AGE125 — Equine Behavior
AGE 125 - Equine Behavior AGE 125 - Equine Behavior Description: Horse behavior as it relates to their care, healthy development, and overall welfare and needs. Perception, learning, communication, and stress are reviewed with a focus on the impact humans have on horses in management, sport, and industry. Basic behavior modification as well as ethical and effective training and handling principles within the context of behavior. Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Course Content: Equine behavior as a field of study How horses learn and communicate How perception and the equine brain relate to their behavior Welfare and behavioral needs in management and handling Principles of behavioral modification, and ethical and effective training for horses The impact humans have on horses in leisure, sport, and industry Learning