Horse Behavior towards Familiar and Unfamiliar Humans: Implications for Equine-Assisted Services
Published in 2021
Scientific paper describing research to discover appropriate criteria to predict the potential suitability of a horse for animal-assisted services. It shows that sociability indicators and most temperament indicators of experienced AAS horses do not differ from those of novice AAS horses. However, during brushing, novice horses showed more affiliative behaviour towards their handler than experienced ones.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Modelling, Human-animal relationships,Welfare indicators