How much noise does your horse make?

[BuckSkinBabe]

Kind of a fun and interesting poll I thought up. ;D Is your horse one that is loud all the time or are they silent? I came up with this because when I visit fairs I see horses that always whinny at eachother and those who don't talk at all.

I have two slient types. The only noise they make is when they see me and they make a little nicker and that is about it. Otherise they prefer to speak through facial expressions.

[mags]

Alfie is terrible, apart from the fact him says hello every time I go see him he talks to him self when you riding.

Every time he gets excited or goes over a jump he grunts.Alot. Doesn't have to be obviously excited. If a horse goes by he doesn't always react(Horses cantering by is veryyyy exciting) but he grunts. If he is feeling particularly vocal he will just do it while your trotting quietly round.

He also does it quiet a bit in the field and very occasionally in the stable.

Embarrassing, sounds like I'm beating him up

[sulasmum]

Sula does whicker to me when I get to the yard. She also whinnies for her friend if she is bought into her stable first, but apart from that she is fairly quiet. But who knows what she is thinking LOL

[jinglejoys]

Presuming that my mules are elligable for this one-
Malaga whickers at feed time (or when he thinks it oughta be!)and if I leave him at a display stand and come back.
Sarah-lee the same but also when she knows there's a donkey in the vascinity
Blue-very insecure,doesn't like me leaving
Amber-never heard her say a word!

[BeTheBest]

Mine whickers away all the time when i am around!! He will whinny and gallop over to you in the field and not stop talking till he is brought in. In the morning and at tea time he is very vocal, but in a cute whicker way not a noisey whinny way!!

[Ann NF]

Two of mine have a Pavlov`s Dogs type response to the yard gate clicking. They hear the gate and whinny ( and probably salivate too!).

[sara]

lloyd will sometime neigh when i am on the way home from a ride, and he is on his own. but when i am at shows and there are lots of horses around, he is awful, doesn't stop calling all the time that we are there. maybe he is trying to announce that he is there?!

sara
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[fin]

Mine neighs. A lot. He neighs when he sees you, and sometimes when you leave if he reckons you've not fed him enough. He occasionally neighs VERY LOUDLY to other horses, but mostly doesn't bother. He has an entire range of grunts, huffs, and squeals, and the most ridiculous high pitched whinny he does while clicker training and he realises he's due a big treat. And he nickers every time he thinks he's got something right to encourage me to hand over the carrots--I have a feeling he's trying to clicker train me!

[KoLaTo]

Got one that dosen't say a word ever! But I am assured she can speak as my friend has heard her a couple of times! And one that whinnies like a baby squealing and burps quite a lot too which is a very strange sound and he wibbles which is his cross between a neigh and a whicker!

[Oranges]

most of mine are pretty quiet..unless seperated lol.
kim kinda grumbles when i go n feed her.
millie does a funny sorta laughing thing when anyone goes up to her
rosie shouts alot at shows
and the rest don't say much at all

[Nicola]

my boy alway calls to me as soon as he sees me and if I call him or talk to him he always answers but he isnt really vocal to other horses....

[miggy]

My two Part Bred Arabs neigh a lot but the heavy cob just gently whickers when shes about to be fed , and my i/d x t/b just about twitches his nostils at feed time ( if you blink you miss it) .I used to have a donkey who was always braying.

[jor]

My stallion is embarrassingly loud at times....he screams his head off whenever he hears me or the car coming and like to 'talk' to Angel next door through the wall in little whickers and whinnies, very cute!
he always comes out of his stable yelling his head off too, looking for his wives.
Have a few very loud ones, I have found it quite amusing to show people how much my horses 'love' me by standing at the gate and shouting them, usually greeted by lots of screaming and cantering up to the gate....I neglect to tell people that actually they are just waiting for thier tea....

[tammy68]

My mare is very talkative. She whickers to me every time I appear or even if I just look at her. Bless her. I have had her 5 years now and didn't realise that I had never heard her neigh until I'd had her at least 2 years. She had been beaten up in the past and had froxen watchfulness when I first had her. She'd even stop chewing her hay if you went into her stable only resuming again when you left. Now she is happy to munch on when I'm with her and never shuts up whickering when I'm on the yard with her.

[mellymoo]

Hamish yells if he's hungry, and has an amzing range of snorts, grunts and farts to fill in the gaps!