Understanding horse behaviour
By: Lesley Skipper
Publisher: New Holland
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781845376031; 9781845378073
Subjects: Horses; Behavior; Training
Description: Helps horse-owners (and horse lovers generally) to understand how domestic life - and the many demands we make of our horses, especially in training and competition - affect their behaviour and their psychological well-being.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 139) and index.
Table of contents: title: How stress affects horses; title: The importance of natural behaviors to horses; title: The need for companionship and an active social life; title: Training : principles versus methods; title: How horses respond; title: How horses cope with the demands of competition; title: The travel stress factor; title: A question of training; title: breed versus breed; title: Helping horses to cope with our demands; title: Lifestyle comparison; title: Survey of different breeds.