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Scentwork for Horses
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The book is accessible for anyone working with horses, from owners to veterinarians and therapists, and offers ways to practise scentwork in various environments and settings. This approach promises benefits for both horses and humans, enriching their relationship and wellbeing.
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This guide suits horse owners, trainers, behaviourists, veterinarians, equine therapists, and anyone interested in horse welfare and training innovations. Its practical and accessible approach makes it ideal for both experienced professionals and enthusiasts seeking to deepen their bond with horses through mental stimulation and natural scenting abilities.
This is the first practical guide on how to implement scentwork into the lives of domesticated horses, enhancing behaviour, welfare and the human-animal bond. Scentwork is a new discipline and Draaisma arms the reader with a pallet of information to enable them to put this technique into action.
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Scentwork for Horses is the first practical guide on how to implement scentwork into the lives of domesticated horses, enhancing behaviour, welfare, and the human-animal bond. Scentwork is a new discipline in the field for horse and handler, and expert author Rachaël Draaisma arms the reader with a palette of information to enable them to put this technique into action.
As well as theoretical background information on the nose of the horse and biomechanics, Draaisma discusses how scentwork improves horses’ learning abilities, development, socialisation, and their bond with the handler. Readers will learn how to have their horses explore their environment, participate in scentwork games, and follow a footstep track to find a missing person or food bag.
Easily accessible for anybody working with horses at any level, scentwork can be done in small areas as well as in larger spaces on various surfaces. Whether veterinarian, behaviourist, trainer, animal-assisted therapist, equine physiotherapist, osteopath, or interested horse owner, this book promises to bring both you and the horse enormous benefits, strengthening the human-animal bond.
Rachaël Draaisma has always lived with and had a passion for dogs and horses. In 2002, she decided to make it her profession. Achieving several diplomas, she started to work full time as a trainer and behavioural consultant, first with dogs, later with horses. Her best-selling book Language Signs and Calming Signals of Horses, published by CRC Press in 2017, has been translated into several languages. Another pillar of Draaisma’s working life with horses revolves around equine mental stimulation and scentwork, and she has developed an extensive method to undertake scent tracking with horses, a new tool in enriching the human-equine relationship. Draaisma travels throughout Europe and the globe to provide workshops and lectures on calming signals of horses, equine mental stimulation, and scentwork.
You can purchase scent bags to aid your scentwork practice at the author's personal website: www.scentworkforhorses.com or www.calmingsignalsofhorses.com
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Experts praise the book as a pioneering work advancing the human-horse relationship through integrating horses' natural sense of smell. Risë VanFleet, a psychologist and animal behaviour consultant, highlights its well-researched, enriching methodology, recommending it for all who love and work with horses and incorporating it into therapy programmes. Susan Kjærgård, an equine instructor and former Grand Prix rider, attests to the transformative impact scentwork has had in her training with sensitive competition horses.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780367537609
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 December 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: CRC Press
Illustration: 276 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly, Adult education
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 286
About the Author
Rachaël Draaisma graduated from the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She has always lived with and had a passion for dogs and horses. In 2002, she decided to make it her profession. Rachaël obtained several diplomas and then started working as a trainer and behavioural consultant, first with dogs and later with horses. In 2013, she completed the TR (Turid Rugaas) International Dog Trainers Education course. Under Turid’s supervision, she began studying the calming signals of horses, filming domesticated horses, and analysing the resulting material. The study grew, is ongoing, and led to a complete focus shift from dogs to horses. It also led to the worldwide publication of the book Language Signs and Calming Signals of Horses by CRC Press.
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