Friday, May 8, 2009
my daughter is horse mad so can you ans me this question for her do horses sleep lying down or standing?
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Horse sleep standing.
if the horse feels very sucure then they will ly down
but most of the time they sleep standing up!
Not a horse person but I do know it's standing up. I think they only lie down for rest.
imagine that..we've been living side by side with the horse for thousands of years.and there are still people who don't even know how they sleep..??
standing
the reason is when horse's are in the wild and if they were sleeping lying down and if a predator comes they don't have enough time to get up. Especially the older horses. So therfore they sleep standing up just in case
I have had thoroughbreds that sleep lying down, and some standing - it depends on the horse's own preference and the 'bedding' in the stable.
standing!! i use to do horse riding when i was younger fell off and never got back on.so if ur daughter falls off when learnig reall try to encourage her to get back on straight away even for a few minutes then get off !
Standing. they only spend a little time lying down each day; any longer than about 30mins, then they could be ill.
Horses have a unique system of interlocking ligaments and bones in their legs, which serves as a sling to suspend their body weight without strain while their muscles are completely relaxed. Thus, horses don't have to extent any energy consciously to remain standing - their legs are locked in the proper position during sleep.
Most horses do most of their sleeping while standing, but patterns differ. Veterinarians we spoke to said it was not unusual for horses to stand continuously for as long as a month, or more. Because horses are heavy but have relatively fragile bones, lying in one position for a long time can cause muscle cramps
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My sister is a horse riding teacher and knows all about horses!
Horses sleep mainly standing up they "lock" a hind leg, though they can sleep lying down this is only usually for short periods as they are very heavy and also need to feel secure if doing this. I used to look after 23 horses who had always lived together, so some would lie down (one would sleep so deeply you could shout/push her and she wouldnt get up - she used to snore too)and some would keep guard! Usually they stood in a large circle so eyes where every where. We have 2 horses at work that have to stand due to injuries - one had to stand for 6 weeks and the other at the moment has fractured thigh and will be standing for 6 weeks. They are fine.
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They have a ligament in their knee that they can lock and they can sleep standing but many lay down too.
Mine can be found in morning laying down in the sun sleeping.
both. my horse lies down in the pasture and stands up in her stall..my horse is old though.but the normly stand while sleeping or resting. the reason why the stand up is becausewhen a perdetor like a mountain lion or a cougar tries to attack them the can just take off instead of trying to get up to run. its really easy to figure out. get a book on horses for your daughter. she will love it
Horses can sleep standing up, but they also will sleep laying down if they feel safe. If they they lay down it is a deeper sleep than if they were standing.
they usually sleep standing, but sometimes they lie down, mostly foals and old horses..
and a horse does not need a lot of dream, they sleep 2 to 3 hours..
Horses do both. They sleep lying down for about 3 hours a day and then kind of snooze standing up. They can lock the joints in their legs so they don't fall down.
horses sleep lyling down i think
horses sleep lying down
Standing mostly, but some animals like to lie down, as a child i had this wee piebald cob and he always lay down to sleep, infact he lay down majority of the time.lazy pony.
but he's the only horse Ive known that lay down consistently when snoozing, it's more a personal choice, although they do sleep more deeply lying down, however standing is more common. and they dont fall down because unlike us they can lock joints.
ttfn ;o)
(some horses with injuries do have to stand, but this happens with the aid of a sling type device to make the animal more comfortable)
Down Time
Even though they're able to snooze standing, horses need to lie down for rest and sleep at least some of the time. Horses must lie down to go into deep stages of sleep. Like humans and many other animals, horses experience both slow-wave sleep (SWS) and rapid-eye-movement (REM) deep sleep. (SWS is characterized by slow, synchronized waves of electrical activity in the brain as recorded by electroencephalography. REM sleep is characterized by jerky eye movements and rapid, disorganized brain waves.) REM sleep seems to occur mostly when the horse is stretched out flat on his side, rather than resting on his chest.
Horses do not need REM sleep every night as Humans do but usually a couple times a week in the LATE hours (like 2-3am) you can sneak out and find your horse laying down.
People dream during REM sleep, and it seems that horses do, too. Beneath closed lids, their eyes move rapidly back and forth.
Horses sleep Standing up. The only case when a should horse lay down it's either when they're pregnant, or injured.
Both. A horse will usually sleep standing. They are able to lock their legs when they sleep standing so they don't fall. Sometimes a horse will lay down and sleep, but not often, and not for a long time.
Most of the time people see them standing while sleeping because it is easier for them to run away if something would attack but horses can sleep laying down-even completely on their sides. I have seen horses sleep standing up or laying down and books on horses and horse care may even tell.
Horses sleep laying down and standing up.
Horses usually won't lay down for more than 20 to 30 mins at a time since that is a lot of pressure on the rib cages. Mine love to sun bath laying down and also lay down in winter times to get warm.
It wasn't until my gelding was a year when he slept more standing. Foals sleep and sunbath more as their bones are growing to withstand the long standing.
Horses do both. They will drowse standing with one leg cocked and lower lip drooping sometimes their eyes close. Sometimes they lay flat out and snore a bit. There have been several famous studies done on this. The AVMA released their findings a few years back determining that horses should sleep laying down at least 45 consecutive minutes per day to improve circulation. Also they determined that horses need to go into REM sleep patterns that can only be achieved laying down. REM sleep deprivation was linked to shorten lives, disruptive behavior, colic, ulcers, and cancer.
I can tell you it was a sunny cool morning here in my area, and my horses were all laying flat out in the pastures drowsing in the sun happy as can be.
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I was trimming the hoves on a older horse today, 29 years old. he fell asleep while I was working on his back feet and almost fell over on me, He would start to fall and wake up and catch himself. I guess he felt safe around me while I was working on his feet.
Mine do both.
Mostly at night they sleep standing up and during the daytime they take naps laying down.
They can do both
Horses often lie down to sleep if they are in a safe environment such as their stable. Domestic horses living in a field sometimes take it in turns to lie down to sleep, and often two or three members of the herd will remain standing so that they can look out for danger. Horses in the wild are much more vulnerable and mostly sleep standing up so that they can gallop off easily if danger approaches.
the horses a know sleep lying down with the exception of one she sleeps standin up especially when she is being groomed
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