Tag: Horse Behavior Resources

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Hi Julie, This is an unusual question that I haven't seen addressed thus far. My friends recently bought an 8 y/o paint gelding from a ranch in Okla....

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: I am buying a 3 month old colt that I would like to remain/turn into a stallion. I would like to teach him to be well mannered and...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Dear Julie, I recently purchased two Thoroughbred mares, because I want to breed Hunter Under Saddle Quarter Horses and Paints, and am really excited to tell you that...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: I have a 5-year-old Mustang...she is very docile. Recently she has started bucking when she doesn't want to do something, like when we work around the cones, or...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Dear Julie, First of all, I would like to thank you for your website and the information you share on it. Your Training Library is quite extensive and...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Hi Julie, I've got a question about our five-year-old Paint gelding. My wife swears that he prefers men riders to women riders. I'm almost to conclude the same...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Dear Julie, I am a bit intrigued by all the writing you have done on equine behavior.....especially since my horse has lost his vision, and I was wondering...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Julie, First, thank you for taking out the time to answer my emails. I have a question and I didn't see a separate area on your site to...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Hi Julie- My husband and I have both benefited so much from your training DVDs, halters and lead ropes, as well as your wonderful television show. We look...

Question Category: Building a Better Relationship Question: I have a very dominant 9-year-old Tennessee walker. He is very proud, and was abused and starved. I’ve had him for 3 years. I am having...

Recently, I gave a training clinic with this very title at a horse expo. Since I do not travel with my own horses, I am reliant on the expo producers to find appropriate...

Before we can ever hope to understand, let alone control the movement of a horse, it is important to know the various behaviors that motivate a horse to move in the first place....

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: I am writing this letter to you from Natal, South Africa. We've got a horse that has a new problem, which just suddenly occurred. He never had traveling...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Dear Julie, I am a first time horse owner with a 4-year-old paint mare. The woman I bought her from is training her and I can ride her...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: My Thoroughbred mare who is 14 years old, tends to do something "dumb" with her head [when she is in the pen with the other horses]. She kind...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: I have a mare due to foal Feb 28 that I show in 2 local circuits from May-September. Shows are twice/month. What is the best way to be...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Dear Julie, What do you know about Self Mutilation... and what can we do to stop our 11 year old gelding from mutilating himself? he was a stallion...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: I am writing from Pretoria South Africa. My daughter recently attended her first show-jumping event. Her horse boxed (trailered) without major problems and also traveled well. At the...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: I have a 10-month-old Welsh stallion pony that is very well mannered with a sweet disposition. I also have three other geldings; one is new to the "herd"...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Hi Julie, Here is my problem. My yearling colt, Scout, bites. It's now become a game to him. He didn't bite the first 3-4 months when I first...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: I was hoping you could give me some advice on a training problem I am having. I have a 3-year-old Quarter Horse gelding that I just want to...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: I have noticed that when I have been doing house cleaning and I visit the horses with the chemical smells on my hands that the horses seem put...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Hi Julie, Can you tell what specifically are the horse's instincts and how can we use these to our advantage in training? Yours gratefully, Emma Answer: Emma, The...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Hi there Julie, It was so good to see you at the [CHA] conference. I just want to let you know that you are one of the few...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: HI, I have really appreciated your calm, common sense approach, so I wondered if I might ask you a horse behavior question, just to hear your thoughts. We...

Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: Hi Julie, First a "thank you" for all the help you have been to me in working on becoming a "natural Horseman". My question is one regarding aggression...

Horses are instinctively herd-bound. It’s one of seven categories of instinctive behavior in horses and it is known as gregarious behavior. A desire to be with others. BTW, the other categories of instinctive...

Behavior Mod for Horses Horses are creatures of habit and routine. Sometimes an unwanted behavior can become a bad habit after only one or two displays. Often riders are surprised by the first...