Horse Behavior Webcast Series - Includes all three webcast recordings described below!
Gain access to all three of the following Horse Behavior Webcast recordings:
- Horse Behavior Categories
- Understanding Horse Body Language, and
- Managing Horse Behavior - Let Your Horse Be a Horse.
Horse Behavior Categories - Archived Webcast
Speaker: Dr. Camie Heleski, Michigan State University
Understanding the categories of horse behavior will help you know whether your horse is behaving normally or not. The following categories of horse behavior will be discussed in this webcast: ingestive (eating and drinking), eliminative, investigative, social facilitation, care giving and care seeking, sexual, aggressive, contactual and play. By understanding the primary categories of horse behaviors, you can become more in tune with your horse and provide your horse a safer and happier environment.
Understanding Horse Body Language - Archived Webcast
Speaker: Dr. Katherine Houpt, Cornell University
Perception and communication in horses will be discussed in this webcast including auditory (neigh, nicker, roar, snort), visual (ears, tail, nostrils) and olfactory (feces, urine, breath and equine appeasing pheromone) behaviors. Also, the role of flehmen (lip curl) in the special sense perceived in the vomeronasal organ (sense of smell) will be explained.
Managing Horse Behavior: Let Your Horse Be a Horse - Archived Webcast
Speaker: Dr. Cindy McCall, Auburn University
Horses which have some freedom to act like a horse usually exhibit fewer behavioral "problems" and perform more happily and consistently than horses that are managed in ways that ignore their natural behavior patterns. This webcast discusses the natural behavior patterns of horses and ways to modify your horse management practices so that your horse has opportunities to perform these natural behaviors.
