Barclay (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "He still has some Barcleyisms but is much more relaxed and calm."
Category: Behavior
Barn Damage From Horse Behavior
Horses can often destroy a barn or at least the stall they live in using their teeth and hooves.
Behavior
The subject of behavior is fascinating to me because we all usually are interacting with a captive horse. Their behavior has adapted to what they kn…
Calm In A Barn Of Six (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Apollo, the nervous TB gelding that you thought was bitten as a colt s…
Cribbing And Other Unusual Addictive Behavior
Cribbing is an abnormal behavior of horses where the horse bites onto an object and pulls against it.
Crimson Feather Farm Diary (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Challenge complete. Juniper is more calm in hand. Noticed difference …
Deeper Contact (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "No longer reactive ground work is really getting so much better. I fee…
Difficult Horse Behavior
The difficult horse is one that a person has difficulty handling or working with.
Fight Or Flight In Horses – Podcast #012
"Fight Or Flight - How Horses React To You" - Doc T discusses the portions of the brain responsible for the horses identifying danger, analyzing the t…
Fight Or Flight Reactions
In essence, the horse will run away from a threat but if cornered, will fight.
Get Your Brain Right, Get Your Horse Right
"Cognitive Laziness" is how we interact with horses today. Through agenda driven medicine and marketing, I look at the collision of new and old.
Grain Based To Forage Based Diet (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. A video - "Grain Based To Forage Based Diet"
Herd Hierarchy
Every group of horses has an order in the social structure that when established, brings peace to the group. But when disrupted, brings chaos.
Horse Psychology With Dr Jenny Susser – Podcast #046 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Horse Psychology With Dr. Jenny Susser" - Today’s guest is Dr Jenny Susser, a sport and performance psychologist from Ocala, FL. In her words, she …
How Does The Horse Brain Work? – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The horse’s brain has been dissected and analyzed, but how does it work? Behaviorists have looked at how horses use their brains, and trainers have …
Jack And Kendra – A Calm Horse Is Found (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. A video titled "Jack And Kendra – A Calm Horse Is Found"
Mutual Grooming
Mutual grooming is when two horses stand facing in opposite directions and scratch each other using their teeth on the other horse's withers, neck, an…
Normal Foal Behavior
Foals are very different than adult horses. It is very important that they be dealt with on their level which is an infant and not an adult.
Oral Cavity – Flabby Cheeks
Flabby Cheeks is the description of excessive tissue that lays in front of the first lower cheek teeth of horses. It is one of the three major reason…
Persephone’s Diary (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Day Fourteen 8/4: The 1st two weeks have gone by quickly & I’ve seen…
Stall Kicking
The reasons for horses kicking the walls of their stall are numerous and so are the ways to protect them and the barn from the damage.
Tail Rubbing
Tail rubbing is common in stabled and non-stabled horses and the cause is simple as well as the solution. The frayed hairs at the tail head is evidenc…
Two Days To A New Horse (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. THIS IS A MUST SEE VIDEO "6 months before this video, this owner said h…
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) February 1, 2023 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
1)Threshold of pain. 2) Medication v sedation. 3) Cheek tooth fractures. 4) Tooth abscess. 5) Misoprostol & gut ulcers. 7) Laminitis in a donkey.
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) February 16, 2023 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
“Ask Me Anything” - The following questions were submitted (copied and pasted from the Q&A section in Zoom or from emails), along with any posted …
WARNING – This horse may kill you!
Remember Law 1, "A horse can kill you." Never be afraid as this is reflected in the horse. Follow a few guidelines and know that this can be achieved …
Weaving Behavior
Weaving is when a horse swings their head sideways in a pendulous motion while usually rocking back and forth from one front hoof to the other. In my…
What a difference grain makes! (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "The change in Houston’s attitude was miraculous. Within 2 days of re…
Why Is My Horse Girthy? – HorseSense With Doc T
This HorseSense™ 5 minute video describes the cause of grittiness in horses related to hind gut inflammation from inflammatory ingredients in horse …