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Horse Behavior

Horse Illustrated’s articles on horse behavior involve how to bond with your horse, how your horse reacts, what your horse is thinking, normal behavior, and more. Topics can include desensitizing your equine partner to various objects, how riders can create misbehaviors, how to motivate your mount, how to interpret actions and what they mean, how to avoid issues while on the ground and while in the saddle, how to be the leader with the herd, how equines behave in the wild, research into horse behavior, how the equine brain works, and so much more. If you want to understand how the equine mind works and how you can get the desired results with your partner, then look no further.

Using Animal Communication for a Deeper Connection with Your Horse

There is a growing desire among equestrians to learn more about animal communication to connect more deeply with horses. People…

2 months ago

Improve Your Horse’s Feeding Time Behavior

Feeding time always seems like a rush. Hurry up and feed so you can continue with your barn time or…

3 months ago

Evaluating Horses with the Basic Behaviors Profile

Learn how a 14-point checklist called the Basic Behaviors Profile (BBP) is helping adoptable horses find homes. Like dating, finding…

3 months ago

Choosing the Right Horse Using the Equine Challenge Assessment Tool

Whether adopting a horse from a local rescue or purchasing one from a reputable breeder, we can go beyond simply…

4 months ago

8 Causes of Stress in Horses

There are 8 common causes of stress in horses, but you can make changes to reduce the effects on your…

4 months ago

Training Horses with Positive Reinforcement

Animal behaviorist and equine welfare expert Emily Weiss, Ph.D., reveals the key to solving any equine behavior challenge: positive reinforcement.…

5 months ago

How to Bridle a Horse That Evades the Bridle

If you’ve been around horses long enough, you’ve likely come across at least one who actively tries to evade being bridled.…

6 months ago

Solutions for Cribbing

Cribbing is a self-soothing behavior that involves a horse grasping a solid object, such as a fence rail, with his…

6 months ago

How We Speak to Animals

Emotions play a crucial role in social species, helping regulate interactions. In animals, emotions can be assessed based on physiological,…

8 months ago

What is Trauma-Informed Horsemanship?

For most of us, “trauma-informed horsemanship” likely brings to mind the plethora of equine-assisted therapy and learning programs in which…

11 months ago