Horse behaviour blog posts

Most horse training and behaviour change techniques come with side effects. Are you prepared for them?

I recently took Dr Emma Lethbridge's Trauma-Informed Horse Trainer Certificate program, through the Understand Horses Learning Platform....

Can horses develop trauma? All animals, including horses, eventually experience pain, loss, illness, injury, and fear. These unpleasant events are universal to all living creatures capable of feeling emotions and physical sensations. However, when a horse experiences extreme fear or suffering, they may develop trauma: lasting behavioural, psychological, and physiological changes that affect the horse long after the event itself is over. Not all horses will develop trauma if e