Health & Education
We all want the best care possible for our horses. The Heath & Education section covers both Learning Institutions, Organizations as well as many sources for equine assistance including Veterinarians and Farriers.
For those who want a to formally study horses, the Education section includes College Riding, Equine Studies, and Veterinary Schools. Learn about the wide variety of horses in the Horse Breeds section. Supplements and Treatments Therapy are also included in the section.
Everyone can learn from Fine Art and there are some specialty Museums that might surprise you.
Horses as a therapy partner enrich the lives of the disabled. These facilities are listed in our Therapeutic Riding section. To help children and young adults build confidence and grow emotionally, please see the resources available on the Youth Outreach page.
Looking for a place to keep your horse? You can find it in the Horse Boarding section. Traveling? Find a Shipping company or Horse Sitting service if your horse is staying home!
Want to stay up to date with the latest training clinics or professional conferences? Take a look at our Calendar of Events for Health & Education for the dates and locations of upcoming events.
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by Debbie Roberts Loucks
Millions resolve to change habits every January. Few succeed.
Even more challenging, can a single person create massive change in an entire system? Has it happened before? Sure has!
Consider that the power of incremental change, overtime, amounts to massive transformation.
Confucius said, “To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”
Incremental change = Transformation, also applies to horses.
Monty Roberts Training Tip
Make it easy for the horse to succeed. — Monty Roberts
By meeting the needs of the horse and working calmly in the absence of violence, they will learn to trust their handlers and overcome fear and misunderstanding. If the horse trusts you, its ability to trust its environment greatly improves.
Does your horse have a habit you wish to re-train? Never underestimate the power of incremental learning.
We can take a simple, but dangerous, issue like standing still to mount, which is a ground manner that also affects riding. The first step with your horse is to establish good habits of standing still when asked and leading when asked. Allow your horse to make the mistake of moving, about three steps, before you ask your horse to stand still again. Do this as often as you lead your horse. This helps with their understanding of what the mistake was. If you don’t allow the mistake, you can’t help them correct it.
Read more: Debbie Roberts Loucks: The Big Power of Small Changes
It is not uncommon for the heart rates of a loving couple or a parent and child to sync up during intimate moments. Researchers at the Italian University of Pisa Department of Veterinary Sciences designed an experiment to see if this phenomenon also occurs between humans and equines. The preliminary study – which will serve as a spring board for further research – consisted of eleven humans and one mare.
The human participants were asked to interact with the mare as follows:
- Part 1: The human sat still in a chair in a stall next to the horse’s stall.
- Part 2: The human continued to sit still in the chair, but the horse entered the stall with the human and could explore the human through sniffing and touching.
- Part 3: the human groomed the horse.
Read more: Study Suggests An ‘Emotional Transfer’ Between Humans & Horses
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