Things Horses Love (and Hate)

HORSES LOVE TO:

1. To eat and drink (they graze up to 20+ hours/day in the wild)
2. Roam
3. Roll
4. Play "reindeer games" ;-) with other horses (They are VERY social herd animals)
5. Scratch up against trees or their stall walls
6. Eat treats such as carrots and Teddy Grahams, or ginger snaps.
7. Rub their faces on you, because it’s a spot they have difficulty reaching.
8. Eat fresh green grass as opposed to hay-- tastes YUMMY to them!
9. A ROUTINE. They DO make notes of things such as when the grain is given versus hay,

   when they are turned out, etc.
10. Most horses love to work and be ridden

HORSES HATE:

1. Loss of routine (stresses them out)
2. Being confined
3. Pain or the thought that pain might be coming (shots, etc.)
4. Being bored (no exercise, no turn-out)