaluated mother, that has given a number of evaluated offspring, all with good evaluations for tolt, so she's got good BLUP for tolt.
There is info on more distant relatives that are also calculated into this. All this gets him to be the stallion that has one of the highest BLUP numbers of all stallions in Iceland (145) and with a very high "security" (öryggi) as there is so much info on him. This means he's likely to make the tolt in his offspring better.
Take one young stallion E for example and the character "legs".
He's not been evaluated. His offspring have not been evaluated. His father was evaluated His mother was evaluated, got 7.5 (average) for legs of feet, and she has no evaluated offspring. His mother's father was evaluated and has many evaluated offspring, he's got 99 in BLUP for legs. His father's parents were evaluated with evaluated offspring, and have near 100 in blup for legs. So there is quite some info on his grandparents, but none about E or his offspring. The info on his grandparents point to average BLUP. E has a calculated 102 in BLUP for legs, based mostly on info on his grandparents, but also on info of further relatives which I won't dig into here (father's father's father, uncles, nieces etc.). But the security of this info is rather low, only 56%. That means he's likely to make the quality of feet of his offspring neither better nor worse, as the BLUP is virtually 100.
If we'd find a stallion where all the info is bad about a character, the BLUP will be bad, and he's likely to have bad influence on this character in his offspring.
If you breed together a stallion with 120 in BLUP for tolt, and a mare with 80 in BLUP for tolt, it's likely that you'd get a neither good nor bad offspring from this combination, and the offspring will get the BLUP 100 for tolt until further information about it is collected (the offspring is evaluated, or it's offspring, or other relatives).
Also, when BLUP is calculated, it works all ways. Let's say you take the above stallion O, and breed him to a mare with high blup for tolt (let's say 120), the offspring B will have a high blup when it's unevaluated (maybe something like 132). When the offspring is evaluated, and it gets good evaluations for tolt, it will help raising the BLUP of the stallion O a bit.
On the other hand, if O is bred to a mare with low BLUP (let's say 90) and bad evaluation for tolt (let's say 7), the offspring P will get a lower BLUP (maybe 110). If the offspring is evaluated, and it gets an equally good evaluation as B, this will improve the BLUP of the stallion O MORE than the same evaluation of B. The reason is, that the stallion has shown/proved it's breeding potential to be much better, if it could raise the offspring of the bad mare up to being a good horse, than if it could raise the offspring of the good mare to be an equally good horse.
So, if both B and P go to an evaluation, and both get 9.0 for tolt, the effect of P on it's father's blup will be a lot more.
And more such stuff is calculated along with this, but these are the most important factors.
So, how can you use this information in real life? If you for example have an unevaluated mare, that has a good tolt but is very reluctant to trot, and you are rather certain that it's a fault she's born with (not training mistake), you might want to improve this in the offspring. Then it's best to search for a stallion that has good tolt, but which has gotten supergood evaluation for trot, and preferably good Blup for trot too. That way, you know that the sire has both proven himself as an individual with good trot, and that his pedigree and offspring have also had a tendency to have good trot. Another way to use this in real life is when choosing youngsters. If you are looking at several youngsters, it can help to check on their BLUP factors, to see how good they are likely to become, but remember this is a hint, not the final truth.
What does green broken mean with horses?
It means they were only recently trained to be ridden and don't know much yet.
What are the names of Apollo's horses?
The names of Helios' horses are Pyrois, Aeos, Aethon and Phlegon. I assume that Apollo, who is also the sun god, has the same horses.
Where can you buy horse reins?
you can buy reins at any normal tack shop, or you can order reins from a website
Why do a horses stats appear in bold sometimes?
It means that that is the highest that the skills for that area can be.
How do you pet a Xanthos horse?
First, go on the Xanthos, Then on the top right of the Xanthos's page, it will say "Stroke" and it will have a hand next to it.
What is even time in horse training?
Even time is usually 15 seconds for 200 metres but it can also mean just the same time for each 200 metre distance over any particular distance.. take your pick
I believe that it is in support of that person for achieving his/her goal. Letting them know that you recognize what they've done.
I really admire you and don't hear this often at all. While your heart is in the right place and your mother is probably working very hard sometimes the human species needs to feel needed. Being out in the workforce is a good thing and your mother may enjoy the camaraderie with her coworkers. People need to feel needed. Some women just don't want to stay home especially when their children are grown and out on their own or are self-sufficient. The best thing you can do is sit down and discuss this with your mother, but if she wants to keep her job then try to understand she needs it and jobs aren't always about money. Working also helps a person get over personal problems in their lives and if your mom is divorced she has a better chance of dating while working than sitting around at home. Women were meant to be more than just house cleaners and cooks, they are intelligent and your mother may be enjoying all of this in her work. Have that talk with her and if she doesn't want to quit work then respect her wishes and contribute what you want.
Will feeding your horse sugary snacks give him cavities?
A sugar treat once in a while is ok for a horse. Too much of a good thing however will not be healthy for him but it would take a lot of sugar to rot his teeth. Instead of sugar cubes or other snacks with a high sugar content give your horse cut-up apples or pears. Horses are big carrot eaters too. The rule of thumb is "if it's not good for you it probably will not be good for him either".
How do you tell horse is bored?
Windsucking, pawing the ground and rubbing their noses on things are all indacations that your horse is bored and it can become seriously dangerous if you don't start taking your horse out for rides everyday the consiquences are very serious.
Some treats for horses generalize in what you want your treat to be for. If you are looking for a kind, sweet treat, here's what you could offer your friend:
Sugar Lumps (Not too many)
Apples
Carrots
Pears
Mints
Bulk food (As a little tasty treat, not a whole feed)
And those bags of pony treats you see in those stores.
:D
When riding a horse how do you pass another horse?
You pass another horse if there is another person riding a horse that is very close to you. If you pass that person you have passed that person already if the person passes you your question has been anwsered.
*You always want to pass a horse to the inside. If you are coming behind them, it is generally a good idea to give at least two horse spaces between the two of you, and let the rider know you are coming if they have not already heard you. If you are passing from opposite directions, let the oncoming rider know you are passing on the inside (assuming they are on the rail) and again give at least two horses space.
Exceptions are at shows if a horse has a red ribbon on its tail (means it kicks) and you want to give ample amount of room when passing.
You pass another horse and rider with "right shoulder to right shoulder". For example, if your on the right rein, then you should be on the inside. If you on the left rein, then you should pass on the outside.
Hope this answers your question (as well as the answer above ;D)
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I always learnt it as left to left, as in the opposite of the previous answer. I learnt it in the official UK Pony Club way.
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What profiles can you find ufos on Howrse?
well you can find them basically anywhere normally it pops up when your on a rankings page or when your breeding your horses
well That's where i always find mine
if you want to be my friend I'm Rainbow Bubble on howrse
How hard is it to raise a dove?
It depends on how much TLC you give it. They aren't very clever birds but they can become attached to people, it will not survive if not given enogh care, warmth, food and water. It can be diffcult to look after if it is a baby because you won't be able to give it what it's mother can. It will rely on you through it's life if it gets attached if you want to let it into the wild you will have to raise it hardly touching it and you will have to ignore it if you want it to survive in the wild.
To "skill" a horse in an EC, means to take it from 6 months to fully skilled and clouded (20 pieces of cloud put on it and all lessons done) in one update. Players doing this are usually aiming for the rankings.
How do you describe a angry horse?
An angry horse will put his ears far back on his head, almost flat. His eyes will roll and he will often shake his head violently up and down. He will also swish his tail back and forth, meaning that he is irritated or angry. Sometimes a horse will rest one back hoof tensly on the ground and stretched back -- if this is the case, DO NOT go behind the horse, as he may be ready to kick and a horse kick to the head can be dangerous or even fatal.
If a horse is in his stall, he will often have many of the same motions and movements, but you should be more careful in a stall given the limited amount of space and the unpredictability of a really angry horse. If a horse is out in pasture, he will often run, buck (or kick out), rush you, along with the other signs that he is mad.
Can you breed wild horses on Howrse?
As the HorseIsle admins are constantly adding breeds, it would be easier for you to check in the library under 'View Breeds' and you can se al the breeds and horse relatives under that category
Are you talking about on the online game Howrse? That gives your horse full stats (health, energy, moral) again.
Protein is contained in all feed sold for horses. Most feed is actually sold by its protein content. A 12% pelleted feed would be 12 percent protien. All hays contains protein as well. Alfalfa hay is very high in protein and must be fed very carefully to horses who are used to it. Bermuda hay is very low in protein and can be free fed to most horses.
What does not affect the amount of food a horse needs howrse.com answer?
Which of the following does not affect the amount of food a horse needs?
Coat color
