A better understanding of how horses communicate and being able to read their body language can help you improve your relationship with your own horse and give you the confidence to make better-informed choices about riding, handling and training and help keep you safe every day.
This course, from equine behaviour consultant Justine Harrison, is an introduction to equine body language and communication. You will benefit from an improved understanding of how your own horse behaves and how they communicate with each other as well as gaining new practical skills to recognise when your horse is stressed, frightened, relaxed or in pain.
You will learn:
• How horses communicate
• How to read equine body language
• How posture and body language reveals equine emotions
• How to recognise pain, stress and fear
• How to assess the horse’s emotional thresholds
• When is the best time to train your horse
• How we misinterpret equine body language
• Tips to improve your horse’s behaviour and reduce stress
This course is aimed at horse owners, students and equestrian professionals interested in learning about horse behaviour. You don't need any prior knowledge about horse behaviour to take this course.
Once enrolled you have 60 days to complete the course.
A truly 5 stars course. Anyone with an interest in horses whether professional or not cannot come away without feeling so much more educated and empowered t...
Read MoreA truly 5 stars course. Anyone with an interest in horses whether professional or not cannot come away without feeling so much more educated and empowered to understand horses. Excellent course for all BHS APC and pleased to see it counts towards CPD. Would like to see this content included progressively in the BHS qualifications as the content contains the latest research findings.
Read LessA must- do for horse owners and professionals.
A must- do for horse owners and professionals.
Read LessThis course was absolutely brilliant, thank you. I had always found myself to be quite good at reading horses body language, however I found myself being con...
Read MoreThis course was absolutely brilliant, thank you. I had always found myself to be quite good at reading horses body language, however I found myself being contradicted by other equine professionals, particularly trainers. At least I I can confirm to myself that I was on the right track. This is paramount for my horse's welfare.
Read LessVery interesting, informative, course. A lot of information I was aware of and use in my daily work, but there was still a large amount of information that ...
Read MoreVery interesting, informative, course. A lot of information I was aware of and use in my daily work, but there was still a large amount of information that was very helpful. The videos and photos were a great help, to visually see what signs to be looking for. A must for all equestrian people, whether you think you know it or not .
Read LessAn absolutely excellent course! I am so happy to see this on the BHS CPD options.
An absolutely excellent course! I am so happy to see this on the BHS CPD options.
Read LessI loved taking this course, so much information and easy to navigate not to mention excellent value .
I loved taking this course, so much information and easy to navigate not to mention excellent value .
Read LessIntricate and informative explanation on equine behaviour. Especially useful to look at the subtleties of behaviours and misconceptions. Thank you.
Intricate and informative explanation on equine behaviour. Especially useful to look at the subtleties of behaviours and misconceptions. Thank you.
Read LessJustine explained everything so clearly and gave lots of examples to enable us to see exactly what she ment. She gave reasoning behind what she said and how ...
Read MoreJustine explained everything so clearly and gave lots of examples to enable us to see exactly what she ment. She gave reasoning behind what she said and how this benefits our horses and indeed ourselves. I thoroughly enjoy Justine's courses and highly recommend them to all equine enthusiasts!
Read LessThoroughly enjoyed this course and learned a lot! Full of information, very engaging and well paced and planned. Lots to think about and to use when interact...
Read MoreThoroughly enjoyed this course and learned a lot! Full of information, very engaging and well paced and planned. Lots to think about and to use when interacting with horses. Highly recommended.
Read LessAll Horse owners should take this course, to better help understand what their horse is trying to communicating to them. Well Done! Excellent Course.
All Horse owners should take this course, to better help understand what their horse is trying to communicating to them. Well Done! Excellent Course.
Read LessI just started the course on understanding equine body language and found it super engaging and interesting. This course will prove invaluable to horse owner...
Read MoreI just started the course on understanding equine body language and found it super engaging and interesting. This course will prove invaluable to horse owners new and experienced because outside this course, this information is not taught well within the horse industry. The course platform is super easy to navigate and the content is well structured, super easy to follow but interesting at the same time. I loved the use of image and video examples intermixed with some real life stories. I am looking forward to starting the next module. Thanks so much!
Read LessI'm new to learning about horses and found this course very interesting. The videos covered many relevant topics with info backed up by studies. I wasn't fam...
Read MoreI'm new to learning about horses and found this course very interesting. The videos covered many relevant topics with info backed up by studies. I wasn't familiar with how to recognise pain in horses in particular and so this topic was most helpful. I found it to be a really good starting point regarding horse behaviour and body language and will be purchasing further courses by understand horses.
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