Section I
Built to see almost everything
Vision, gait and what looks like temperament.
Every guide in this section
- Built to see almost everything, except straight aheadMonocular vision on each side and a blind spot directly in front explain most of what gets read as temperament.
- Gaits are footfall, not speedWalk, trot, canter and gallop are defined by the sequence the feet land in, which is why a fast trot is still a trot.
- The ambling gaits, and the gene behind themSome breeds have a lateral four-beat gait others cannot perform, and it is traced to a documented mutation.
- A prey animal in a stableFlight distance, herd behaviour and what a box stall does to both.