Interview with Temple Grandin, PhD|Intervju sa Temple Grandin, PhD|Intervju s Temple Grandin, PhD

Western Horseman: When you look at the livestock industry, including the horse industry, what are some of your current concerns? Temple Grandin, PhD: I’m really concerned about over-selection for traits (in breeding animals), and single-trait selection in general. There are some activists groups who say we shouldn’t race horses and I don’t agree with that. I have no problem with racing horses. Horses are made …

ČAS

Western kultura in korenine tradicije western konja so v ranch konjih. Rančerji morajo posvetiti dosti časa treniranju konja, da bi le-ta dobro opravljal delo. To so konji, ki (tudi v današnjem času) delajo skozi cel dan, torej v navezi z jezdecem preživijo veliko časa. Dobro izšolan konj pomaga pri vsakodnevnih opravilih in tudi od njega je odvisen rančerjev vsakdanji kruh. Tako „nastanejo“ konji, izšolani do …

Kako pristopiti h konju

Zaradi varnosti svoje konje na pašnik nikoli ne spuščamo z oglavnikom. Pravzaprav jih tudi v boksu nimajo. Zato je pomembno, da se jim znamo približati na njim prijazen in spoštljiv način, da nas počakajo ali nam celo pridejo nasproti. Vsak konj ima svojo osebnost, vsi pa imajo eno zelo pomembno skupno točko. Način, kako se jim približaš, odloča o tem, ali te bodo »povabili« k …

Statement of the month – April|Izjava mjeseca – Travanj|Izjava meseca – april

There’s a quote, traveling around the internet, said to be from Meryl Streep but supposedly originated from J. M. Teixeira; whatever, whoever, it fits me just perfectly in this moment: “I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases …