Archive for the ‘Ethology’ Category
What is a Horse?
Written by Hiddenhorse on 05/10/2009 – 1:54 pm -This is the simplest of questions and yet it is often something that people who have spent a lifetime with horses cannot answer. Even career, equine professionals, with forty years experience behind them cannot answer this question, – and yet of all the things a horse owner must understand about a horse THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING! It is quite simply, the key to understanding everything your horse does, it is the key to your relationship, it is the key to a long happy and healthy life for you and your horse it is, – the key to everything…. Read more »
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What is an Ethogram?
Written by Hiddenhorse on 30/09/2009 – 11:24 am -My second principle of natural horse keeping states:
We base or relationship on the ethogram of the horse. That means
Life in a herd, a life full of natural movement, a diet that closely relates to the natural fiber based diet and barefoot .
The first thing about this principle that you might want to understand is, what is an ethogram? Read more »
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What is Ethology?
Written by Hiddenhorse on 17/09/2009 – 9:38 pm -Basically ethology is the study of animal behavior, with the emphasis on studying animal behavior in the wild. The first ethologists were field zoologists who observed and recorded animal behavior, from their observations they cross-referenced and compiled lists of verified behaviors, these lists are known as ethograms. So an ethogram is really an documented ‘model’ of the behaviors of a species. Read more »
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