How natural is your horse?

It's one thing to say you love your horse but do you love him enough to change the way you think about horses and how they should live? Many people in this world just do what everyone else is doing, feed thier horse a few carrots and hope for the best. If you want to see if your horse adores you or just sees you as a convenient vending machine, take this quiz now to see if you need to improve!

Think you keep your horse the natural way? Take this quiz to find out if you need to improve in the way you keep him! It only takes a few minutes and is based on NH methods! Thanks!

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. How often do you groom your horse?
everyday, I don't like him to get dirty
every so often
never
4. If you do groom your horse, why do you do it?
To keep him looking smart and clean
To give him a good scratch
Everyone else does it!
To bond with him
To give him a good chck over, looking for cuts etc
all 1, 2, 3 and 5
5. When leading your horse do you...
Walk in front of him and keep looking back to check he's still there
Stand to the left hand side, holding under his chin with your right hand
Walk with the rope hooked over your elbow watching where you are going
Your horse leads you, back to his friends, blades of grass, buckets...
Your horse doesn't need a rope but stays with you where ever you go at any speed
6. When tacking up your horse do you...
Tie him and chuck the saddle on, tighten the girth, bridle him and get on
Same as above but do the girth up in stages
Hook the rope over your elbow and tack up in stages, checkin which side of the stable he go up on
Freestyle, you tack up in stages and your horse moves position for you to do so, he lowers his head for the bridle so that you can sit on a chair and also lines up for you to mount
It takes two people, one to hold him, to tack him up and he swings about and gnashes his teeth and I have to get on a moving horse
7. In the winter time your horse is kept...
Out as much as possible, no rug, shelter, water and plenty of hay and lots of friends
Rugged, stabled, hard feed and turned out for a few hours a day
Kept outside with other horses, rugged, water, lots of hay and friends
Clipped, rugged, bandaged, hardfeed, and is only allowed out to excersise on the horse walker or to ride
8. You like to do everything you can to learn about horses, the way they think, learn and survive
True
False
I just do what everyone else does and says
9. Finish this phrase - "make the right thing easy, make the wrong thing ___"
difficult
right
wrong
carrots
10. Finish this phrase - "The horse is never__"
right
wrong
stupid
scared
11. When riding you understand...
simple horse dynamics eg his footfalls, gaits, canter leads, wieght distribution
that you have to keep the horse between you and the floor
you have to be in full control all the time
12. You get frustrated...
All the time, my horse is really naughty
never im cool as a cucumber and we both really enjoy the ride
sometimes, but i make sure I take a break because I understand that shouting at a horse is as useful as telling him to make a cup of tea
13. My horses feet are...
Shod regularly
Barehooved with rock crushing hooves
Barehooved but booted when there are stones about
Barehooved I trim my own horses hooves, mustang roll and all!
I jsut do what my farrier tells me

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