Study: Food Rewards Can Improve Horse Training
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
June 25, 2013
Researchers believe positive reinforcement with food rewards helps horses in training learn better.
Researchers believe positive reinforcement with food rewards helps horses in training learn better.
The course is designed to increase knowledge through evidence-based research as it relates to horse behavior.
To help horses retain what they learns during training, aim to keep them as stress-free as possible.
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Researchers developed a new subjective personality test designed to help us better understand horse behavior.
Researchers discovered that cribbing causes increased intra-abdominal pressure.
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Study results suggest that lavender aromatherapy can reduce horses’ heart rates after a stressful experience.
Early bird registration for the 2013 ISES conference has been extended until May 31.
Long-term study results show that under certain conditions, stallions can successfully be pastured together.
A behaviorist describes mare and foal behavior and how to avoid perpetuating undesirable orphan foal behavior.
Study results suggest horses appear capable of matching voices to faces when it comes to humans they know.
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Is it normal to have a gelding burro, not just mount, but actually try to mate with a jenny?
As many as 91% of leisure riding horses exhibit some sort of behavior problem regularly, one researcher says.
New research indicates horses’ stress levels do not appear to change from one rider to another.
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