Rein contact between horse and handler during specific equitation movements

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 157-169

  Warren Smith, Amanda K ^a,b   Curtis, Robert A ^b   Greetham, Larry ^c   McGreevy, Paul D ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Piplyn Lodge   (Australia)

Author keywords

Horse; Long reining; Rein contact; Rein tension; Riding; Training

Indexed keywords

HABITUATION; HORSE; MOVEMENT; TRAINING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 35448941906     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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