Horse Behavior and Body Language 🐴

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Published 2021-03-19
In today's video, I am covering horse behavior and body language. This is a basic overview to help you understand and read a horse's body language.

I cover some examples of behavior and body language that horses will display. Sometimes you get mixed signals from similar-looking body language in the ears or tail so I cover a couple examples speaking on this. Next, I show how learning to read a horse's behavior and body language helps when working with a horse. Finally, I give insight into how this later translates to riding your horse and improving communication.

I hope this video is a help in your journey of understanding and reading horse behavior and body language. Feel free to leave a comment with questions or if you would like to share a future video idea 😊

0:00​ Lesson Overview
0:26 Relaxed Signals
0:52 Tense or Worried Signals
1:27 Dominant & Testing Signals
2:30 Aggressive Signals
3:18 Playful Signals
3:47 Mixed Signals Body Language
4:42 Horse Training Body Language Examples
6:17 Undersaddle Communication
7:18 Tips To Develop Feeling Undersaddle

Disclaimers: When riding or working with a horse, I recommend having an equestrian professional present. If a workout routine is demonstrated in a video, and you feel in any way uncomfortable, I recommend consulting with a fitness trainer.

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All Comments (21)
  • @JSHorsemanship
    Feel free to leave questions or future videos you would like to see :)
  • @radhikabathla
    Who doesn't have a horse but is mindlessly watching these videos 🀣
  • @AudioTones67
    As someone who is both immensely respectful for a horses size and power and (occasionally) intimidated by them, I found this video very useful. Thank you!
  • I love it how your videos always get straight to the point and you don't try to drag it out and make it confusing, they are always so straight forward and I love watching them. : )
  • @Tawny593
    Good suggestion about riding an experienced horse to get familiar what it should feel like. All beginners need to ride experienced horses.
  • @cxs-yp6oc
    Another flawless tutorial. I wish I had seen this video in class, you present it in such a straightforward fashion and using REAL horses!!!!!!. Not drawings with bad printing clarity although your drawings are really good. Always enjoy your videos and look forward to them every week.
  • Your talent and aptitude for horses is so gratifying, so thank you. ❀πŸ’ͺ❀
  • I love this video!! I'm only ten and just rode our horse for the first time today, only after watching your videos. I really love our horse...Thankyou!
  • @serenestitch71
    This was nice to watch and learn more about horses. I haven't been around horses much, but recently, I've been volunteering at a horse sanctuary/rescue and been working with older horses. Most of them are sweet, but there are a few aggressive or grumpy ones. It's good to be able to tell their mood.
  • Appreciate the thoroughness of this video exploring all the different behaviours. But I have to say, I’ve never encountered a horse named Zoloft before… I’m guessing there’s got to be an interesting story behind why he was named after an antidepressant! πŸ˜‚
  • @lizxu322
    Legend is a bloody beautiful horse
  • You have a very calming voice 😌 it's very easy to listen to when I am studying equine behaviour. This was so helpful, thank you!
  • @jahid1833
    I don’t have a horse but I love them. So I’m following each video of this channel
  • @Diana-wt4ny
    Great job! I am studying to become a Vet Tech and I found this very helpful and not boring!
  • @Fa_Mo00
    I wish I could attend your lessons practicaly not just online
  • @tkmckenzie4
    Thank you for the great video! I appreciate how you broke it down into sections and took a freeze-frame to explain further. I am going to show this in my Animal Assisted Therapy course!
  • @kimhannan4892
    So, so helpful. I've never really had anyone explain horse behavior/body language before! Immensely helpful!