No, we don't mean spooky as in Halloween scary - these critters are startled by bags and bridges and clippers - and their own farts.
Behaviour
Hugh Graham offers advice for stress-free loading and unloading so that you can get to your destination on time and in one piece!
While we wish we never had to use physical restraints on our horses, unfortunately there are times it is necessary for everyone's safety.
While a conscientious training program, adequate turnout and regular exercise can help keep a horse more steady, there are feeding strategies that can help.
The COVID-19 lockdown can teach us a lot about the pain of enforced social isolation that is the established industry norm for our equine athletes.
After months of being apart, horse owners wonder if their horses will remember who they are after the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
We love our horses and hope they love us. But do they? Here, we review what research has shown, and how to build a stronger relationship.
Equine psychologist Antonia Henderson, Ph.D., discusses why horses need their whiskers, even if having them means looking less polished in the show ring.
Licking and chewing in horses originates from a surge in saliva output as the body switches from the sympathetic to the parasympathetic nervous system.
Although there is little research on grief in horses, researchers have documented numerous instances of what looks like grief in a variety of other animals.