Everything You Need To Know About Horses

Horses Have a Good memory

Horses usually are considered to have memories second only to elephants.

In the wild, if an attack came at a certain place, the herd avoided that spot in the future. This caution is still practiced by wild horses.

If it were not for the horse’s good memory, it would be considerably less useful to people. A well trained young horse never forgets it’s training. Neither does the poorly trained one. For this reason habits should be recognized and corrected before they become fixed.

Horses have not been outstanding on limited intelligence tests, although they do very complex things routinely when trained.

You may have known an old horse that was considered highly intelligent because it could open most gates and doors. Idle horses tend to seek activity, some of which may involve gate latches. Once they succeed, their good memory keeps them trying to open doors. When they get the feed bin open, they remember only the joy of eating. !

They can’t associate overeating with the ensuring tummyache from colic or loss of hooves from founder.