People-Friendly Horses Are Born That Way

By |2017-04-12T00:30:22+00:00December 7th, 2015|Behavior, Care, Riding, Temperament, Training|

Inborn temperament shapes how comfortable a horse is with being touched by people, recent research confirms. Whether or not a horse has a people-oriented nature becomes evident within its first year. Scientists in Nouzilly, France detected horse personalities when they made detailed observations of how Welsh ponies and Anglo-Arab horses reacted to familiar and unfamiliar