Self-Mutilation or Pain?
Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB
July 1, 2009
I have a horse that I believe is displaying a form of self-mutilating behavior, and I’m wondering if you have
I have a horse that I believe is displaying a form of self-mutilating behavior, and I’m wondering if you have
Research shows an increase in a human’s heart rate affects the heart rate of the horse they are leading or riding.
International authorities in horse behavior, training, and welfare will converge in Sydney, Australia, for the fifth Equitation Science Annual Conference, to be held at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Veterinary Science and Centennial
Every year equine veterinarians flock to the Kester News Hour session at the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) convention for reports on research that are too brief or new to be included in the scientific program. For the past
Looking for something new to do with your horses? How about forming a “horse soccer” league!
In this author’s experience, the only time this had been seen before was with the Lexington Mounted Police Unit, who use large, inflatable balls
The Hawaii Horse Expo 2009, sponsored in part by M?lama Lio, a Hawaiian horse magazine, is slated for Aug. 14-16 in Kailua-Kona and at the Kahilu Theatre and adjacent grounds in Waimea on Hawaii’s Big Island. Proceeds from the
Austrian researchers have reported that the stability of a rider?s seat affects the forces acting on a horse?s back. Using an electronic pressure mat placed under a dressage saddle, scientists with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna?s
More than 1,000 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What ‘bad habits’ do your horses have?”
(Editor’s Note: Dr. McDonnell answered a reader’s questions on her horse biting another in the throat in the March 2007 issue. The reader and McDonnell follow up on this interesting
Remember back when that umbrella popped open and spooked your horse? That might have been five or even 10 years ago, but new research into equine long-term memory (LTM) shows that your horse probably remembers those events just as well as you do
After witnessing a rare (and unsuccessful) infanticide attack by a stallion on a one-hour-old foal, behavior researcher Meeghan Gray, PhD, from the University of Nevada, Reno, reported findings from the macabre event.
“In this first report
There is considerable interest in finding out how, and particularly why, animals react to stress the way they do. Denmark’s Aarhus University reports that applications to a new PhD course, developed by two scientists from the Faculty of
California researchers aren’t shy when it comes to managing headshaking in horses. According to a case report published in the Nov. 15 edition of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Jeannine Berger, DVM, Dipl.
Several months ago my gelding started having “tantrums” and displaying stallionlike tendencies and characteris
More people today are turning to mules to take advantage of the temperament and work ethic of these horse/donkey crosses.
Finding a “cure” for common stereotypies, such as headshaking, cribbing, and weaving, continues to elude veterinary researchers, since the antibiotic virginiamycin as a dietary supplement has been culled from the pool of possibilities.
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