Desensitizing Your Horse to Fly Spray
Equine Color Vision Research: Seeing Things Differently
If you have a horse of a different color, chances are your horse knows it–although he might not be able to say if he’s red or green.
New physiological and behavioral research by various teams across the globe has added weight to the
How to Block the Ear
A few horses out there like to have their ears rubbed, but many are tolerant of ear handling at best, and violently ear shy at worst. When these horses need to have veterinary work done around their ears, such as biopsies or stitching of
Training a One-Eyed Horse
Working with visually impaired horses has been mostly with those that lost vision as an adult, after they had been trained. And, in general, the horses I have worked with directly have impressed me with how adaptable they have been with losing vision
How to Airlift a Horse
“The process of airlifting a horse still carries inherent dangers for the horse and rescue personnel,” he concluded. “Risks may be lessened by a program that involves regular training, including a helicopter lift when possible, to increase the team’s
Study Correlates Food Rewards with Positive Responses during Training
Young horses learn faster and have more positive interactions with humans when they receive food as a reward during training, according to a new study presented at the 34th Annual
Raising a Stud Colt
Can you offer any general guidelines on how raising and handling a young stud would differ from raising fillies?
Readers Respond: Hold Your Horses
More than 1,000 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you use imprinting or desensitization techniques with your foals?”
Best Breeding Approach
Q: For a horse reproduction project in my equine seminar course, I was trying to find video clips of horses breeding. Well, there were many on YouTube, and it took awhile to find the decent ones. But once I found some that were
War Drum and The Basics
A horse that nearly was sent to the killers because of his dangerous habits learned “The Basics” and became a good citizen.
No one would ever mistake War Drum for a reining horse
Understanding Horses Part 11: Diagnose the Problem Before Trying to Fix It
There are many people looking for answers for their horses’ problems. I’ve been talking to more and more people, and they all think they have different problems, but generally, horse problems boil down to one of four things: ground manners, under
Understanding Horses Part 10: Stand Still
Horses often need to be restrained for the veterinarian, farrier, or groom. Foals present particular problems, as do horses that might have been mishandled or who have never been taught to be patient and respect their handlers. Here are a few tips
Understanding Horses Part 9: Sans Twitch
Anderson believes twitched horses are dangerous, and twitches aren’t needed to tube, clip, trim/shoe, float, deworm, or medicate a horse.
Smart Mare, Smarter Vet
I am doing some positive reinforcement-based behavior modification for needle shyness in a draft broodmare. This mare is just too big and strong for the old-fashioned restraint methods of working around the problem. She has quite a repertoire of
Understanding Horses Part 8: Teaching the Movements
(Editor’s Note: Last month we discussed the start of using pressure to work on ground
Bitless: A New Breed of Bridle
What is the difference between The Bitless Bridle and other cross-under bitless bridles (CBBs) versus the traditional type of bit-free bridles such as the hackamore? Even more importantly, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the CBBs versus
