Do Horses See Colour?
I used to work in a University Animal Behaviour laboratory. We generally did “operant” experiments where you teach the animal to make a response for food – peck a button, nose a lever, press...
Author: Jenny
George’s Christmas 2015
I hate Colic. In 1996 I lost my then best horsey friend, Mitch, I called in to see him on the way home and less than an hour later my friend was dead. His...
4 Stepping up Still More
So now it seemed George and I were heading towards our first 80km ride. Despite assurances that George was plenty fit enough I had serious doubts, 80km was a LONG way. All my rides...
George the Experimental Rescue horse
It was mid winter 2001. I was working for the University of Waikato as a Research Technician in the Psychology Department’s animal behaviour lab. We usually worked with hens and had recently started with...
3. Stepping up the Distance – George beats Don!
I had a great time in Antarctica; I had managed to find a friend to keep George fit, so I was all set. 25km at Okoroire (what a beautiful course) and we were ready...
2 My first Real Endurance Rides
Being at the Masters Games meant the Waikato Endurance Club now had my name and address. So I started getting sent the newsletter…. And in the newsletter was information about upcoming rides. Yes, I...
1 Masters Games 2004 – Let’s Try Endurance
In 2004 I had two horses – my “proper” horse, Supes, around 16-1hh chestnut thoroughbred. Lovely to ride, he especially enjoyed cantering… that’s what a racehorse does best right? He didn’t pull and would...
