Rutgers to Host Equine Behavior, Training Seminar

Speakers will discuss how horses learn and how that knowledge can be applied to training.
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“Why Do They Do That? Behavior and Training of Horses” will be the over-arching theme of the upcoming horse management seminar hosted by the Rutgers Equine Science Center and Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

The seminar, scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Feb. 14, will feature presentations by several equine industry authorities.

“Horse training is an often-requested but tricky theme for this seminar because there are so many methods out there, so we will instead explain how horses learn and how that knowledge can be applied to training,” said Carey Williams, PhD, Extension equine specialist and associate director of Extension for the Rutgers’ Equine Science Center. “Our goal in presenting this workshop is to give our audience an understanding of the concepts behind equine learning which are present regardless of discipline or training method and provide some of the research techniques that can be applied.”

Williams has assembled presenters who are recognized as experts in their field to offer background and advice

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