Dear Stella, What’s your favorite color? I love your name. Oh, here is my question. How do horses understand what people say? For example, when people want their horses to stop running, they say “Stop!” or “Whoa!” How exactly do they understand humans? Love, Jasmine P.S. I like how you look! Dear Jasmine, I have [...]
Hi Stella, At the riding center I go to, I’ve heard the exression “false canter.” What is that??? I don’t want to ask anyone, because I don’t want to seem like a complete fool. For all I know, everybody knows what it is, except me!!! Please help me, Stella! Love, “Stupid” Dear You, I write [...]
Dear Stella, My name is Jessica and I am 11 years old. I have a (around) seven-year-old pony named Pumpkin. I love her more than anything, but there is a small problem. My horse spooks at wind. She’s normally fine in the wind until I tie her up or start riding her. When the farrier [...]
Dear Stella, Sometimes in the books the horses neigh, and sometimes they nicker. And then there are other noises. How can I tell the difference? From, Clare Dear Clare, Horses have all sorts of sounds that mean all sorts of different things: A neigh is the most common noise associated with a horse, although it’s [...]
Dear Stella, Can a horse back up at canter? And I heard that some horses can have up to five different gaits – is that true? From, EC Dear EC, The answer to your first question is no – but then why would you want to? As for horse gaits – that’s a tricky question, [...]
Dear Stella, I was reading and I want to know – can horses cry? And are horses smart like humans? From, Rebecca Dear Rebecca, I will try to answer your two very good questions about the nature of horses. Horses don’t actually cry, that is, shed actual tears, but they do have many, many feelings. They [...]
Dear Stella, When I go in shows my horse is always biting on his bit and sticking out his tongue. I was wondering how to prevent this, because I’m always losing points in shows and he’s not helping at all! Sincerely, Katie Dear Katie, Your question’s a bit tricky to answer! There are many different reasons [...]
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