Stable Vices

A ____________ is a bad habit or abnormal behavior developed by a horse in confinement.

• Vice

• Unsoundness

• Blemish

• Lameness

Caused by boredom, wood is grasped between the teeth and gradually chewed at.

• Wind Sucking

• Pawing

• Cribbing

• Weaving

Which stable vice is this horse exhibiting?

• Rearing

• Pawing

• Stall Walking

• Weaving

__________________ happens when a horse realizes it is stronger than what it is tied to.

• Weaving

• Tail Rubbing

• Cribbing

• Halter Pulling

Which vice is this horse exhibiting?

• Pawing

• Weaving

• Cribbing

• Rearing

Which stable vice is seen here? It is often caused by irritation from parasites.

• Tail Rubbing

• Weaving

• Rearing

• Halter Pulling

This is caused by long periods of confinement, the horse will shift weight from one front hoof to the other.

• Stall Walking

• Rearing

• Weaving

• Pawing

Which dangerous stable vice is seen here?

• Kicking

• Rearing

• Biting

• Pawing

A horse that is ______________________will place teeth against a solid object and gulp in air.

• Cribbing

• Tail Rubbing

• Wind Sucking

• Rearing

This vice is more common in stallions and horses that are annoyed or angry.

• Biting

• Kicking

• Rearing

• Halter Pulling