How do horses communicate?

Question

with each other.

Answer 1

Horses communicate with a complex array of gestures and postures, combining many body parts including the ears, eyes, tail, head, neck, etc.  They even communicate with their lips & tongue in certain circumstances.

They can communicate with one or many things.  For instance, a relaxed horse may have one of its back legs tilted (bearing no weight), its ears relaxed down to either side of its head, its eyes half or totally closed, and its tail still or slightly twitching.  If another horse were to stop by for a visit and the relaxed horse wanted to communicate that its visit wasn't welcome, the relaxed horse might start by merely pinning its ears backward.  If the subtlety of this gesture were missed, it may add a strongly swishing tail, stand squarely on all four legs, drop its head with its nose out, nostrils narrowed, and even bare its teeth at the unwanted visitor.  If all of that were ignored, the first horse may "bow up" and advance on the unwanted visitor - this would be like a challenge for the space.

Horse whispers are experts in horse body language and relate to the horses they work with as another horse with a similar "language".

Answer 2

In lots of ways.

Can be throught body language i.e. no eye contact and approaching at their shoulder is telling them you're not a threat or challenging them.  

Horses make many sounds too, whinnying/ nickering/ neighing/ squealing - all of which change dependant on the reasons behind it.  These can usually come after they've first met for the first time or after a seperation and reconfirms a bond or their status in the herd.  Another status and bond building action they do is to groom each other too.

The first contact is usually nose to nose and gentle blowing to each other.  Horses do this to humans too and with gentle warm blowing you can 'talk' back.  Another easy sign is there ears will indicate where their attention is and if they are foward they are interested in something - could be good or bad.  If they are flat back it most likely means they arent happy with something and in this situation i'd be wary and some can strike out with teeth or a kick.

Hope this helps

Answer 3

with ears and eyes

Answer 4

Primarily, it is through body language.  They can do some verbalization to call to each other or express stress but 99.9% is body language.

Answer 5

Primarily body language.  Also, vocally.   I think they are telepapathic, also . . . . .

Answer 6

Vocally, also movements of their ears, eyes and bodies......

Answer 7

body language and noises mostly..

seriously though, there are ALOT of ways.. you may want to be more specific. like communicate about what?

Answer 8

ears, eyes, and body language.

Answer 9

Horses communicate mainly using body language, along with ears, eyes, and sound. A horse might signal agression to another horse by a tense body and standing square facing him, usually with its low head and ears pinned, and the tail will usually swish violently through the air (the tail also does that when a horse is about to kick). It will signal fear by holding his head high, the ears usually flickering in all different directions. The eye will be wide and startled looking, generally showing a white ring, and will be tense, often snorting or blowing through flared nostrils. When calm, the horse will be relaxed and maybe c**k a hind leg, standing slightly lopsided. Its eye-lids might close or droop, and the actual eye will be calm-looking. The ears can be forward or tilted slightly back, maybe to the side. Horses that are interested but not scared will prick their ears and usually lift their head, pushing out their nose to smell the new object/horse/person. A horse that is about to spook with arch their neck and get nervous, turning their head toward the object scaring them. They'll usually snort and one ear will stayed focused on the object. When that happens, get ready, because usually the horse will jump away from whatever it is.

Answer 10

Body luggage