| Unfortunately not every horse owner has the luxury of | | | | designed stable mirror is a simple solution. |
| allowing their horses the benefit of unlimited pasture or | | | | The study had a high success rate fairly quickly. |
| turnout time. Horses kept in stalls most of the day can | | | | Research continues to discover if this solution is long |
| sometime develop a vice such as weaving. When a | | | | term or not. The best solution for the problem is still |
| horse weaves he or she is standing in place but | | | | social interaction with other horses and exercise but |
| weaves its head and neck back and forth as it rocks | | | | this is not always available. In such situations a stable |
| from side to side. This can cause stress on the horse's | | | | mirror could be the solution. If you choose to try a |
| legs and may cause lameness to occur. Sometime | | | | stable mirror make sure it has been specially designed |
| horses that weave can lose weight or become | | | | and constructed specifically for this purpose. Acrylic |
| physically exhausted caused by their weaving. The | | | | and glass mirrors can break and injure your horse |
| horses do not have a problem but are responding to a | | | | making them a danger. Highly polished stainless steel |
| problem instead. | | | | mirrors are the best choice. |
| Behaviors such as weaving are usually only seen in | | | | If a horse does not like other horses and behaves |
| horses where there environments are bare with no | | | | aggressively toward them it could have the same |
| access to grazing forage or horses in confinement | | | | reaction to the mirror. Using a stall mirror can have |
| with little or no exercise. The horse has a problem it | | | | positive effects for weaving horses rather quickly but |
| can't resolve and has no control over the situation. The | | | | with some horses it could take a period of time. Mirrors |
| horse simply responds to its situation by weaving. | | | | incorrectly positioned or of the wrong size may cause |
| There have been recent studies in the United Kingdom | | | | problems for some horses also. The choice is |
| for horses with this particular behavior. The studies | | | | ultimately up to the horse whether to use the mirror or |
| have discovered that placing a mirror in the horse's | | | | not. |
| stable the horse no longer feels isolated. A specially | | | | |