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Recently, an interesting article written by an Australian gentleman by the name of John O’Leary was brought to my attention (thank-you Beks!).
Mr O’Leary has given horse transport and safety a lot of thought and provides a detailed account of how he thinks horses perceive their world and its impacts on their travelling problems. To access this opinion-piece [...]
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Do you stable your horse? Do you experience unwanted behaviours as a result, possibly caused by the incarceration? You are not alone.
Movement in pastured and feral horses
A huge insight into the deficits of our housing systems on horses is seen by the information that horses are built to move up to 65-80km per day. Feral [...]
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Consider the appropriate living environment for the horse – a social, roaming flight animal. Give him as much room as is possible and practicable; give him at least one friend, preferably in the same paddock (if not another horse , then at least a sheep or goat…); if stabled, ensure he can easily see and [...]
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