Fear Free Equine Module 6

How can owners be encouraged to keep training sessions short, and positive?

Al the above

A young mare is fearful and avoidant of fly sprays. Over several weeks, your client has been teaching her to target spray bottles with her nose, and she will stand still and calmly, while a bottle is sprayed away from her. When the spray is applied to her skin, however, she exhibit moderate FAS. What are additional steps you could recommend to this client in a gradual desensitizing and conditioning plan?

All the above

An owner has a draft horse who stretches out his neck and wiggles his lips in response to neck scratches. This gilding tenses his body and raises a hind hoof in response to grooming in the inguinal area. The owner does not want this to escalate to kicking. Underlying medical causes were screened and none found. What advice can you give to this owner who is training on her own?

All the above

What are different ways for an owner to help her colt have positive associations with syringes to prepare him for future routine oral medications?

All the above

A 24-year-old gelding has had increasing FAS for hoof handling. He used to lift his hooves easily during farrier appointments, but as of 1 year ago, he tenses, pinned his ears, and immediately withdraws his limbs during trimming. Before discussing a training plan with an owner, the veterinarian should:

Assess the force for underlying medical concerns such as pain

Which of the following is not good general training advice to set up owners and their horses for success?

Each training session should show progress of a minimum of 3 steps in the training plan

As these items are inherently, aversive, horses cannot learn to voluntarily wear pieces of equipment on their head, such as equine, inhalers, grazing muzzle's, or fly masks

False

Restraint techniques, such as holding a horse's halter during a procedure, are always aversive, and horses cannot be taught to cooperate with them

False

T/F: Because the veterinary team usually sees patients in frequently compared to how often horses see their owners, they cannot significantly contribute to a horse's ongoing training

False: horses are always learning, and the veterinary appointment is no exception

Which of the following is NOT a component of a Considerate Approach to trimming or shoeing?

Ignoring a horse's FAS to complete the task

"Lumping" is a common challenge experienced by owners when following shaping plans for veterinary behaviors. Which of the following best describes "lumping"?

Large jumps in criteria rather than having steps broken into small approximations

Which of the following is a simple, positive recommendation to encourage lower head position for removing a halter?

Lower the horse's head down with a handful of treats and smoothly. Remove the halter at the same time, then fade the lure, and reward after halter removal.

A horse breeder would like to gradually halter train his foals using positive reinforcement techniques. Which training advice would not be appropriate?

Put the halter on their faces on the first try and buckle it immediately

Which of these statements about stationing is NOT true?

Stationing and cannot be taught to horses reliably, because they are too flighty as a pre-species

An owners gelding has experienced multiple hoof abscesses in the past, and will not stand for a half soaking. The owner now wants him to learn this behavior in case he requires future treatments. She has tried distracting him with treats, but he always steps out of the water bucket after a few seconds. Which of the following plans shows the most gradual approach that will most likely set this gelding up to succeed in learning this behavior?

Teach to please put on a mat, teach duration, transfer behavior to large flat empty bucket, gradually introduce water into bucket, reward for duration

The training plans provided in this module are...

The first and second answers are correct

T/F: In voluntary veterinary care, procedures, a patient stepping onto their station, can indicate to the handler that the animal is ready to participate in training

True

T/F: It is important for owners to help their horses generalize husbandry and veterinary care procedures to other handlers to minimize FAS at appointments, where horses may be exposed to unfamiliar handlers with different handling styles.

True

T/F: i'm training, horses for veterinary care, we generally want to stay under each horses "threshold" so that they are desensitized to stimuli rather than becoming more fearful

True

A mature gelding has displayed moderate FAS for intramuscular vaccines for several years. At the last appointment, the veterinarian recommended systematic desensitization and counterconditioning to injections. The gelding is now due for vaccines again, and the owner has diligently worked to prepare him for this appointment. As the veterinarian, what could you do to ensure this gelding's appointment is as Fear Free as possible?

All the above