Horse Talk

[TheKindaFarmGal]

This is Titan.... And he loves making faces!

They're so cute!!!

 

[Bunnylady]

This is Titan.... And he loves making faces!

This is called the Flehmen response. There is an organ between the nose and the mouth on many types of animals; the Flehmen behavior draws scent particles to it. The most common time to see it is after the animal has been sniffing urine or feces, as the organ is particularly sensitive to hormones, it is very much involved in reproductive behavior. An animal in pain may do it, too, some may do it when exposed to any strong scent.

A bit more on the subject.
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/26597/flehmen-response-in-horses

 

[Extravwhoganza]

I'm always excited to see horse people! Between my sister and I we have a Thoroughbred, a QH, and a Hackney Pony (the horse love of my life!)!

Never a dull moment...

 

[Kusanar]

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You can make them do it almost 100% of the time by putting vinegar on their nose. I used to use vinegar in water for fly spray (works really well but not for long) and when you would rub it on their faces they would "smile" every time.

What's funny is watching a CAT do it!

 

[ChickenLover200]

For the second photo, I was holding a lead rope and he was trying to bite at it, that's why he made the face, and I cropped the rope out of the picture, but yeah my mini mare does this when she has wormer.

 

[Kusanar]

My horses also make something that we refer to as "tapir face" as they stretch their noses WAY out and sometimes curve them so that they look like a tapir... They generally do this when they are getting a really good scratch.

 

[ChickenLover200]

My Qh mare does this too ^

 

[BridebelieverDD]

Hi Everybody! I was wondering, what is cutback horseback riding? I know what the saddle is like but would it be classified as english riding? I guess just list whatever you know about it and that would be great. Thanks!

 

[GingersHuman]

quote name="BridebelieverDD" url="/t/1082999/horse-talk/1680#post_18305206"]Hi Everybody! I was wondering, what is cutback horseback riding? I know what the saddle is like but would it be classified as english riding? I guess just list whatever you know about it and that would be great. Thanks!
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Yes, its a type of English riding. Saddlebreds and gaited breeds are generally what is shown saddleseat. That's what its called BTW, you use a cutback saddle to ride saddleseat.

 

[Kusanar]

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Ok, I was going to quote GingersHuman as well, but it won't let me multiquote for some reason... Yes, you use a cutback saddle for Saddleseat riding which is a form of English riding and in my opinion, the truest form of English riding. If you look at the OLD paintings and stuff of hunt scenes, people are fox hunting in cutback saddles and I have a book that was written in england in the 1800's that describes how to train a horse properly and it is EXTREMELY similar to training a modern saddlebred for saddleseat. The reason the saddle is shaped the way it is, is because saddlebreds hold their neck high so the cutback allows the neck to go stright up from the withers without restriction, also, the flaps going straight down rather than curving forward like a modern hunt saddle frees up the shoulders for the really extreme movement that they have.