Imagine a robot that refuses to cooperate when you’re anxious, demanding you calm down before it responds—much like a 2,000-pound therapy horse that won’t budge until you get your emotions in check. New research suggests this counterintuitive approach could revolutionize therapeutic robotics by creating machines that challenge users rather than simply comfort them.
Participants earn their Horse eCamp Certificate by completing three fun and interactive components — it’s as easy as 1-2-3! Careers in the Horse World Discover the wide range of career paths in the equine industry and investigate possibilities. Horse Behaviour & Safety Learn how horses communicate and how to stay safe around them with this…
For the first time ever, The Wild Beauty Foundation is launching the Lost Horses Congressional Letter-Writing Campaign — a nationwide initiative encouraging kids and teens to write a heartfelt, one-page letter to their Member of Congress about why horses matter, the value of every life, the importance of protection, and what they hope leaders will…
Using a photo-elicitation approach, a new study will present participants with randomly selected images from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, spanning dressage, showjumping, and eventing. These include moments such as training, veterinary inspections, competition, and post-event interactions. Participants then anonymously share their thoughts and feelings. The study aims to understand how equestrians react to visual…
With the social license of equestrian sports under increasing scrutiny due to welfare concerns, being able to recognize what a pain-free, happy horse truly looks like is more important than ever. Although many top riders claim their horses are “happy” competing at elite levels, often anthropomorphizing qualities such as competitiveness, pride, or joy in the…
Looking at a drop of fluid from the hindgut, a vet student expected to see digestion; what they witnessed instead was an ecosystem. It was then they realized that while fibre is often dismissed as mere “roughage,” in a horse’s hindgut, it is everything.
Horse owners have questions about how haynet use impacts their horses: “’What about their teeth? What about their back and muscles and all of that?’” These questions inspired researcher Michelle DeBoer’s recent research on hay feeders and haynets.
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association is now accepting applications for the Equine Vocation Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to an applicant pursuing a career specifically within the equine industry. Applicants must be at least 16 years of age and currently enrolled in a degree program, certificate program, or vocational training related to the equine…
Master’s in environmental science student Hannah DeFelice is studying how the environmental conditions in paddocks and stalls, such as grass cover, soil condition, and space influence the behaviour, health, and welfare of animals.
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and ETH Zurich set out to find how animals react emotionally to positive and negative sounds made by both humans and members of their own species.