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Post by Dragonmaster on Jan 10, 2012 13:57:10 GMT 1
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Post by mandal on Jan 10, 2012 14:16:26 GMT 1
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Post by Catrin on Jan 10, 2012 15:54:56 GMT 1
It's an interesting video, but it's not really about stables or fields but personal wishes and failure to recognise a horse's needs.
Many horses, like Police or Household Cavalry horses can cope well 'cooped up' all day. But they can see other horses and often touch them and they get a lot of exercise. Many horses that are kept cooped up all day, like some racehorses, may get stressed and frustrated. In both cases there has to be a balance and the horse's needs come first.
If we turn our horses out in the field, they don't move or they move too much and twist their backs, they overeat or they get mineral difficiencies, and then they may get bullied. We have to give them a balance and we have to work out what suits the work, the type, the breed and the owner.
Nic's blog shows how you might achieve a good balance, but you can make 'captivity' work.
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Post by mandal on Jan 10, 2012 16:24:23 GMT 1
I think a big part of the video is about attitudes and what we value and believe is 'good' for horses as opposed as what is good for them. I also picked up a hint of horses are well looked after and must be happy according to our standards and what we might value such as appearances and material things and that the amount of money we spend on material things is somehow relevant to the measure of the health and happiness of the horses.
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