AS 247 Final

What are the 8 responsibilities?

1. Don't act like a predator, become more mentally, emotionally and physically fit. 2. Have an independent seat. 3. Think like a horse -man. 4. Use the natural power of focus. 5. Don't act like a prey animal. 6. Don't change gaits 7. Don't change directions 8. Look where you are going

Bud Box

Allows the handler to position themselves correctly to facilitate cattle flow out of the box into either the crowd alley leading to a chute or to a trailer load out.

Don't act like a prey animal

As the horse gets more mentally and emotionally fit he learns how to be more left brained more of the time. Left brained horses are more confident and less scared. In turn they are easier to handle.

Stereotypic behavior in pigs

Bar biting

Stereotypic behavior of birds

Feather pecking

Use the natural power of focus

Focus gives you feel. Focus and feel give you timing. Focus, feel and timing give you balance. Balance is the most important thing because that's how you will best handle the horse. Focus matters.

What are the 7 games?

Friendly game, Porcupine game, Driving game, Yo-yo game, Circling game, Sideways game, Squeeze game

Scriptural References

Genesis 1:25 Proverbs 12:10 Luke 12:6 D&C 49:18-19, 21

Friendly game

Getting the horse comfortable with you. Getting it to trust you. You can accomplish this by touching the horses body in any place it will allow you, and having a positive smile and attitude.

Yo-yo game

Helps the horse balance forward and backward movements. Also builds straightness, respect, and impulsion in the horse.

Circling game

Helps the horse understand that it is it's job to maintain gait, maintain direction, watch where he is going, and all the while stay tuned into you as his center of attention.

Feeding/foraging behavior in cattle

Herbivores and ruminants. They are grazers. They eat for about 6-10 hours a day on a pasture grazing.

Social behavior of horses

Hierarchies can be determined. There is always a dominant horse in a group. They will test each other to establish dominance. The first horse to move or back down is not the dominant one.

Social behaviors of birds

Highly sociable. Some bird species live intermingled with both sexes but at some times of the year separate into only male/female grouping.

Social behavior in sheep/goats

Highly social and live in small to moderate group sizes. Females and their offspring remain together. Males separate into their own groups.

Relationship between hormones and neurotransmitters in behavior

Hormones are caused by different physical and psychological factors. When these hormones are activated, neurotransmitters signal the brain to do a certain activity. For example, when female pigs are pregnant and about to give birth, the hormone oxytocin is released. As a result, neurotransmitters will send signals to the brain to nest and the sow will begin nesting.

Porcupine game

Includes a press and release. First the hair, then the skin, then the muscle, then the bone. To be effective, you have to release. It's the release that teaches, not the pressure.

Foraging/feeding behavior of pigs

Ineffective but flexible foraging. Eat roots, shoots, berries, green grasses, herb leaves, and tree bark. They need protein in their diet. Shows need to satisfy appetite.

Sexual behavior of horses

Mares are seasonally polyestrous. Sexual behavior is a communitive process involving a mare and a stallion. Mares will have a stance similar to a urinating stance and will do a clitoral wink to attract a stallion.

Social behavior of pigs

Matrilineal groups, few kin related females and their offspring from previous year. Adult males most often live alone or in bachelor groups. They have dominance relationships.

Sexual behavior in cattle

Polyestrous, they breed year-round. Females are usually 9 months old when the first Oestrus comes and it lasts about 21 days. Receptive females will stand to be mounted by bulls

Sexual behavior of birds

Ranges from promiscuity to monogamous pair bonds that last for 1-2 seasons. Females pick the males they want to mate with. Once a mate is selected, males will display courtship behavior which includes, vocalizations, posture, and widening of his wings.

Sexual behavior in sheep/goats

Seasonally polyestrous. Mating activity peaks in the autumn. Females hold the initiative for mating.

Stereotypic behavior in sheep/goats

Self-sucking (tail)

Foraging/feeding behavior of birds

Some feed on plants, grasses, shrubs, berries, and some eat lizards and mice. Foraging includes ground pecking, ground scratching, and grazing.

Sexual behavior in pigs

Sows show proceptive behavior by spending time near the male or his pen, nosing the flanks of other sows and mounting. Males show sexual behavior by courting with sows showing sexual behavior. They will approach the sow and grunt, champ their jaws while salivating, and may urinate rhythmically.

Driving game

Teaches horse to yield from a suggestion with no physical touch involved, using rhythmic pressure.

Squeeze game

Teaches your horse to become smarter, braver, and more confident. This games causes them squeeze into small spots they are uncomfortable with. This games allows the rider to help the horse overcome its fears.

Don't change gaits

The horses gaits actually improve because they are mentally and emotionally in that gait and their weight is in the right place (on the front end at a walk, even at the trot, on the hindquarter at the canter and on the front end again for the gallop) so he becomes more athletic and graceful.

Don't change directions

The ideal is that you can drop the reins, maintain your focus and he will not veer off your focus. You could do long straight lines with a most solid and trusted feeling beneath you.

Look where you are going

The rider's job as the leader is to look where they are heading to. The horse's responsibility is to look out for whats in front of or underneath him.

Social behavior in cattle

They are gregarious animals. If separated from others, they will show signs of stress. They have dominant-subordinate relationships

Feeding/foraging behavior in sheep/goats

They eat cacti, lichens, tree leaves, and fruit. Their foraging behavior is influenced by the tide.

Foraging behavior of horses

They eat plants including grass, shrubs, roots, etc. Will eat the more nutritious foods first. They are grazers.

Stereotypic behavior in cattle

Tongue playing (rolling and unrolling their tongue repeatedly)

Sideways game

Where the rider learns how to straighten the horse, and how to have him yield with softness and respect. This game also can help perfect the other games.

Stereotypic behavior in horses

Wind sucking

Serpentine Chute System

Works better than a straight chute because the cattle cannot see the restrainer until a certain point and also takes advantage of the cattle wanting to turn and circle the handler. Wall prevents cattle from seeing anything outside.

Don't act like a predator, become more mentally, emotionally and physically fit

You can't be mean or worried. A horse will feel that. Being more fit will help you be more aware and more in control. You are able to think before you act.

Think like a horse-man

You consider the horse's point of view and think like a horse in any given situation before you ever think like a human. As a responsibility you will stop blaming the horse and looking at how they perceive things and then setting it up to make it easy for the horse to do the right thing.

Have an independent seat

You don't hang on to the reins or grip below your knees for your balance. It also means your arms, hands and legs can operate independently of your seat and your seat can be isolated from your legs and your hands.