Preventing Behavior Problems in your Horse
Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
She has been featured on national and international television shows such as 20/20, CNN Larry King Live, 48 Hours, NBC Today, and the Discover channel. This video covers the following topics:
- What motivates your horse.
- Effect of eye contact on horses.
- Avoid high pitched noise and yelling.
- How your horse thinks in pictures.
- Preventing fear memories which can cause behavior problems.
- The importance of having a good first experience with a new thing such as a trailer to prevent future problems with going in a trailer.
- Troubleshooting behavior problems.
- Figure out what is triggering a fear memory which causes bucking or rearing and learn how to prevent this.
- Horses recognize people and vehicles by their voice and sounds.
- Explains the difference between instincts and true thinking in animals.
- Recognizing the importance of individual differences when training horses. Horses with flighty genetics respond differently than horses with calm genetics.
- Flighty horses must be introduced more gradually to new experiences than horses with a calm disposition.
- The importance of socializing young stallions to other horses to prevent excessive fighting.
Grandin Livestock Handling System, Inc.
Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
2918 Silver Plume Drive, Unit C3
Fort Collins, Colorado 80526 USA
(970)229-0703
www.grandin.com
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