Behaviour of Horses in the “Round Pen Technique”

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-194110
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.19411

Krueger, Konstanze

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Abstract

I investigated the behavioural background of the way horses learn to follow humans in the “round pen technique” suggested by "horse whisperers” as a gentle method for initial horse training. Though the practicability of this technique has been adequately demonstrated in the past, the horses‘ behaviour during such training has not yet been documented in detail. DIn a riding arena, horses, that did ...