shy horses

Horses are often very shy around people they've never seen, and sometimes other horses. Sometimes your horse will be shy of something in the distance that it's alert of or afraid of such as a plastic bag blowing along a fence or sometimes a dog or bird. You can see when your horse is shy, the horse usually stands back from whatever it's shy of, it holds its head very high, and has pricked ears. It might try to investigate this new thing that it sees, which often involves nipping and sometimes if the horse gets scared or doesn't like what it sees, it will kick and maybe rear. When this happens, you'll need to calm your horse by patting him gently on the neck and walking him around in a circle to calm him down.