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Care & Training

Research articles on the care and training of the horse.

Care & Training 

Equine instinct and horses doing what’s easiest

March 5, 2015March 17, 2015 Neil Davies 7448 Views 1 Comment

Forget about respect. It’s got nothing to do with horse training.

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Care & Training 

Winning with horses and the meaning of life – part 2

March 2, 2015July 29, 2016 Jean Luc Cornille 3339 Views 0 Comments

Sometimes the reasons for failure are not as simple as first suspected.

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Respect and desensitisation – and two-legged cowards

February 28, 2015March 17, 2015 Neil Davies 4375 Views 2 Comments

When are these people going to join the dots? All the ‘gaining of respect’ and ‘desensitisation’ doesn’t work.

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The equine vs. human point of view – which do you use?

February 25, 2015February 28, 2015 Neil Davies 2262 Views 0 Comments

Concentrate on what works best for your horse, writes Neil Davies.

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How smart is your horse?

February 20, 2015February 24, 2015 Neil Davies 6339 Views 0 Comments

Neil Davies talks horse smarts – and how early education affects how horses take to being ridden.

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A Polish study noted it took Anglo-arabian colts longer to be saddled than Arabian and Thoroughbred colts and fillies.
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Smart horses no guarantee of trouble-free training – study

February 18, 2015February 24, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 3705 Views 0 Comments

Researchers assess Thoroughbreds, Arabians and Anglo-arabians.

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The explanation of Entheses: Saving the horse’s legs

February 17, 2015February 24, 2015 Jean Luc Cornille 24692 Views 3 Comments

Proper functioning of the hoof capsule is necessary but there is more.

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Why training horses by a set schedule is a bad idea

February 9, 2015February 19, 2015 Neil Davies 2445 Views 0 Comments

Never aim to reach a certain stage in a certain time when training a horse.

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How an eye on equine entheses can beat navicular

February 8, 2015February 19, 2015 Jean Luc Cornille 13284 Views 10 Comments

Movements problems can reveal site of damage before X-ray.

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Care & Training Health 

How to help your horse kiss ‘Kissing Spine’ goodbye

February 4, 2015January 19, 2022 Visconte Simon Cocozza 295535 Views 57 Comments

The science behind Kissing Spine and avoiding it with simple exercises to improve your horse’s gaits.

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Your horses will be counting on you when disaster strikes. Are you prepared?
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Five cold-weather tips for horse owners

January 31, 2015February 3, 2015 Contributor 4290 Views 0 Comments

Hot tips to see you through a cold winter in the northern hemisphere.

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Horse drugs and medication: don’t overdo it

January 30, 2015November 19, 2020 Barbara Sheridan  26567 Views 0 Comments

Some horse owners give “too much of a good thing” when dishing out medication.

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Good horse behaviour starts with your behaviour

January 26, 2015February 16, 2015 Neil Davies 5099 Views 1 Comment

It’s pointless to blame your horse if he doesn’t respond.

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Horse training: spare the rod and the whip

January 16, 2015July 10, 2015 Jean Luc Cornille 12795 Views 1 Comment

Don’t get stuck in the past and try to emulate the old Classical Masters.

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Sitting on the fence no help in training horses

January 14, 2015January 16, 2015 Neil Davies 3914 Views 3 Comments

Getting a horse “used” to something shows a lack of understanding of how they learn.

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Boring routines, picky bosses, limited rewards. Little wonder horses sometimes buckle under stress.
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Horse training: Why the science is flawed

December 10, 2014December 13, 2014 Neil Davies 6402 Views 5 Comments

There’s no such such thing as habituation in relation to training horses, writes Neil Davies.

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Scratching that itch: Here’s the rub over horse training

December 5, 2014December 9, 2014 Neil Davies 11087 Views 1 Comment

You’ll never rub your horse up the wrong way if you follow this simple method.

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Wild horses in the Triple B Herd Management Area. Photo: BLM
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No need to ‘go bush’ and follow the herd

November 30, 2014December 3, 2014 Neil Davies 2193 Views 0 Comments

Want to be herd leader? Don’t bother trying; horses know you’re not one of them.

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Give the flap the flick

November 19, 2014February 21, 2015 Neil Davies 2540 Views 1 Comment

I’ve never found plastic bags blowing in the wind or umbrellas suddenly opening a problem.

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Using sense and sensitisation in horse training – or not

November 10, 2014 Neil Davies 3313 Views 0 Comments

The only part of any horse that anyone can teach is his mind.

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