Title: Differentiate among categories of horse behavior.
Course: Equine Science (18104-I) > Section: Understanding Handling and Grooming Practices

Differentiation should include

- contactual behavior
- ingestive behavior
- eliminative behavior
- sexual behavior
- epimeletic behavior
- allelomimetic behavior
- investigative behavior
- agnostic behavior
- dominance/submission
- abnormal (e.g., wood chewing, cribbing, stall kicking, weaving/circling).

Teacher Resource:

- Understanding Horse Behavior, 4-H Member Guide

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why are horses considered sentient beings?
- How does the consideration of horses’ emotions affect their behavior?