Are horses heard animals?

Question

Are horses heard animals?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

yes they are

Answer 3

Yes, they are herd animals.  They live in groups in the wild and enjoy the company of other horses in domestic situations as well.  

Answer 4

Yes.. for several reasons.

First of all, the horse, EQUUS, is a herd animal. In the natural, their family order is a herd, where each horse is a born follower, guided by a dominant figure, a lead stallion or lead mare.

Have you ever noticed how in a pasture situation, with several head, there is a leader or "bully" who dominates all the horses, and there is a "low horse" on the totem pole who always gets picked on? If you remove the lead horse or "bully," what do they do? They whinny and make a fuss in the absence of their leader and immediately the second-in command of the herd takes over and the pecking order is reestablished.

This constant struggle for leadership is apparent in our daily handling of the domesticated horse: the so-called push and shove of "who is the boss?"

Second in our understanding of the horse’s herd instincts is the awareness of the fact they are a prey animal and to understand their reaction to fear. In the wild, the horse has no defense from a predator but to flee and outrun its pursuer. It will only fight back when cornered. If there is a way out, it will take it and run. The horse is truly a "scaredy cat." This is why horses will often spook, bolt and run from any situation they are unfamiliar with. This response to flee is panic, and can take over the horse’s nervous system causing them to run with no regard to bodily harm. They will avoid any form of pressure at all cost if there is an element of fear.

  

The horse’s reactionary thought impulses, (which we as the handlers are most concerned with,) are influenced by the signals they get from their environment, through their vision. This is a complex subject and we will go into further detail in a later article. A horse’s vision is the main factor in its ability to comprehend.

From factors related to their vision we have found that a horse’s brain seems to function one side at a time. Horses can be governed by their strong side, much like we are right or left-handed horses are too. To break that one-sidedness, they must be taught on both sides. This is why you will see a horse refuse to take a lead, or turn one way, or is hard to approach and catch on its off side. Only through repeated conditioning will a horse perform right or left equally as well.

Horses are creatures of habit.  

Answer 5

Yep they are but they people don't say herd of horses they say

"Band of horses" which mostly consist of mares,foals & only one stallion.