Tivar has ears back most of the time. At first you think he is just constantly aggravated but then you realize he is being very expressive and that it can be an expression of concern, a tense moment, worry, fretting, listening, warning imaginary foes, disdain for rider fumbling, exasperation due to rider idiocy, irritation, aggravation... I have come to realize it isnt that he has these feelings and other horses dont. I believe all horses have these feelings, he just shows them with his ears. Jaspar expresses things similarly but so subtle you can barely detect the ear flick. By the time his ears go back someone is gonna get nailed. Teev's ears are back 90 % of the time and nobody ever gets nailed. When he nails another horse its when his ears go back and he lets out a little squeal.
Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
