The authors share 10 common challenges we present to horses and typify human-to-horse interactions as a culture clash, of sorts. It is interesting that equine veterinarians are more at risk of workplace injury than a firefighter.
Source: PhysOrg, July 31, 2020. Link. Horses rarely defend themselves out of malice but from react from fear. Understanding why horses find so many procedures unpleasant, frightening or painful is the first step to cutting them some much-needed slack.
INSIGHTS: The authors provide a questionnaire to allow horse owners to benchmark their horse or pony against thousands of others in a database. Click this link to access the Equine Behavior Assessment Research Questionnaire <link>.