Know Your Horse (EN)
Know Your Horse provides a structured introduction to understanding equine behaviour, physiology, nutrition, and welfare. This course
is designed for horse owners, riders, and equine professionals who want to better understand their horse’s needs in order to recognise potential behavioural and health problems at an early stage.
Whether you are new to owning a horse, to equitation, or already have some considerable applied experience, “Knowing your Horse” means understanding the behavioural and physiological needs to optimise your horse’s potential and to prevent problems. This course provides a comprehensive entry level education based on the latest science and understanding which is essential for every rider and horse carer. It can form a ‘springboard’ for more in depth specialised subject courses. The focus of ‘Know your Horse’ is observing and interpreting equine behaviour and understanding the behavioural and physiological needs of your horse. This will allow you to achieve the best possible conditions for horses to thrive. The course also teaches how to understand some biology basics and how to recognise and evaluate problems. This will help you to find appropriate solutions and to recognise when to involve expert advice of your horse care team. Within all sections practical exercises help to apply the newly acquired knowledge.
Modules underpin theoretical knowledge of equine behaviour, physiology and nutrition, while practical assignments support the application of this knowledge in horse management. The course forms a solid foundation for anyone looking to improve horse welfare through evidence-based and informed decision making.
The modules of this course include: The Nature of the Horse, Physiological Needs of the Horse, A Horse’s Diet, Basic Introduction to Ethology, Management Systems and Welfare, and Applied Management for Your Horse.
This course is a level 2 ANIVADO course, and is offered to you by Dr Machteld van Dierendonck (Equus Research), Dr Andrea D. Ellis (UNEQUI), and Dr ing David van Doorn (ANIVADO Education & Training).
In total, this course offers approximately 12 hours of video material, and about 7,5 hours of (practical) exercises.
After purchasing the course, you will have 180 days to complete all modules.
This course is entirely in English. Videos include English and Dutch subtitles. Participants may choose to complete the exercises in Dutch. When the language settings of the website are set to “Dutch”, the course page will appear in Dutch.