Lauren Fraser

Lauren Fraser, MSc, CHBC. Clinical Animal Behaviourist, IAABC Certified Horse Behaviour Consultant, Educator

[District of Squamish @Squamishtown]

‘Please stay home for now’ says District of #Squamish to visitors to keep yourself & others safe. Many British Columbians not following @PHSAofBC direction to stay home & social distance. "This is not an extended holiday" says Mayor. #LowerMainland https://t.co/IKgI7OdEsM

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@SquamishRCMP Tourist traffic is putting a huge strain on the limited resources of our small communities during this crisis. @SquamishRCMP please remind people to #stayhome #FlattenTheCurve !

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#ScienceSaturday
Counter-Conditioning and Systematic Desensitization:
Super Heros of behaviour modification in horses.

Horses can quickly - even after one experience - learn to fear specific things... https://t.co/FLd3LdtsIe

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#FrustratedHorse or #FunnyHorse Muting the volume of this video might change what you see.

I always recommend turning off the volume when watching horse behavior and training videos for the first run through,... https://t.co/EFfpRv9QIR

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#ScienceSaturday Dr Emma Lethbridge, the author of the fantastic little book 'Knowing your horse', is presenting a webinar on the horse's brain next week. 'Grey Matters! Understanding your Horse's Brain' is... https://t.co/PzQ4ychJBl

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#ScienceSunday Behaviors consistent with dental pain may go unrecognized by horse owners.

Dropping or quidding food, slow eating, weight loss and more are often thought of as signs of dental pain in... https://t.co/6TxaM9ZAuJ

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Spring has sprung in my neck of the woods. Which means not wearing lip balm and lining my horses up with their noses to the breeze when I groom. https://t.co/I1KudfWnx7

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#TBT How much of a role do people play in creating unwanted behaviors in horses? Let me count the ways.
Throw-back Thursday, to an article on one of... https://t.co/vAkdAhoGMO

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#ScienceSaturday Have you registered to watch the upcoming IAABC conference via live stream, for free?

Many of the talks at the upcoming International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants conference will... https://t.co/8rewuipYTR

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When a horse gets stuck in a snowdrift, it's a skilled machine operator to the rescue.

The person who shared this clip said that they believe the mare was walking back from getting water when she took a path... https://t.co/8NANCYncJH

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'The horse changed everything.'

Without the horse, human civilization as we know it wouldn't exist. From 'calories to kinetics', humans have used the horse for everything - sustenance, transportation,... https://t.co/ilj7z3srJr

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Identifying Behavioral Pain Indicators in Ridden Horses – The Horse https://t.co/1DDrHGqmYL

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#ThoughtfulThursday 'Imprinting' foals: just say 'neigh'?

Imprinting, in this context, is a process of intense and specific handling of a foal immediately after birth. It is believed to create less... https://t.co/svuhSndbEo

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#ThoughtfulThursday 'You can't train a behavior at the time that you need it.'

How badly do you want your horse to perform a behavior in a given situation? How... https://t.co/x5yLgimdKn

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#ScienceSaturday on Tuesday! The latest Journal of Veterinary Behavior is equine science heavy this month, and you can access all... https://t.co/iK6yLeY0jf

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Sleep deprivation is a serious health issue for all animals, horses included.

Sleep deprivation occurs if horses can't or won't lay down so that they can enter REM sleep each day. Horses must be laying down in... https://t.co/kfpz1L4fkJ

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Knowing how to reduce or eliminate fear in equine patients can keep veterinary staff safer, resulting in better treatment compliance, and minimized risk of... https://t.co/RIv2IQQVKG

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#ScienceSaturday Are you an equine professional or a horse owner who would like to learn more about how to resolve fear-based behaviors in horses?

Fear-based behaviors are common in horses and if left untreated they can become... https://t.co/rDZkqLewMi

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Could motion sickness be causing your horse to resist loading or scramble in the trailer?

"Some horses with suspected trailer loading problems are probably suffering from motion sickness,... https://t.co/XpfZMZqevD

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#TBT It may be a hard pillow for some horse people to swallow, but horses likely don't love being ridden. How can we make it better for them?

#horsebehavior #horsetraining https://t.co/88NQN2pasG