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Horse behaviour : interpreting body language and communication / Dr. Barbara Schoning ; translated by Helen Grutzner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schöning, Barbara, author.
- Series:
- Horse riding and management series.
- Horse Riding and Management Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horses--Behavior.
- Horses.
- Horses--Training.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 pages) : color illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stuttgart, Germany : 5m Publishing, 2008.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Authored by an experienced ethologist, this book draws on recent research in the field of equine ethology and applies it to practical knowledge that can be used to improve the relationship between horse and owner. The focus is on interpreting horse body language and signals to enhance understanding and the bond between human and horse.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
- Contents:
- Modern behavioural research
- Behavioural development
- The evolution and domestication of the horse
- How behaviour is controlled and regulated
- Learning behaviour
- Social behaviour
- Communication
- Reproductive behaviour
- Feeding and digestion
- Rest and exercise
- Comfort and play behaviour
- Problem behaviour.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781912178186
- 1912178184
- 9781912178179
- 1912178176
- OCLC:
- 1470855075
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