Research Catalog

Title

Neighs and whispers : a study of contact and communication with horses / Anahí Zlotnik.

Author

Zlotnik, Anahí.

Publication

Nottingham : Nottingham University Press, 2012.

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Details

Description

xxi, 164 pages : illustrations, some color; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Relinchos y susurros. English

Alternative Title

Relinchos y susurros.

Subject

• Horses > Behavior
• Human-animal communication
• Horses
• Animal Communication
• Behavior, Animal
• Animals

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164).

Language (note)

• In English, translated from Spanish.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Takhi, The Wild Horse -- Equus Main Features -- Physical characteristics -- Mental characteristics -- Where do horses stand in the animal scale? -- Class Mammals (Mammalia) -- Order Ungulates (Ungulata) -- Perissodactyl Suborder (Perissodactyla) -- How Do Horses Communicate? -- How Does Vocal Communication Work? -- Horses whisper -- They also squeal -- They sometimes snort or puff -- They roar when they are angry -- How Do They Express Themselves Through Their Body? -- Warning or "something new is happening to me" posture -- How do they express themselves with their tail? -- My horse's ears swing to and fro -- The mouth is not just for eating -- What is the Flehmen response? -- What are pheromones? -- How do they express themselves through their nostrils? -- They express so much with their head! -- Soft contact -- The neck is beautiful -- This horse is a dancer! -- The croup -- Hooves and legs -- How do they threaten? -- How do other horses respond to threats? -- Horses Have Brains And Feelings -- Why This Title? -- Vegetative Potential -- Sensory Potential -- Cognitive activity -- Appetising activity -- What Is The Horse's Nervous System Like? -- How Does Memory Work? -- Learning -- What Does Learning Mean For A Social Animal? -- What Is A Genetic Program? -- What Is Training? -- Different Ways Of Learning -- Non-associative learning or habituation -- Learning by conditioning or association -- Imprinting or engraving -- Learning through observation or social learning (imitative or by emulation) -- Silent or exploratory learning (latent) -- Discernment (insight) or problem solving -- Different types of learning -- Teaching And Games -- Gnomo -- Teaching -- Training -- What is the aim of teaching? -- When do handling problems appear? -- What happens with punishment? -- Horses are a perfect mirror of the riders -- Negative habits -- Obedience -- The best reward -- Animal's condition -- Attention factor -- How do we avoid tension? -- Responsible trainers -- Spontaneous answers -- What does observing the steps mean? -- The useful effort -- Intuition -- When is punishment effective? -- Gestalt thinking -- Why do many people get angry with their horses? -- What is passive leadership? -- Some Aspects Of The Work With Foals -- What is early stimulation? -- Familiarisation -- Games stimulate intelligence -- Game functions -- The case of a filly who did not socialise -- Intelligence And Leadership -- What Is Intelligence? -- Why do we talk about the intelligence of horses? -- Their nature -- Their characteristics and abilities -- According to Robert Miller DVM -- Hierarchy and submission -- Biological function -- Leadership -- What are the advantages of the hierarchical system? -- What is the function of dominance? -- What is the function of submission? -- Do horses make decisions? -- How do they use stimuli? -- Do they feel frustration? -- Stimuli and responses -- Evolution and adaptation -- Campero -- Communication -- Malenki And Jadrift. Unusual Communication Phenomena -- Morphic Fields -- Synchrony -- Intention -- Different cognitive states -- Personality and identity -- What Can We Learn From The Most Intelligent Horses? -- Case I Monte, A Racing Horse -- Case II A Terrified Little Horse -- Working Technique -- First Step Diagnosis -- Second step Develop a prognosis -- Third Step Medication -- Fourth Step Change of circumstances -- Fifth step Desensitisation -- Sixth (and last) step Memory -- Leaving him with the best memory -- Conclusion -- Case III PURITA -- A Mare From Whom I Learnt A Lot -- Treatment Aims.

ISBN

9781908062581 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2012358053

OCLC

793810982

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library