10 Things You Should Know About the Equine Mind

Have you ever wondered why your horse reacts to certain things and not to others?  What makes horses behave the way they do?  At the Western Veterinary Conference in 2012, Dr Robert Miller, DVM, a former equine practitioner from Thousand Oaks, California, talked about the top 10 things horse owners, riders, and caretakers should understand about how the equine mind functions.  The 1o things are:

1. Flight
2. Perception
3. Reaction Time
4. Desensitization
5. Learning
6. Memory
7. Dominance
8. Movement Control
9. Body Language
10. Precocial Birth

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