Horse-Rider Relationship

Horse-Rider Relationship

The effect of a nervous human

A nervous handler (a) or rider (b) may cause the horse to become more fearful. In this study, volunteers were asked to ride/lead their horse around an arena 4 times (Keeling et al, 2009).

What happened on the fourth round?

The effect of a nervous human

What happened on the fourth round?

NOTHING!!!

But - riders/handlers were told that an umbrella would suddenly appear from behind a barrier. The humans anticipated this but nothing actually happened.

Think you can con a horse? Think again!!

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What does this study tell us about the horse-human relationship?

Using the following article:

The influence of challenging objects and horse-rider matching on heart rate, heart rate variability and behavioural score in riding horses

• (Munsters et al, 2012)

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Provide a brief overview as to how horses were assessed as to whether they were a 'match' for a rider

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Explain how they assessed the 'compliance' of the horse

Equestrian terminology - appropriate and welfare conscious?

• Find definitions for 'Submission'

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Definitions for submission?