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25.01.2022 Technical but informative. Makes a lot of sense intuitively, but that said, there are times when that feeling of being held in can impart confidence when sitting on a horse that is likely to be unpredictable.

23.01.2022 Probably not surprising, but still disturbing from a welfare perspective. Particularly that most bit related injuries are internal so would be missed by the majority of riders. https://thehorse.com//study-bit-related-lesions-found-in-/

23.01.2022 Useful. Applicable to equine studies too. https://www.nature.com//policy-twenty-tips-for-interpretin

21.01.2022 Lunging rollers, not as benign in terms of back pressure as they appear despite their light weight.

20.01.2022 Pasture for horses workshop. Come join us if you'd like to learn more about managing a healthy pasture for horses :) Contact Judith at the Southern Tablelands Riding School for bookings.

19.01.2022 Great training on view here. Love how laid back the camel is.

19.01.2022 Talented jumper, super riding. But does not appear to be a happy horse. So common in the equestrian world to normalise this or find it amusing. Without knowing anything about the backstory of this vid there is no way to tell what's behind this behaviour. But it does make me wonder what's going on in the brain and body to elicit these responses to jumping.

18.01.2022 Really interesting and in many ways unsurprising. I've drastically changed the way I train loading as a result of my PhD research away to mainly rely on positive reinforcement with the whip used very sparingly for direction control (keeping the horse straight once they are loading). This study suggests there are multiple benefits in terms of reducing injuries during loading and travel for doing away with the whip at loading completely. One caveat, its results are based on s...elf-reported data via a survey and it isn't clear how whips are used in loading by the respondents. I believe that dressage type whips can have an ethical place in training float loading, but, what this study and others like it do reveal is that there can be negative consequences during travel for horses loaded using stressful methods, despite any success we might have in actually getting the horse on. See more

18.01.2022 Selling on old horses, even those with 'some life left in them' is something I find heartbreaking. This post explains why.

15.01.2022 Useful. Have seen firsthand what happens when a corneal ulcer isn't treated- rupture of the eyeball. Horrible. (Not my horsea welfare case I worked on.)

11.01.2022 Not surprising. Well designed study reports what many of us will have observed with our own horses. The experience of having a metal bit placed in the mouth and a saddle strapped tightly around the body is unlikely to be pleasant for the horse. They obviously habituate to it in so far as they (mostly) allow themselves to be tacked up, but this study confirms that many give us clear signs they find it uncomfortable and unpleasant. https://www.horsetalk.co.nz//horses-abnormal-behaviours-/

10.01.2022 Topics about horse behaviour/training you would like to know more about? Am starting to think about life after the PhD (still got a bit to go, so consider this post as a displacement activity...), however am thinking of running some one day workshops in the autumn, sharing what I have learned over the past few years. So are there any specific topics that would be of interest? Ok, back to the writing now :)

10.01.2022 No words. Whips and tongue-ties should be banned from racing.

10.01.2022 Brilliant work by this team making it easier to assess horse (and other animal welfare) using the most up to date methods. What is very useful about this approach is it includes ideas about how what we do with our horses can be both good and bad for their welfare. Well worth the time investment. Great work team!

08.01.2022 These photos clearly demonstrate what a relaxed (voluntary( stretch looks like).

08.01.2022 Hi all I am working with a team from Charles Sturt University and the Horse Trust in the UK to investigate what people think about horse emotions. We have developed a survey to find out people's views on this topic. We'd be grateful if you could fill it in and also share it widley. Thanks! Background info:... Do horses have emotions? Are they the same as human emotions? Are their emotions important for understanding their behaviour or how to train them? Would you like to help us find out more about what horsey people know about emotions in horses? There is an increasing interest in understanding the sorts of emotions that animals experience, particularly because this tells us something about their welfare. However, it’s not clear if we all agree on what emotions animals experience or how they express them, whether positive ones such as feeling happy, or negative ones like feeling sad. The Horse Trust which is funding this project and a team of researchers are interested in understanding people’s views on what kinds of emotions horses might experience and what signs people use to identify or interpret horse emotions. We have developed a short, anonymous survey to find out more about what horsey people know and believe about horse emotions. The information you provide in this survey could help improve our understanding of how horse emotions affect the humanhorse relationship, which may lead to better welfare outcomes for horses. If you are over 18 years of age and would like to participate in this study by completing this short survey, please click on the link below https://equineemotion.skyveapp.com.au/equineem/survey.xhtml See more

08.01.2022 Outstanding post by Denny Emerson. Less is best.

07.01.2022 No surprises here-great work by this team. The day when it is no longer acceptable to whip racehorses is getting closer. https://theconversation.com/research-shows-whipping-horses-

07.01.2022 Food for thought. Despite what many purveyors of different aversive based training methods may claim, there is actually almost no peer reviewed evidence about which method is actually better or more humane for horses except for positive reinforcement (food based) training methods. Food based methods are preferred by horses. Some people claim their method has science behind it, but when you look at their data, it doesn't really substantiate what they say. ...Continue reading

07.01.2022 True for horses too

06.01.2022 More evidence that whips aren't beneficial to race performance. Past time to ban their use in racing. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/11/1985

05.01.2022 Classic example of good health being equated to good welfare. And so missing by a mile the many welfare issues with rodeo. Interesting focus on the flank strap needing to be not tight enough to prevent the horse from bucking but no mention of how tight the saddle girths need to be to keep them in place during the bucking. And unsurprisingly since it is a piece about horse welfare, no comment about the injury or welfare issues with the cattle used in rodeos, particularly th...e young calves. https://thehorse.com//veterinarian-pro-rodeo-boasts-99-9-/?

01.01.2022 Very true. The only times we had horses on their own here was if there was a veterinary reason to keep them isolated. Otherwise they were always kept with at least one companion. This included client horses. We found that new horses always settled more quickly with companions than being isolated.

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