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Understanding the ancient secrets of the horse's mind /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Robert M., 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Neenah, WI : Russell Meerdink Co., [1999]
Subjects:
Horses.
Behavior, Animal.
Table of Contents:
  • The ten ancient secrets of the horse's mind
  • Understanding the instinct to flee
  • Understanding the unique perception of the horse
  • Understanding the horse's response time
  • Desensitization to frightening stimuli
  • The fastest learner
  • The amazing memory of the horse
  • The dominance hierarchy
  • The body language of the horse
  • How leadership in established
  • A precocial species
  • Training newborn foals
  • Conditioned responses
  • Fixing and improving conditioned responses
  • Techniques for enhancing conditioned responses
  • Counter conditioning
  • Claustrophobia
  • Copycat (allelomimetic) behavior
  • The opposition reflex
  • Problem solving
  • Restraint
  • Safer horsemanship