If you’ve visited the Kentucky Horse Park sometime in the past few months, you might have noticed a small, dark brown gelding, utterly unremarkable apart from his obvious age, walking with purpose with bright eyes and pricked ears among the sleek
“It is our responsibility to have the horse so well trained that we can do whatever we need to do without a problem,” he stated. “Our horse does not have the right to hurt anyone. It’s not because the vet smells funny that a horse hurts him
Learn how to help prepare your horses for the inevitable flashes of light and deafening noise of fireworks.
By Ron Meredith, President, Meredith Manor International Equestrian Centre
Some people make a big deal out of a horse’s gender and say people should handle horses of different sexes different ways. We work with every horse, regardless o
By Ron Meredith
President, Meredith Manor International Equestrian Centre
Years ago, I had a client with a 2-year-old Arabian colt that she wanted to keep as a breeding stallion. The colt was argumentative and constantly
Using operant conditioning, scientists have quantified horses’ attention spans, and they have drawn some conclusions that could help horse trainers and owners better understand their charges and how they learn.
The researchers at
I desperately need some advice about my new colt. He is a 2?-year-old Gypsy Cob named Geordie. He was raised in a herd, then separated as a yearling colt, and ran with a colt herd until I imported him to Australia. He is naturally gentle and not
My horse was seen biting another horse in the throat. They were up on their hind legs supposedly playing when all of a sudden my horse made a very unusual move, according to the witness, and bit the other horse in the throat. The other horse ran an
Many hormone and drug treatments could have a negative impact on the endocrine system, so it’s best to avoid using them altogether in the breeding stallion. However, Sue M. McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB, of the University of Pennsylvania’s School
I wanted to share with you a horse behavior experience that I had after I lost my best broodmare. “Janet” died overnight on May 30, 2006, at age 22. She looked remarkably great for her age, so we were breeding her back to our stallion. She was
How do you tell if a horse has a physical, behavioral, or a training problem? Once you rule out a physical condition, are the other two options that different from one another?
Andy Anderson, DVM, grew up training, riding, and showing
The average horse weighs at least five or six times the average human adult. So it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to predict who’s going to win if they get into a pulling contest.
Humans who find themselves in pulling matches with
I castrated my gelding at 17 months (November 2005). A veterinarian with 35 years of experience showed me the epididymides. My mare had her first heat cycle in March (2006). He mounted and bred her as if he was a stallion. Every time she is in heat
Every horse owner has at some time wished that his or her steed could suddenly turn into Mr. Ed and talk about its likes, dislikes, pains, and fears. Because that’s not likely to happen, a new online educational program is available to help hors
Is it possible to change a horse’s aggressive behavior? Specifically, I am wondering if there is any information relating to reinforcement contingencies and transfer of learning from a “human-handled” situation to a free-running setting?
The
Soil from a site in Kazakhstan has yielded new evidence for domesticated horses up to 5,600 years ago.
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