Equine Guelph to Offer Online Course on the Equine Industry

The course will provide students with the opportunity to re-examine their knowledge regarding equine welfare.
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For most horse owners, the approach of a new year encourages us to reflect back on how things were done in the past, examining what worked and what didn’t and making positive changes for the future.

In January, Equine Guelph will provide students with the opportunity to re-examine their knowledge regarding equine welfare with its online course, The Equine Industry. Allowing those to learn from the comfort of their own home, this 12-week course, is designed to assist dedicated horse owners in furthering their knowledge about the horse industry as it relates to horse welfare and the future of this industry. This course provides students with the flexible learning opportunity no matter what their levels of involvement within the equine industry.

“By applying a science research-based approach to horse management, training and related performance, students will learn to eliminate practices that can cause an unfavourable effect relating to the health and welfare of the horse,” said course instructor Gayle Ecker, director of Equine Guelph.

Course topics will include exploring equine evolution; the evolution of the hoof; the many facets affected by current management practices; first domestication of the horse; and its role in work, warfare, and sport as well as a companion animal

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