Husbandry & Training

What do you do when your horse refuses to pass an object or animal?

Positive reinforcement found to be preferable to negative when training horses in stressful situations.

The researchers found that dressage and high-school horses showed higher levels of anxiousness than those taking part in other disciplines.

The authors said a recent review of tack-induced riding accidents listed more than 200 negative behavioural responses and 40 different diseases caused by the bit.

Can we manage factors that may influence whether mammals such as horses produce male or female offspring?

The use of DNA technology is something most of us are familiar with — mostly thanks to its uses in human forensics. But its applications in the equine world, including DNA profiling for identification and parentage, screening tests for coat colour and some inherited diseases, are growing all the time.