What do horses think about when they are dozing?

[Enfys]

... asked my husband as he watched the mares standing, one back leg cocked, just dozing in the paddocks, as they do.
In fact, do they think at all? Make plans, remember the good old days etc he asked.

Rather than the instinctual , I'm hungry - eat, I'm thirsty - drink, I'm scared - run etc

Over to you

 

[Leo Walker]

Mine thinks about food. Food is all he thinks about dozing or not :lol:

 

[TelH]

Mine thinks about food. Food is all he thinks about dozing or not :lol:

I think that is also true for most of mine, with the exception of my Shettie, who is probably planning her next move towards World domination...

 

[Pie's mum]

I would love to think he's dreaming about the wonderful times we've had together and thinking about the summer and all the plans I've discussed with him..... But however much I love him he is still a horse... It's far more likely he's either plotting ways to extract more stud muffins from me - or just gazing off into the distance thinking about not a lot!

 

[Snuffles]

Ive always wondered about animals dreaming, do they dream in pictures like we do? Or is there just a blank page !

 

[Dave's Mam]

Camilla is thinking about her next escape route. Dave is definitely on for World Domination & how to win the hearts of his Minions. Oh & where the pears are.

 

[HashRouge]

Ive always wondered about animals dreaming, do they dream in pictures like we do? Or is there just a blank page !

Me too! I always want to know what my cat dreams about, especially when he starts twitching in his sleep! I wonder if their dreams are even half as strange as human ones.

 

[Jo1987]

I've always assumed that when they're dozing, they're not thinking about much at all! Just content with the sun on their backs usually

 

[gothdolly]

I think Shadow is dreaming up new evasions and ways to defeat me!

 

[stencilface]

Which bit of his body he can break next.

 

[Micropony]

Mine thinks about food. Food is all he thinks about dozing or not :lol:

Yep, mine too. Sometimes he might take a short break from thinking about food to ponder new ways to persuade his older turnout buddy to play cheeky youngster games.

His turnout buddy is a bit of a saint.

 

[Sparkles]

No idea but his sleep whinnies do resemble his feedtime whinnies.....so I'd hazard food!