EPISODE · Mar 26, 2022 · 28 MIN
Horse herd leaders
from Lead a Horse to Water · host Trudi Dempsey
Science continues to inform us about the nature of horses and old accepted ideas of herd leader (alpha stallion and mare) have been reconsidered. This is not a scientific stroll but a practical chatty episode about horses exhibiting behaviours that might be considered as 'leadership' qualities or dominance along with the assumption that there is a 'pecking order' in horse herds. Thanks to Jo and her enquiring mind for the great question. Equitation Science position statement on misuse of leadership and dominance in training
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Science continues to inform us about the nature of horses and old accepted ideas of herd leader (alpha stallion and mare) have been reconsidered. This is not a scientific stroll but a practical chatty episode about horses exhibiting behaviours that might be considered as 'leadership' qualities or dominance along with the assumption that there is a 'pecking order' in horse herds. Thanks to Jo and her enquiring mind for the great question. Equitation Science position statement on misuse of leadership and dominance in training
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