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A horse throws up it’s legs in a snap, other
horses pawing at the ground. The horses can’t see it all.
The process just repeats like a routine, a never ending
cycle. Why does it happen? Why do horses drag their
feet and kick each other? What's the story behind it all?

Pawing In Silence

Horses are always sliding their feet across sand,
over and over, but why? Why do they do this? Well,
according to, “WagWalking.com”, they say it’s for
many reasons. When a horse is nervous, angry, bored,
in pain, hungry, impatient, or just wanting attention,
they are known to paw at the ground with their front
hoof. Kicking From The Rear
They always are doing it, and it can get pretty
annoying. Well, a way to end all this pawing is at our
hands. Also according to the website, Horse legs are always flying up at
“RainyScorner.com”, they state, "Adjust surrounding each other, and the cause can go in many
conditions, tend to the horses stance, use reward directions. The main ones, according to,
training, and stay positive” (Scorner 6). These are all “EquusMagazine.com”, are like
methods to calm down and stop a horse from pawing, messages, and these can be: “If they feel
each one useful depending on the situation of the like they are threatened, they just feel
horse. good, they are in pain, they are angry,
As we can tell, horses paw at the ground for they want their own space, or they just
countless reasons. Each reason having a way to be put want to show off, stating that they are the
to an end. If your boss” (Williams 5).
horse is pawing, you Knowing why horses may kick
now know why, and each other, it’s time to end it. Another
can overcome it all. resource, “WagWalking.com”, states,
Hoofs skimming the
sand over and over, is
now understandable
in countless ways.