Equine Behaviour in Practice

Auteur

After an equestrian career spent teaching riding, and competing in showing, eventing, show jumping and dressage, Debbie Busby founded her successful international equine behaviour consultancy in 2006. As a clinical equine behaviourist she works with vets and horse owners to resolve varied and complex equine behaviour problems, and she was only the third equine behaviourist in the UK to be granted registration at the highest level with the Animal Behaviour and Training Council (ABTC). Debbie supervises university masters students as well as mentoring and assessing new behaviourists coming through professional routes, and acts as expert witness in equine legal cases. Also a practising psychotherapist, she has developed a Transactional Analysis model to promote effective communication between horse owners, vets and paraprofessionals.

Debbie writes books and articles and consults and lectures internationally, delivering presentations and workshops on all aspects of equine behaviour, consulting and human behaviour change. She has had academic articles published in a number of peer reviewed journals and speaks at academic and professional conferences around the world. She has a Psychology BSc and a Masters degree in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare, and is currently conducting interdisciplinary doctoral research in horse-human relationships at Manchester Metropolitan University in the contexts of riding, training and interspecies wellbeing.

Texte du rabat

Combining an in-depth exploration of equine behaviour with clinical practice, Applied Equine Behaviour focuses considers how and why horses sometimes struggle to cope and provides a comprehensive explanation of how to consult on and treat a range of equine behaviour problems.

Résumé
Combining an in-depth exploration of equine behaviour with clinical practice, Applied Equine Behaviour focuses considers how and why horses sometimes struggle to cope and provides a comprehensive explanation of how to consult on and treat a range of equine behaviour problems.

Contenu

PART 1: Who is The Horse? From Evolution to Domestication 2. Equine Ethology 3. Equine Senses and Communication PART 2 How Horses Learn 4. Fundamentals of learning theory 5. Further learning theory 6. Physiology of behaviour PART 3 Equine Welfare 7. Welfare and Wellbeing PART 4 Behaviour Consulting 8. Diagnosing behaviour problems 9. Treatment planning - safety and situation 10. Treatment planning - behaviour modification Modifying behaviour 11. Communication and counselling PART 5 Psychopharmacology Awareness 12. A behaviourist's guide to psychopharmacology. Appendices