Resources for Horse Behaviour and Safety

This page is a collection of the many resources that are included within the course for quick reference, organized by course lesson. For questions about these resources, or to request additional information about the topics presented, please send an email to [email protected]

Portal Resources:

Discussion Guide

Welcome to the Horse Portal

1.2 – Wild vs. Stabled

What causes stable vices or stereotypies? (pdf)

Driving Horses Mad (pdf)

Horse Publications Group has provided the above article, “Are you driving your horse mad?” (Horse Sport, August 2005) for use in discussion for this course. Thank you to Amy Harris, Editor and Horse Publications Group for their support.

View video:Stereotypic behaviour video (Youtube)

(note: no audio with above video)

2.2 – How your horse sees

“How your horse sees” (horse.com video)

Horse Vision (The Horse.com website)

Horse Vision 2 (The Horse.com website)

2.3 – How horses hear

Horse Hearing (the Horse.com website)

3.2 – Horse Behaviour

Does your horse kick or bite for no reason? (pdf)

Maybe there is a reason (pdf)

3.4 – Horse Behaviour

Equine Behavior: A Guide for Veterinarians and Equine Scientists
Author: Paul McGreevy BVSc PhD (Editor)
Published by: Saunders Ltd. in 2012
ISBN-10: 0702043370 ISBN-13: 978-0702043376

4.2 – Safety Rules

Basic Safety Around Horses (pdf)

Approaching a Horse (video)

Tips for Safe Handling of Horses for the Vet or Farrier

Don’t break your vet (video series)

“Safe Turn Out”: