ABSTRACT

This book is a general guide to understanding horse behavior, how the horse learns and how horse handlers can adjust their behavior to avoid creating anxiety in the horse. The author begins by providing an overview of the evolution of the horse and the consequences of domestication. She goes on to provide a very detailed description of normal equin

chapter |2 pages

Half Title

chapter |1 pages

Title Page

chapter |1 pages

Copyright Page

chapter |3 pages

Contents

chapter |1 pages

Preface

chapter |2 pages

Foreword

chapter |7 pages

Evolution

chapter |5 pages

Domestication

chapter |3 pages

Ontogeny

chapter |3 pages

Limitations of behavioral adaptability

part |1 pages

Part B: Inborn behavioral patterns – implications for management and handling

chapter |1 pages

Daily routine of free-roaming horses

chapter |14 pages

Social behavior

chapter |6 pages

Reproduction behavior

chapter |7 pages

Dam–foal behavior

chapter |9 pages

Eating behavior

chapter |2 pages

Drinking behavior

chapter |4 pages

Resting behavior

chapter |5 pages

Locomotion behavior

chapter |4 pages

Elimination and marking behavior

chapter |3 pages

Comfort behavior

chapter |3 pages

Play behavior

chapter |5 pages

Curiosity and exploratory behavior

chapter |3 pages

Categories of aberrant behavior

chapter |3 pages

Causes and triggers of problem behavior

chapter |34 pages

Diagnosis of problem behavior

chapter |9 pages

Eating behavior

chapter |6 pages

Locomotion behavior

chapter |9 pages

Social behavior

chapter |5 pages

Comfort behavior

chapter |3 pages

Resting behavior

chapter |18 pages

Unwanted behavior during handling

chapter |25 pages

Unwanted behavior under saddle or tack