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Let’s start with something new and fresh at the beginning of the New Year! Using positive reinforcement to facilitate equine healthcare is quite a new technique compared to the traditional methods of working with horse patients. But why not to add some treats to treatment? What is positive reinforcement? Positive reinforcement is technically one of the four quadrants...
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Tired fighting with non-compliant horse patients but not so much interested in diving into the behaviour modification problematics? Here I have a few easy tips for you how to get along with horse patients safely and effectively without eliciting a defensive response. Although the biggest responsibility for horse behaviour lies on his owner, this article is addressed primarily...
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Although being primarily focused on horses, I decided to dedicate this article to cats. Why? Because I have literally plenty of them! Currently, we have five rescue cats at home and about four or five half-feral cats (all of them already castrated) around the house where we have moved to. I don’t consider myself an expert on cat behaviour...
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Using various kinds of restraint techniques has a long history in horse handling and training. Some of them are currently considered unethical, while some of them (like picking a leg, nose twitch, ear twitch, lip chain or taking a pinch of the skin on the neck) are still widely used. The primary purpose, of course, is to make...
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One of the reasons why I started to apply the learning theory to my veterinary practice (and why I started to work on this whole educational project, later on) was to help my patients to cope with the vet procedures without unnecessary stress. The role of stress in human health is well recognized. It is commonly known that chronic stress...
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As well as many of my colleagues, the equine veterinarians, I have to deal with the uncooperative patient from time to time. It seems to me that there must be some rule according to which we are called to such patients at the end of a very long working day or after a busy night shift. 😉 The...
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