Behavior
Understanding Horse Personalities, Part 1: The 4 Basic Personality Types
Knowing more about your horse’s personality type can help you ride and train better. By Yvonne Barteau for Dressage Today magazine.
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EquiSearch's Ask the Vet: Possible Sleep Deprivation
In this edition of EquiSearch.com's Ask the Vet, Dr. Joyce Harman encourages a horseowner to do some detective work to find out if her horse is sleep-deprived or in pain. -
What's Your Horse Saying With His Body Language?
Lynn Palm explains what this horse is "saying" with the language of his entire body, including the position and movement of his neck, muscles and skin. From the editors of Horse & Rider magazine. -
Understanding Horse Personalities, Part 4: Type Awareness in Training
Learn how to incorporate horse and human personality type awareness into your training. By Yvonne Barteau for Dressage Today magazine. -
Understanding Horse Personalities, Part 3: Human Personality Types
Knowing more about your own personality type helps you ride and train better. By Gail Rodecker and Yvonne Barteau for Dressage Today magazine. -
Understanding Horse Personalities, Part 2: How to Train, Reward Mixed Types
Learn how to better train and reward horses with mixed personality types. By Yvonne Barteau for Dressage Today magazine. -
EquiSearch's Ask the Vet: Mean Young Horse
Is a young gelding challenging authority or could there be another reason for his aggressive behavior? Dr. Joyce Harman offers advice in EquiSearch.com's Ask the Vet. -
Nature Meets Nurture: Management Schemes Designed for Equines
Whether feeding, handling or sorting pasture mates, be sure to "think like a horse"! Here's a look at some horse-friendly management schemes, courtesy of equine behavior experts. -
Equine Expressions: Understanding Your Horse's Body Language
Understanding equine body language is critical to successful horse-human interactions. Find out what it all means. -
Primary Categories of Equine Behavior
Here's a look at the 11 primary categories of equine behavior categories, with comments from behavioral experts.
