Look for a horse that’s alert to its surroundings and pays special attention to unusual objects. This is where the subtlety comes in. You want the horse to be observant, but you don’t want it to become agitated and frightened when it sees something.
Once the decision has been made to use some form of restraint, the device should be applied quickly, properly, and with purpose.
A veterinary behavior student at The University of California,
Why is it that dogs and cats follow objects that go up, but horses (or maybe it’s just my horse) do not?
Why do some defecate onto the walls of the stall, pasting manure onto their tails, hindquarters, and all over
In the horses you have observed in the wild, do they wet their feet every day? If so, please explain how they do it.
Horse owners know that a low-pitched nicker indicates friendly recognition, and an anxious call is a sign of stress. Now researchers are looking for a scientific link between the acoustic properties of equine communications and their possible
The Kentucky Horse Park (KHP) welcomes the return of equine behaviorist and trainer Chris Irwin on October 27-28. He will be offering private and semi-private sessions at the Maker?s
Horses suffering a skull fracture often had a history of being handled with the horse rearing and flipping over, striking the head on the ground, or hitting its head on an overhead structure such as a trailer or stall ceiling.
To work with horses successfully, we must be able to communicate adequately with voice, touch, and body language.
It is better–and easier–to prevent a horse from starting the habit of cribbing than it is to stop that habit.
Q: I have worked with many different breeding stallions, including Thoroughbreds and Warmbloods back east, then mostly Arabians and Quarter Horses in Texas. We now have a halter stallion that does something I’ve never seen
When handling a horse, you are better prepared for his actions and reactions if you can interpret his body language, to know whether he is at ease with what you are doing, nervous, afraid, annoyed, or resentful.
My horse has become carnivorous! She eats roadkill such as dead birds, and now I’ve discovered her stomping on a live rabbit in her stable. She picked it up in her mouth, bashed it against the stable wall, and ate it.
Bucking is a misunderstood horse activity. Most people look at bucking as an ornery habit, something the horse does when he’s trying to get out of work. Or when he just doesn’t feel like cooperating at that moment for some reason or another.
In a web site advice column written by a veterinarian, he claimed that if a blacksmith trims or shoes a horse incorrectly so that the horse becomes lame within a couple of weeks of work, the horse will make the connection that the blacksmith was
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