Reading the Horse 2023

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Reading the Horse 2023

Course
52 Lessons
90-day access

We will look at what facial expression, posture and behaviour can tell us about how the horse feels. Each section consists of video lesson, a video exercise for you to have a go at, and answers. Access to lessons for 90 days from start.

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Introduction

Why does it matter whether or not we can read the horse? Discover how the ability to read the horse is fundamental to good horse welfare. How can we identify signs of stress or signs of positive mental state if we can't recognise how each individual horse is feeling.

Introduction to Reading the Horse with Dr Helen Spence.mp4

Preview

Week One: Behaviour

Introduction- please read first!.pdf

Introductory definitions subtitled.mp4

1. Approach Behaviour subtitled.mp4

Preview

2. Play Behaviour subtitled.mp4

3. Positive and negative anticipatory behaviour subtitled.mp4

4. Eating, drinking subtitled.mp4

5. Affiliative behaviour subtitled.mp4

6. Escape behaviour subtitled.mp4

7. Avoidance behaviour subtitled.mp4

8. Shutting down subtitled.mp4

9. Freezing behaviour subtitled.mp4

10. Offensive behaviour subtitled.mp4

11. Defensive behaviour subtitled.mp4

12. Displacement behaviour subtitled.mp4

13. Self Soothing behaviour subtitled.mp4

Homework week one.mp4

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Week one check in.mp4

Week one Homework Answers

Homework week one ANSWERS.mp4

Week Two: Posture

1. Introducing posture subtitled.mp4

2. Head height subtitled.mp4

3. Neck and back posture subtitled.mp4

4. Breathing subtitled.mp4

5. Stance subtitled.mp4

7. Tail subtitled.mp4

Homework Week 2 Subtitled.mp4

Week Two Homework Answers

Homework week 2 answers subtitled.mp4

Week 3: Facial Expression

1. Overall facial expression subtitled.mp4

2. Mouth subtitled.mp4

3. Chin subtitled.mp4

4. Nostrils subtitled.mp4

5. Jaw subtitled.mp4

6. Ears subtitled.mp4

7. Eyes subtitled.mp4

Week 3 Homework.mp4

Week Three Homework Answers

Week 3 Homework ANSWERS subtitled.mp4

Week Four: Putting it all together

1. Putting it all together observing horses subtitled.mp4

2. Putting it all together observing horses subtitled.mp4

3. Putting it all together observing horses subtitled.mp4

4. Introduction to the nervous system.mp4

5. A quick overview of emotion in horses.mp4

6. Introduction to Learning Theory.mp4

7. Identifying stressors.mp4

8. Trigger stacking.mp4

9. Conditioned suppression.mp4

10. Learned Helplessness.mp4

11. Pain.mp4

Putting it all together Homework.mp4

Week Four Homework Answers

Week Four Homework ANSWERS subtitled.mp4

Conclusions

You're nearly there! Just finish this final section and if you have watched/ listened to all the lessons on the course you will be sent a certificate of completion. Thank you so much for taking the time to do the course. I hope it helps all the horses you work with and that you feel that you have learned lots!

Helen xo

When to call the Clinical Equine Behaviourist!.mp4

Final information!.pdf