How have you made your horses life more interesting? Enrichment is a crucial and often overlooked part of horse ownership. One of the best ways to enrich your horses life is to create choice, hay nets at different levels, small holed, large holed and free access. This can replicate natural grazing and browsing behaviours and encourages movement in a stable or paddock.
There are numerous food orientated horse toys or puzzles that are available to buy, ensure they are introduced slowly so they don't cause high levels of frustration.
Itching posts or soft pillows for eye rubs can help horses that haven't got other horses to mutually groom with or suitable trees for scratching on.
Adding clicker training to your horses life, with free choice as to if they decide to engage is a great enrichment activity, creating choice, empowerment and increasing confidence.
The ideas for enrichment are endless and they don't have to cost a fortune. I would love to hear any of your ideas
Some of the photos show enrichment activities from Terri Hill Livery yard
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