A circle back to enrichment!
This week we circle back to one of our very earliest of podcasts on enrichment to look at how effective enrichment is for the stabled horse, what aspects of enrichment seem to be the most effective and how we can apply these findings to our management of horses. In this episode we are joined by the brilliant Louise Napthine from Why Do Horses? Louise shares a study on housing horses in individual boxes and the challenges towards welfare. The study can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/9/621#:~:text=This%20housing%20system%20is%20reported,%2C%20and%20stress%2Drelated%20behaviours She discusses some of her thoughts on the study and the effects of enrichment on stereotypies and we all discuss how powerless we can feel when our horses are put on box rest, luckily Louise has a solution to help owners feel like they have some influence over the situation. Louise is a massive fan of enrichment and she writes articles on the subject as well as running her Happy Horses Workshop where she visits yards and creates bespoke enrichment plans for people and their horses - to find out more visit her website www.whydohorses.com If you are enjoying our podcast please Like, Share and Subscribe. You can follow us on all the usual social media platforms: Equilogical Positive Equine Partnerships and Little Green Stables. For all our training videos and SO Much More: Patreon/littlegreenstables