How Are Horses Measured? How & Why They’re Measured In Hands
"Your horse is 15 hands high? What does that mean?" "What is a hand anyway?" "Where do you measure the height of a horse?" These are all questions I've been asked before, but I get it. When I first...
Horses are large animals that can weigh well over one thousand pounds! But on average, how much do different breeds weigh? What's the lightest and heaviest breed in the world? After doing some...
Are Horses Smart? Facts On the Horse’s Memory, Learning Ability, and More
I have had so many people tell me that horses are stupid and unintelligent animals that have a brain the size of a pea. Well this is not the case. Horses are actually very intelligent animals with...
Are Horses Colorblind? All About The Horse’s Vision & How It’s Unique
As we may guess, horses see differently than people, but the difference includes more than just their eye position. Are horses colorblind? And why do they get so scared when it gets windy? After...
Can horses swim? How can they swim if they only have hooves to propel them in the water? Can horses go underwater? There are so many questions about this topic, and I hope I can answer them...
Yes, horses do in fact sleep standing up, but why do they anyway? Isn't it more relaxing to sleep on the ground? And how can they stay standing up without falling over? Why Do They Sleep Standing...
