Equine Behaviour: Principles and Practice
September 1998, Wiley-Blackwell
PART ONE: Understanding Behaviour Concepts.
1. Approaches to the Study of Behaviour.
2. Origins of behaviour.
3. The Evolutionary History of the Horse.
4. The Lifetime Development of Behavior..
PART TWO: Mechanisms of Behaviour.
5. The processing of Information.
6. The Special Senses.
7. Communication and Social Organisation.
8. Sexual and reproductive behaviour of Horses..
PART THREE: The Flexibility of behaviour and its Management.
9.Learning and Training.
* Other texts dealing with horse behaviour and its management tend to be prescriptive and cannot be universally applied
* Unique qualified authoring team who understand the needs of owners, trainers, students and horses
* Clarification of key concepts through the extensive use of illustrations