"No Fraternizing" Rule

About this episode

Julie Goodnight discusses the 'no fraternizing' rule for horses during human interactions.

Horses are social animals with a strong herd instinct, and different rules apply when humans are involved. I teach what I call the “no fraternizing” rule at the beginning of all my clinics and here it is: When in the presence of humans, when being handled, led, tied, or ridden, a horse should not interact with, fraternize with, or make any displays of herd behavior toward another horse. Show Notes: Julie Goodnight Horsemanship Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/juliegoodnight Julie Goodnight’s Schedule: https://juliegoodnight.com/events-2/ Sign up for Julie’s Newsletter: https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/wishlist-member-3/?reg=1392669509 Contact Us: https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/contact-us/ Submit your question to Julie for answering in the What the Hay Q&A: podcast@juliegoodnight.com Instinctive Behavior: https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/articles/free-articles/horse-behavior-horses-instincts/ No Fraternizing Rule: https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/articles/free-articles/julies-blog/the-making-of-a-trail-horse-part-3/ Raise Your Foal Right: https://signin.juliegoodnight.com/articles/free-articles/julies-blog/raise-your-foal-right/ Focus on Me/Focus on Nothing…

People in this episode

Host: Julie Goodnight

Topics covered

• horse behavior
• training techniques
• social interactions in horses
• clinics
• herd instinct

Keywords

• horses
• herd behavior
• training
• clinics
• social animals

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Organizations: Julie Goodnight Horsemanship, Facebook, Julie Goodnight’s Schedule, What the Hay Q&A, Instinctive Behavior, No Fraternizing Rule, Raise Your Foal Right, Focus on Me/Focus on Nothing, Reinforcement or Correction

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