New Articles and Blogs

• Is Your Horse Lonely?  The Negative Effects of Social Isolation (The Horse, June 3, 2021)
  
• Getting Back with the Horse After the Fall (The Horse, April 29, 2021)
  
• Do you 'Baby Talk' to Your Horse?  She Hears You. (The Horse, April 4, 2021)
  

Archived Articles and Blogs

Blogs

• Sign-tracking: What is it, and what does it have to do with clicker-training horses?
• Does your dog need a security blanket?  Reflections on the role of safety cues in training fearful animals
• Why is my dog still barking and lunging?  The role of fear incubation in anxiety=based behaviors
• ​Imprinting and Attachment in Horses (2012)
• Responses to Petting in Dogs, article review (2012)​

Articles​

• ​Basic Behaviors Profile (The Right Horse blogs, Sept 2018)
  
• Why train protected contact in horses? (The IAABC Journal, July 2017)
  
• Can Screening Predict Equine Success in an EAAT  Program? Strides, 22-26 (2012)
• Relapse of conditioned fear in horses-the four R's (June 2016, IAABC Ezine)

from The Horse 2019

• Do Horses Like Being Groomed?  Probably Not Study Finds (The Horse, Aug 1, 2019)
• ​Motion Sickness, Trailer Loading Troubles, and You Horse (The Horse ​Jan 2019)
• ​Is Your Horse a Right Handed Optimist?  (The Horse Jan 2019)

from The Horse 2018​​

• Do Horses Have Muscle Memory?  (The Horse Dec)
• Why Won't My Horse Go.... Even For A Cookie? (The Horse Nov)
• Why is My Horse Aggressive in the Stall?  (Sep)
• If Your Surgeon was Clicker Trained, Why Not Your Horse? (June)
• ​Incorporating Equine Learning Principles Into Veterinary Practice. (Feb)

from The Horse 2017

• Treat training horses while riding (Oct)
• ​Are horses self aware? (Sep)
• Dominance in horse-human relationships (Aug)
• Mountain bikes on the trail?  No problem for prepared horses. (June)
• Troubleshooting Trailer Loading, One Step at a Time (April)
• How to teach a horse to cross water (April)
• Show your horse you care for Valentine's Day (Feb 10)
• Cold weather and fresh horses (Jan 26)

from The Horse 2016

• Softening the hard-mouthed horse 
• Horses, humans, and trust
• Does your horse play catch me if you can? 
• When horses don't respond to corrections.
• Can my horse read my thoughts? 
• The horse 'waterboarding' incident deconstructed 
• Treat training while riding 
• Moody horses
• Common equine conflict behaviors (podcast)
• Do horses feel empathy? (Nov 10)
• Holiday gifts your horse will love

from ​The Horse 2015

• Do horses remember each other? 
• Recognizing pain in stoic horses 
• Why does my horse yawn during bridling? 
• Is there really such thing as a woman's horse? 
• Will coaxing a nervous horse reinforce her nervous behavior?
• Stop the mugging!  The use of treats in equine training 
• Don't judge a horse by his (or her) color 

from The Horse (summary of research by staff writers)

• Stress in therapeutic riding horses (2015)
• Does target training help reduce horses' stress? (2015)

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