Carolyn Resnick's Blog – March 2010 Archive (4)

Proven Fact: Horses Pick up Tricks and Moves by Watching!

I was reading an article the other day about some scientists that were figuring out whether horses learned through watching or not and I found it fascinating that they came up with the idea that horses do not learn by watching other horses. It’s just so silly that they don’t know that they do!

When I went to Verde Valley School, aged 14 years, I took my three year old Arab horse with me so I would have a horse to ride. I wanted to show her but there weren’t any horse… Continue

Added by Carolyn Resnick on March 31, 2010 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Help Wanted!

Hi again. I announced on my own blog a couple of weeks ago that I was looking for someone to be ‘my voice’ for the podcasts I'd like to put on iTunes. Well, I was just overwhelmed with the number of responses I received, it was very humbling.

With so many people volunteering, the question then was, how do I decide who should do it? We thought about holding a competition and having elimination rounds like they do on that TV show American Idol but that didn’t seem fair. So… Continue

Added by Carolyn Resnick on March 22, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Are Wild Horses and Domestic Horses all the Same?

I’ve often been asked whether wild and domestic horses are the same or different from one another. Here’s my take on it.…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on March 12, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Major Behavior Types in Horses

In their everyday need for survival, horses have created a communication system that is noteworthy. Wild horses are like a society of nomadic people who have leaders of leaders. Because nature’s habitat for horses is open range-land,…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on March 3, 2010 at 10:00am — 3 Comments