LoFoSoEquineBehavior

This is what is often called a 'sour horse' but personally I don't like that terminology. There is always a reason for behavior. Hyakutani is a healthy 20 y/o former endurance horse that arrived 2 ...

Blitz is a 5 year old Arabian gelding. He was mounted with the help of a handler and led around the paddock on 2 separate occasions. In this video he is mounted and ridden for the first time withou...

First time mounting a young horse shouldn't be a stressful event for the horse. There is absolutely no reason to 'break' a horse or 'sack' or 'sandbag' a horse, as with the right preparations they ...

How to teach a horse to stand still for grooming without tying? This 20 year old mare is taught that we want her to stand still for grooming without being tied. This can be accomplished different w...

Horse training should not be stressful to the horse. If the 'unbroke' horse learns to stand still for a mounting block it makes it less stressful when it comes time to mount. First time mounting I ...

Clicker training can be used to teach a horse many things in a pleasant low stress way. It can also be used to help a horse desensitize. The good thing about doing this at liberty is that the horse...

Clicker Training is a fun and low stress way to teach your horse all kinds of things. You can even use it while in the saddle or at a distance. This video shows how to get your horse familiar with ...

Even though my main focus has always been Equine Behaviour, one has to learn each and every aspect of the horse in order to be able to interpret this behaviour properly. EVERYTHING influences behav...

Horses mutually groom each other to develop and maintain pair bonds. Humans can strengthen the bond they have with their horse by scratching their neck and withers and anywhere else the horse prefe...

When horses (often stallions) are controlled by means of stallion chains (stud chains), yelling and jerking on the lead shank it often results in some form of head shyness. For this stallion the he...

Ascribing human characteristics to animals or things (anthropomorphism) is something we all do to certain extend. It's human nature. But we go too far if we think that a horse needs to be cared for...

There is method to my madness! I received several messages on previous videos of this stallion that I should never tolerate such 'bad behaviour'. Proof is in the pudding, the stallion was not behav...

Stallion playing with his new buddy, a 3 year old gelding. Stallions are just like any other horse, they need equine company.

This is a 5 year old Belgian cross gelding that already had several owners. He was originally meant to be a Mennonite cart horse, but when that didn't work out he ended up as a trail horse. His lat...

Does your horse get enough LoFoSo? LoFoSo stands for: Locomotion, Forage and Socialization and this video shows clearly that stallions with troubled behaviour greatly benefit from LoFoSo, just like...

Arabian Stallion - Jabez CFA

Stallions often lead a very lonely life, but it doesn't have to be that way. In nature stallions that lost their harem, or don't have their own harem yet, form bachelor bands. With this in mind and...

Stallions that are kept from estrous mares tend to get frustrated and this frustration can be directed towards other horses, people and towards themselves. Stallions are often considered 'dangerous...

The older (senior or geriatric) horse needs special care and different feeding management. This is Shantzy, a 32 y/o Arabian mare that can't keep weight on while on grass. Healthy otherwise and not...

Horses that are difficult to lead often spend most of their days in a stall. The excitement just takes over. It is more difficult even, when stallions have to be turned out in close proximity to ma...

Our Peruvian Paso Rolando loves a good scratch and just like a cat he likes to stretch himself out and enjoys it. That is, until our Quarter Horse comes to spoil it for him :-)

This is not my horse and not my farm. A complaint from the handler about the behaviour of this 18 year old stallion named El Victor struck me as odd as he is usually very gentle, but now bites when...

The effects of chronic stress on horses may last months, years or even a lifetime. This video, made as a guest presentation for the UofG course 'Advanced Equine Behaviour', shows three examples of ...

Introducing 5 year old stallion and (almost) 3 year old colt. The stallion is stabled and the colt still lives in a herd including its dam, one other mare and two fillies. The colt is very stoic an...

Socializing a 5 year old Arabian stallion with a 7 year old miniature gelding. After been stalled side by side for several days they are turned out in adjoining paddocks and can really touch each o...

Stallions often lead a very lonely life and benefit greatly from some extra handling and the enrichment that it brings. Look at this guy enjoying hand walking on the property. Of course they have t...

Not my horse, not my farm! First attempt to try and play with this almost 5 year old stallion without getting hurt in the process. It has been almost 3 years since the last time this boy played wit...

Lacey, a 11 y/o QH mare has some trust issues due to her prior situation. She used to be a broodmare out west (Canada) and when coming to Ontario she went through auction 2x in a short period of ti...

Lacey, a 11 y/o QH mare has some trust issues due to her prior situation. She used to be a broodmare out west (Canada) and when coming to Ontario she went through auction 2x in a short period of ti...

Lacey, a 11 y/o QH mare has some trust issues due to her prior situation. She used to be a broodmare out west (Canada) and when coming to Ontario she went through auction 3x in a short period of ti...