Our behavior expert looks at the reasons punishment often doesn’t work with horses and offers alternative solutions.
But, they were more likely to display “bold” behaviors (i.e., approaching unfamiliar objects) than bay horses.
Horses tended to recover from stress faster if they listened to classical music through specially designed headphones.
Nonlactating Thoroughbred mares perceived transrectal ultrasound exams as modest temporary stressors.
From behavioral changes to yawning, signs of neurologic problems in horses can be challenging to decipher.
Find out why a horse might start weaving and what, if anything, you can do about this stereotypy.
Touch-screen computers could remove the risk of human influence in research on equine decision-making and actions.
For the first time horses have been shown to be able to distinguish between angry and happy human facial expressions.
While equine social learning might be possible in some situations, it doesn’t seem to work with spatial detour tasks.
Studies focused on ophthalmology, gastrointestinal disease, foal medications, pain management, and more.
Does it feel like your horse hangs on the reins? A behaviorist offers possible causes and solutions to the problem.
Speakers will discuss how horses learn and how that knowledge can be applied to training.
An equine lawyer addresses buyer options after purchasing a horse with an unknown or undisclosed behavioral issue.
How can I teach my horse to let me put her blanket on over her head so I don’t have to unbuckle it each time?
Scientists studied the kinematics of both horse and rider to better understand exactly what goes on during collection.
As an attorney for Equine Legal Solutions, I frequently help unhappy horse buyers decide whether they have a viable legal case against the seller, and
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