Niet direct antwoord op je vraag Wil, maar kreeg net dit mailtje binnen, niet dat ik vind dat alles moet wat kan van wat hieronder staat, maar het is een compleet andere interessante benadering.

A preliminary 2-foal study on the use of Positive Reinforcement from birth.
Beth C. Bliss1, Jan Norman
1Registered Nurse, Three Rivers Community Hospital, 500 S.W. Ramsey, Grants Pass, Oregon 97527

Horses are born precocial. They are pre-programmed by nature to learn many things immediately for survival. We wanted obedient foals that were reasonably safe to handle. We documented, using video recording, how quickly our foals could learn a variety of behaviors using a marker sound that was consistently followed by positive reinforcement. We used a tongue click as a behavior marker. A verbal bridging signal was variably used. Initially a friendly scratch or rub was the reinforcer. Both foals began to accept sweet feed as a reinforcer by day 10. Physical and verbal cues signaled for a behavior. No control group was used. One foal was targeting by day 6 and being bathed without restraint at day 9. At 2 months old, both accepted handling of all body parts, wore a halter, surcingle and butt strap, gave to pressure, trailered, and targeted objects. At 4 months old both stood tied, lounged, and ground drove. By one year of age on cue behaviors for both foals included picking up objects, coming when called, urinating, drinking, sitting on a beanbag, side passing, backing, executing forehand and haunch turns, putting their head down, wearing a saddle, breast collar and crupper, and Spanish walking. One also jumps objects, lies down, and squares up; the other straddle walks logs, teeter totters on a board, and puts her eye and ear in our hand on cue. We have found no negative outcomes with these foals using this method when working within the newborn or juvenile horses natural physical capabilities based on age. They have become reasonably safe to handle, and can be cued to execute a variety of behaviouirs

Anita van der Meulen schreef op dinsdag 1 augustus 2006, 21:51:


Ja hoornwand en hoefwand wordt hier door elkaar gebruikt. Het is ook niet helemaal correct,maar meer om het eenvoudig te houden, dat het hoefbeen met de witte lijn aan de hoefwand vastzit.
De hoefwand zit vast via lamellen, een soort natuurlijke klitteband, aan het hoefbeen. Dat wel verticale groei toestaat, maar verder erg vast zit.
De witte lijn zit eigenlijk alleen aan de onderkant. Zool, witte lijn,hoefwand.

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nah' tuurlijk Natuurlijk