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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.

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.…

2 weeks 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.…

4 weeks 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…

1 month 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,…

3 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…

6 months ago

A Glossary of Equine Vocalizations

While horses rely most on body language to communicate, the noises they make are also meaningful. There are four types…

9 months ago

Making a Spooky Horse More Confident

Use this step-by-step approach to make a spooky horse more confident or handle an unexpected scary scenario. Spooking isn’t fun…

10 months ago

Unlock the Secret to Equine Behavior

Read the full article about equine behavior in Horse Illustrated’s July 2024 issue! Below is some great content we couldn’t…

1 year ago

What is the Cause of Your Horse’s Behavior?

If asked what type of personality your horse has, you might say he’s an alpha, stubborn, people-pleasing, nervous, difficult, easy-going,…

1 year ago

Horse Body Language

A horse communicates how it is feeling at any given moment through his body language. A horse's mood is evident…

1 year ago