Horse sniffing Pooh ??

[Horseback Rider]

When hacking mine out he if there is horses poo in the path/road he will go over to it and sniff at it for ages !! He also does this if I am leading him from the field.

I find it quite amusing myself bit like my dog who sniffs/wee's/sniffs the whole time he is out !!

Does anyone elses horse do this ??

 

[Cuppatea]

When hacking mine out he if there is horses poo in the path/road he will go over to it and sniff at it for ages !! He also does this if I am leading him from the field.

I find it quite amusing myself bit like my dog who sniffs/wee's/sniffs the whole time he is out !!

Does anyone elses horse do this ??

seriously??????

 

[Hollie15]

Yea mine sniffs when out!

 

[Paddy Irish]

Yes , paddy will sniff a pooh on the bridle path if i'm riding on the ' buckle' , he'll even sniff the pooh in the tub trug from the shets patch ( they live seperately ) i wonder if the pooh tells them abit about who it comes from , like doggy doo dah.

 

[Shilasdair]

Some people like to read HHO.
Some people/horses sniff pooh.
C'est la vie.
S

 

[Horseback Rider]

That's what I thought !

 

[JoBird]

Yes mine do! They do it to try and identify other horses and pick up signals as they would in the wild.

 

[Holly Hocks]

My horse likes to sniff and lick dead rabbits....I think he's trying to give them the kiss of life...

 

[SuperCoblet]

Most horses would, it's their wild instincts (sp?)
Completely natural, they're identifying who's it is. If they were stallions in the wild they would be tracing to see if there's another dominant stallion near by.

 

[babymare]

watch them in the field - they do it all time - its natural and a way of knowing whoses been there first and whose around they are but wild animals in sheeps clothing xxxx

 

[indie999]

Snap

 

[Snowysadude]

Mine does too! I think its a dominant thing as another poster has said - hes incredibly dominant and will always poo in the same place on hacks, wee over some poo etc!!

 

[POLLDARK]

My boys are pooh sniffers, like reading the paper for them, tells them what's going on. The youngster always pees in the same spots so he might be marking territory too, leaving his message.

 

[bryngelenponies]

My mare totally ignores poo until I'm poo picking and then she conveniently gets very interested. She'll stand there for ages, head in the wheelbarrow smelling her own poo!