Naturalne metody treningu jako nowoczesne techniki szkolenia koni w zgodzie z naturą i dobrostanem gatunku

Traditional methods of horses training are now complemented by sympathetic methods that have been hailed as “horse whispering”. Also called Naturalhorsemanship, in recent years the popularity of sympathetic training methods has grown rapidly. This has happened not only because of some of famous riders like Monty Roberts or Pat Parelli, but also due to research conducted on an ever increasing scale. Naturalhorsemanship is not only a style of riding, as is often seen, but mainly a philosophical approach to the horse. Sympathetic training methods often refer to the ethology, natural behavior, body language of horses and the specific manner of their learning. The advantage of the use of such methods is, among other things, alleviating stress inevitably associated for young horses with their training. Research conducted in a group of hot-blooded horses confirmed that the training methods based on the knowledge and use of natural behavior and body language of horses reduce stress and decrease emotional response during the initial and subsequent training sessions. Existing uncertainties of the impact of this type of training should be shortly explained by broadly conducted research on the psychology of horse training.