{"id":13553,"date":"2022-04-30T12:23:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T16:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equestrianbootsandbridles.com\/?p=13553"},"modified":"2022-04-30T12:23:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T16:23:30","slug":"horse-standing-on-hind-legs-rearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equestrianbootsandbridles.com\/horse-standing-on-hind-legs-rearing\/","title":{"rendered":"What Causes a Horse to Stand on Its Hind Legs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It will unnerve most riders to have their horse standing on hind legs (especially when they didn’t anticipate or ask for this behavior!). Rearing, as it is more commonly called, is a behavior we normally see in the wild with stallions when they stand up on their hind legs and kick out at each other while fighting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But when you’re not in the wild… Why would your horse stand on its hind legs, and how can you stop this dangerous behavior?<\/p>\n\n\n\n