Horse reactions to human attitudes and behavior
- 1 December 2002
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Anthrozoös
- Vol. 15 (4), 323-331
- https://doi.org/10.2752/089279302786992423
Abstract
To assess the effects of human confidence levels on horse behavior, 40 veterinary students led the same mare around a fixed course. Multivariate analysis of human attitudes and behavior and horse behavior showed that a positive attitude towards horses related to infrequent ear movement in that horse (accounting for 46% of variance); positive attitude, together with low lead tension, related to a horse's forward ear position (47%); loose lead tension related to both a horse's low resistance (66%) and low head position (11%). Human attitudes towards at least one horse is shown to be associated with changes in human behavior, which leads to altered behavior in that horse.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- An experimental study of the effects of play upon the dog–human relationshipApplied Animal Behaviour Science, 2002
- The Welfare of Farmed Mink (Mustela Vison) in Relation to Behavioural Selection: A ReviewAnimal Welfare, 2001
- The Partnership: The Horse‐Rider Relationship in EventingSymbolic Interaction, 2000
- Pre-race behaviour of horses as a predictor of race finishing orderApplied Animal Behaviour Science, 1997
- Dogs Judge Books by their CoversAnthrozoös, 1997
- Effects of stroking horses on both humans' and horses' heart rate responses1Japanese Psychological Research, 1996
- Self-Confidence in College Students: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Behavioral ImplicationsAssessment, 1995
- Attitudes Toward Animal UseAnthrozoös, 1992
- Heart Rate Changes in the Horse to Human ContactPsychophysiology, 1974