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Stable vices and how to cope with them
Inspired by a video on Epona TV, I thought I should write a post about stable vices and ways to counter them. We often see horses doing movements which seem a bit weird; moving around the stable in circular motion, moving the neck from one side to another, snorting, wood chewing etc. We notice also that these movements are done in a repetitive pattern and this is why they are also called “stereotypes”. Some equestrians believe that this behaviour is normal for a horse, that it should be this way. This is not true because the problem is not about the movements themselves, but about the issues that cause…