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(10) Rage and pretended anger are expressed 

 by a sudden squeal, the signal of attack. 



(11) Gestures of pain. 

 Stamping is merely impatience. 



Pawing may be due to colic. If also the 

 animal sweats and keeps looking at his flank, 

 there is certainly pain in the abdomen. 



Pointing with a forefoot. When standing, a 

 horse rests his hind legs by changing weight 

 from one to the other at intervals of a minute. 

 As he has no mechanism to do this with the 

 fore limbs, he expresses pain in one of them by 

 pointing the foot forward. He rests better 

 facing down a slope then facing up as in a 

 stable, and when in pain may be relieved by 

 tying to the stanchion instead of to the manger. 



Dragging the fore foot means injury to the 

 shoulder. 



Head out, chin up, feet apart, and sweating, 

 mean that the chap is choking. 



Head down and tail tucked in, mean misery 

 or sickness. 



(12) Gestures of joy. 



Bright eyes, a glossy coat, head carried 

 proudly, and tail high, dry nostrils, hard 

 droppings, free movement, and a willing gait 

 are signs most eloquent of health. To pass the 

 time of day with other horses, shy at the 



