Free course · 5 lessons · about 25 minutes
Horse Care Fundamentals: A Free 5-Lesson Course
Learn what every horse professional needs: how horses think and learn, reasoning through a behavior change, safe handling, emergency signs and your limits.
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- 1What Horse Care Work Really InvolvesThe daily reality of horse care and consulting work, the roles people build careers in, where your role stops and the mistakes new professionals make.
- 2How Horses Think and LearnHow a prey animal's senses and herd instincts shape horse behavior, and how pressure and release, reward, habituation and timing drive learning.
- 3A Horse That Objects to the Girth, Worked ThroughA consultant reasons from a sudden behavior change to a plan: history, a vet examination, a saddle fitter, a gentler routine and a recorded retraining plan.
- 4Safe Handling, Emergency Signs and Where Your Role StopsHandling habits that prevent injuries, the signs that mean calling the vet now, what not to do while you wait and the limits of a horse professional's role.
- 5How Equine Competence Is JudgedThe difference between knowing and doing, what a scenario-based equine assessment tests and how to prepare in a way that makes you better on the yard.