22. Can grooming improve your bond with your horse?

Heartland, Flicka, Black beauty, and just about any other horse movie is going to sell little girls the dream of a"true bond" with theirs horse of choice. However the reality and scientific research don't tend to back up Hollywood movies. This week we looked into grooming and if it can help strengthen our bond with our horses. We take a look at several different studies that research horse to horse grooming, as well as the internal reactions our horses have to us grooming them. We find out their favorite places to be groomed and everything else the research has to say! Follow along with us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/mudstuds_skullcaps/ If you have any questions, comments or concerns let us know [email protected] Resources https://handsongloves.com/about-us/?v=7516fd43adaa https://patents.google.com/patent/US20120180192A1/en?q=hands+gloves%2c+hors&oq=hands+on+gloves%2c+hors https://www.merckvetmanual.com/horse-owners/brain,-spinal-cord,-and-nerve-disorders-of-horses/parts-of-the-nervous-system-in-horses https://schleese.com/saddle-fit-and-bad-behaviour-part-ii-cranial-nerve-11-cn11/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260487236_Visual_attention_an_indicator_of_human-animal_relationships_A_study_of_domestic_horses_Equus_caballus https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/9/1564/htm https://www.paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/Gezondheid%20en%20gedrag/Feh%20%26%20Mazieres%20(1993)%20Grooming%20at%20a%20preferred%20site%20reduces%20heart%20rate%20in%20horses.pdf https://www.livescience.com/42198-what-is-oxytocin.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32993-z https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015446 https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39193