Aside from a deeper sleep, horses will lay down for a lot of reasons. The important part to note is horses are prey animals, so they have evolved to do a lot while upright. Laying down is actually a big sign of feeling safe, and something they may do in fields with other horses they get along with, in a stall if the bedding feels good to them and there is enough room, etc.
The problems are when they are unwilling or unable to get up, that can be a sign of anything from an injury to sickness or a neurological issue.
My wife is the knowledgeable one, this is just s bit of what ive picked up.l
Edit: wife says if the description is accurate, just a silly horse being silly, and since Sugar looks well cared for… yeah just a silly horse doing silly horse things.
and from what I hear will keel over and die any chance they get.
I’m no expert though. but not being able to throw unwanted ingested items seems like a pretty big design flaw
Well my wife is the one who knows her way around a farm, she’ll be running it, and I’ll be doing random manual labor as required.
Its been ridiculous finding the right property though… What used to be $300-400k only 3 years ago is now selling for over a million. Its nuts. So most likely going empty land and building cheap to start…
Its perfectly healthy.
Aside from a deeper sleep, horses will lay down for a lot of reasons. The important part to note is horses are prey animals, so they have evolved to do a lot while upright. Laying down is actually a big sign of feeling safe, and something they may do in fields with other horses they get along with, in a stall if the bedding feels good to them and there is enough room, etc.
The problems are when they are unwilling or unable to get up, that can be a sign of anything from an injury to sickness or a neurological issue.
My wife is the knowledgeable one, this is just s bit of what ive picked up.l
Edit: wife says if the description is accurate, just a silly horse being silly, and since Sugar looks well cared for… yeah just a silly horse doing silly horse things.
Just to point out, but we have a word for “silly horse doing silly things”, it’s “horse”.
All too true…
Just really big dogs who like to play
and from what I hear will keel over and die any chance they get. I’m no expert though. but not being able to throw unwanted ingested items seems like a pretty big design flaw
They are… oddly sensitive in some ways, and incredibly resilient in others.
kinda wish I had a horse. I hear they’re expensive to maintain though.
Can confirm.
Expensive every month, expensive to treat, expensive to shoe, expensive to house/feed/etc.
We are actually looking at property to do some farming, and a chunk of it will be for retired horses.
love the enthusiasm! wish I could afford a farm… and if I did have one I wouldn’t bet on it.
Well my wife is the one who knows her way around a farm, she’ll be running it, and I’ll be doing random manual labor as required.
Its been ridiculous finding the right property though… What used to be $300-400k only 3 years ago is now selling for over a million. Its nuts. So most likely going empty land and building cheap to start…
In a wild area untouched by humans, there is not much “unwanted” you could get from grazing.