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31. Do-It-Yourself Enrichment Activities for Horses
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Looking for ways to prevent boredom in your horse? Enrichment activities for your horse don’t need to cost a lot and can be easy to set up.
Many horse owners are aware of the basic components of animal welfare. You know to provide nutrition, water, shelter, safety, and medical help when needed. But a component of animal welfare that often gets missed with horses is the need to express normal and species-appropriate behaviours.
It can be difficult to provide a natural lifestyle for domesticated horses that meets their social and behavioural needs.
Fortunately, we can counteract deficits of the domestic environment by offering our horses enrichment (often referred to as environmental enrichment) that provides an outlet for their natural behaviours.
Here we review 9 DIY enrichment activities for horses!
Read more: https://madbarn.com/horse-enrichment-activities/
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