Do Horses Like Hugs?

My son had his friends round to our homestead the other day, and they couldn’t wait to see the horses. They went out straight to the backyard, and I came with them just to make sure everything was safe. They all enjoyed petting and stroking the horses, and a couple of them even went for …

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What Breed Are Police Horses?

I took my son to a football game the other day, and in the last year or so he’s become really interested in the horses we have at home, and horses in general. There was quite a big crowd at the stadium, so naturally the police horses eventually showed up. He was looking at them …

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Is A Horse A Vehicle?

I was driving down a busy road the other day when suddenly I noticed there was a horse in one of the adjacent lanes. It had a rider and it seemed to be doing okay so I wasn’t worried despite how busy it was, but it was quite weird to see it walking around with …

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Do Horses Have Periods?

Knowing your horse’s mood and behavior is a really important part of keeping horses. One of the most important things is about how and when you’re letting males and females interact. For that question, another important point is to understand a mare’s heat cycle. I had been wondering this myself recently, as I’d just gotten …

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Can Horses Be Gay?

Can Horses Be Gay? (Answered!)

Sexual behaviors in animals can be a really interesting topic. Observing how animals interact with one another in this most intimate of acts can shed light on the whole of nature and how it operates. My son got me thinking about this, recently, when he noticed that two of our male horses had been very …

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