Horse spooking: desensitisation and habituation is how horses learn
We all know that feeling when our horse suddenly spies something that we know is safe but they think is terrifying. Credit: Alamy
How horses learn is integral to how we work with them. It is stating the obvious to say that we need to understand the processes through which horses learn to be able to train them effectively. Yet, multiple studies have shown that an understanding of the basic “nuts and bolts” of how horses learn is […]