Horse Senses by McBane, Susan;

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Product details:

Edition number 1
Publisher CRC Press
Date of Publication 15 January 2012

ISBN 9781840760804
Binding Hardback
No. of pages160 pages
Size 234x156 mm
Weight 460 g
Language English

Short description:

This book compares the horses sensory organs with those of humans to avoid misunderstandings as lack of knowledge can lead to many problems when dealing with horses. It coves hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch. Each section covers how the horse’s sense works and how they relate to care, behavior, and riding, explaining why some practices are appropriate and why some are not. The author emphasizes the behavioral aspects of dealing with horses.

Long description:

Horses perceive the world differently from humans because their senses developed differently through evolution to cope with different ways of living and surviving. Horses are essentially prey/flight animals. The horse’s senses therefore determine how the world appears to him and how he reacts to it. As the horse’s perception and understanding are very different to ours sometimes their reaction to events and their surroundings seem strange to us.

In this book the author compares the horses sensory organs with those of humans to avoid misunderstandings as lack of knowledge can lead to many problems when dealing with horses. The five senses are covered in this book: hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch. Each section explains how the horses’ sense works and then this is related to care, behavior and riding, explaining why some practices are appropriate and why some are not. The behavioral aspect of dealing with horses is emphasized throughout.

The author is founder of the Equine Behaviour Forum and author of over 40 books on equine topics. She has an HNC in Equine Sciences and Management, is a Classical Riding Club Gold Award Holder and classical trainer, an equine shiatsu practitioner, and an Associate Member of the International Society for Equitation Science. This book is useful for all horse owners, horse breeders and trainers who wish to gain a better understanding of how the horse’s senses function, and for veterinary students and practitioners.

General Anatomy and Physiology: The Nervous System. The Endocrine/Hormonal System. Systems of Communication and Control: The Sense of Smell. The Sense of Taste. The Sense of Hearing. The Sense of Sight. The Sense of Touch. Management and Work: The Sense of Smell. The Sense of Taste. The Sense of Hearing. The Sense of Sight. The Sense of Touch.

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