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[Closed] Do horses get travel-sick in horse boxes?

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As per the title really. And how can we tell?


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:14 pm
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vomit on the floor?


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:18 pm
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i thought horses couldn't vomit? or am i imagining that?


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:21 pm
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Dogs can't look up.


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:21 pm
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Neigh neigh, they just go a ittle hoarse.


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:23 pm
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Ours doesn't. She will load herself so obviously doesn't associate it with feeling rubbish. Faces backwards as well which is meant to make it worse 🙂


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:23 pm
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I think they might. The ones I saw being unloaded recently had long faces


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:27 pm
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🙂


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:28 pm
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Dogs can't look up.

All of ours could or can.

Can't comment on the horse element of this thread.


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:30 pm
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You are correct - horses cannot vomit. It's a strictly one-way system.

I don't know about getting motion sickness, but I can confirm that if they are not enjoying the journey then they will not waste any time in letting you know about it - and generally it won't be in the form of a polite note.


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:34 pm
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I think it was a premature post

Dogs can't look up - words in a dictionary

It is to do with their lack of thumbs I believe


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:34 pm
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It is to do with their lack of thumbs I believe

Dogs have thumbs. Just not very good ones.


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:48 pm
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i think they struggle to lick their thumb to turn the pages

or rather they start licking their thumbs, then other bits and decide that is more fun than words anyuway


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 1:49 pm
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It's pigs that can't look up.


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 2:07 pm
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The sometime Mrs Pigfaces horse hates the horse box. Daft animal just shuts down when you try and load her (the horse not Mrs Pigface) doesn't kick or anything just puts her head down and wont budge. You end up virtually manhandling her into the box. Then she just stands as if in a trance. Very weird. No drama getting her out either she just shuffles backwards untill she is out and then back to normal.


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 2:32 pm
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The real question is, if a horse can't vomit, can it feel sick?


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 2:41 pm
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If it can't vomit then it has no idea what being sick feels like. Perhaps a suitably graphic description would help them to empathise


 
Posted : 30/11/2012 4:06 pm

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