IEP WEBINARS
Over the last few months we've enjoyed webinars from some fabulous presenters on a wide range of topics. If you missed these and would like to purchase the recording (no time limit to view), please choose from the webinars below. If you'd like to be kept up to date about forthcoming webinars, please click below to join our mailing list - we have some exciting presenters lined up!!
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WEBINAR RECORDINGS
All IEP webinars remain at the modest price of £10, and the recordings have no time limit, meaning you can revisit and watch at your leisure. (With the exception of IEP members who receive access to all IEP webinars as part of the membership benefits - if you are interested in becoming a member, please visit our Membership page)
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KAROLINA WESTLUND PhD
EQUINES, EMOTIONS & BEHAVIOUR
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Karolina Westlund PhD, a specialist in animal ethology, with a multidisciplinary interest including affective experiences, behaviour and training, delves into the science of emotions - what they are, how they are experienced by equines, and how that is shown in the behaviours that we see. Understanding how interconnected affective states are to behavioural output adds another element of consideration to our exploration of the 'whole horse'. This is sure to be a fascinating presentation, with Q&A after to deepen our understanding of the equines we work and share our lives with.
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REBECCAH BAYLISS
SELF-SELECTION & BOTANICALS
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Have you ever watched your Horse nibble at the hedgerow and wondered what he is eating and why?
Have you ever seen your Dog eat grass and wondered why? The use of herbs has been around for thousands of years and at times provided the only available treatment. Animals have the ability to self –medicate on herbs and oils via taste and smell, picking up on the components of the plants.
In this talk Rebeccah Baylis looks at herbal self selection in our animals....
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Rebeccah Baylis from Little Green Stables (LGS) LGS offers a whole animal approach to health, wellness, maintenance and performance: Becky is a qualified Veterinary Physiotherapist and Herbal Consultant working with Zoopharmacognosy, holding further Certificates in Myofascial release (MFR), Equine and Canine Massage, Acupressure and Mobilisation.
Working in Veterinary practice for much of her younger years, Becky now works freelance working with her client base as well as teaching, tutoring, mentoring and offering CPD’s to other therapists and owners covering and sourcing a range of specialists to work together to improve skills and develop knowledge further. Becky has a keen interest in behaviour and uses clicker training & +R with all of her animal family
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DR EMILY KIESON & JESSIE SAMS
EQUINE COMMUNICATION VS TRAINING STYLES
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This webinar examines the differences between training and horse-human communication. While any interaction between two animals can be considered communication, we will be looking closely at the interactions used in training, the goals around our interactions, and how this does or doesn’t line up with our ideas of communication and equine ethology.
This webinar will include:
- Analysis of operant conditioning in training
- Dissecting the application of associative learning in operant
conditioning
- Exploration of horse communication and social strategies
- Comparisons of social strategies with training practices – where do
they match up and where do they differ.
- Recognizing responses from horses in training and how this relates
differently to training than to communication.
- Methods to combine communication with management and training.
- Creating new approaches to balancing training with social
communication strategies
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About the Presenters;
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DR DOROTHY HEFFERNAN
UNDERSTANDING BIAS WHEN ENCOURAGING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
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Dorothy explores the role of unconscious bias in our interactions with and attitudes towards our equines, and delves into how we can best understand it to encourage a shift in human behaviour. This is ultimately of huge benefit to the animals that we live and work with, but is often a difficult area to overcome.
About Dorothy:
Dorothy is a positive reinforcement trainer, ethologist and psychologist, endorsed by the World Bitless Association and the Pet Professional Guild, and member of IEP. She is a passionate advocate of making the science of learning theory accessible to both equine owners and professionals, in order that people can gain a deeper understanding of equine behaviour, and ultimately improve relationships with their companions.
Dorothy is a keen blogger on all things equine and shares are valuable experience and knowledge via her own blog Horses Under Our Skin. She is also one of the four woman team who have created Positive Equine Training Scotland. PETS provides a wide range of services using positive reinforcement to help owners with their training and a variety of husbandary behaviours, all enhancing the relationship with their equines
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MELANIE WATSON
PUTTING RELATIONSHIPS FIRST
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In this webinar, Melanie Watson discusses the benefits and positive effects on welfare of putting relationship with equines first.
- The foundations of relationship, communication & emotional wellbeing in every day tasks
- Equine voluntary participation in their own care
- The dangers surrounding language & labels
- Foot handling case study - from sedation to safety
Q&A session.
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About our Presenter:
Melanie is a positive reinforcement horse trainer who uses Applied Behavioural Science, LIMA principles and Clicker Training. Her area of specialty includes Trauma recovery, Traffic Training, Behaviour modification from fear to active participation, Racehorse retraining, young horse handling and starting, Aggression and resource guarding in horses to name but a few for in house training at her yard in Skidby.
Melanie regularly performs video phone behaviour consultations for horse owners both in the UK and Internationally. She also performs home/yard visits to where the problem is happening for behavioural, environmental and functional analysis and assessments. Melanie plans and starts to implement a forward training plan alongside management changes where needed.
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CATHERINE BRADLEY EPA
ANGLING FOR A SOUNDER HORSE
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Taking a closer look at factors influencing hoof balance and the effects of different types of hoof balance on the horse.
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What is hoof balance and what influences it​
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Types of hoof balance and how they effect the horse​
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How do angles come into all of this?
About your Presenter:
Catherine qualified as an Equine Podiatrist in 2015 and is a member of the Equine Podiatrist Association(UK). As well as trimming for Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue, Catherine works with equids from all walks of life and is passionate about giving a positive hoof care experience to all.
"As an Equine Podiatrist, I work with barefoot equines, and those making the transition to barefoot. I can remove shoes, but not replace them! My services incorporate a force-free holistic approach to hoof care, considering the equine’s diet, environment, and exercise as well as trimming. I have experience working with acute laminitis, navicular, severe trauma to the hoof capsule, conformational abnormalities, and gait abnormalities causing unusual hoof growth to name a few and have also worked with youngsters having their first trim to traumatised equines with a fear of hoof-handling."
"I am a member of the Equine Podiatry Association UK which means that I am qualified (I have a diploma in Equine Podiatry and trained with Equine Podiatry Training Ltd), insured, and carry out a minimum of 40 hours CPD every year. I am currently studying for an MSc in Equine Science with the University of Edinburgh."​
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DÉSIRÉE BRAGANZA EdD EBQ &
JESSIE SAMS FdSc
ATTENTION BASED PRACTICE - EQUINE WELL-BEING FROM AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Désirée Braganza and Jessie Sams explore what Attention Based Practices are and how they can be applied to equine care, taking ecological considerations into account. Exploring some of the commonly used ecological terms, how they are applicable in equine ethology, and explaining how we can observe horses in conspecific situations. Includes an interview with Matthew Bruno, who applies attention based practices with his equines Abby and Jumpar
About your Presenters:
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CLIVE PONSFORD OF PROGRESSIVE HOOFCARE -
THE DIGITAL CUSHION, THE HEART OF THE EQUINE FOOT
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in this webinar, Clive Ponsford explores the crucial, but often overlooked, digital cushion. How does this amazing structure support the pedal bone? How does it affect blood flow? What is the digital cushion's role in dissipating concussion and what may happen if it is unhealthy?
Clive talks us through all of these points, and answers some interesting questions.
About your Presenter:
"My journey started in 2007, when taking horse barefoot was quite a new thing. Many of the practices I learned then I do not do today. Such as routinely trimming frogs just to make them look tidy. You could say I have evolved.
I am another equine professional that came to horses later in life.
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I have a background in metal fabrication, and engineering supplies. It was this background that led me to see our new young horse slipping and anxious, in metal shoes on a concrete yard as wrong. Particularly as she was unshod (when she arrived) she didn’t slip.
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At first my attention was taken by the shoes themselves. However, I soon discovered the complexity involved. Fitting something to a structure that flexes, is subject to large loads, and grows, is really not easy (understatement) particularly if you do not want to change the function of the structure, ie stop it flexing or stop it growing.
My conclusion is that nature got it right (surprise, surprise) and didn’t need us adding things to the foot, but to understand what the foot needed to be healthy.
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This set me on interesting journey of discovery. I have been lucky to have worked with many different horses over the years. I have worked with many challenging feet and horses. My interest in a more natural way to train and communicate with horses has grown into a strong ethical working practice. In recent years I have been producing CPD days for equine therapists on the structure and function of the foot."
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LOUISE NAPTHINE OF WHY DO HORSES
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In this webinar, Louise really delves into why our domestic horses benefit from the consideration of enrichment, and how we can bridge the gap between them and their free-ranging counterparts.
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What does enrichment mean to you? How many types of enrichment are there? How might various considerations benefit your equines?
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These subjects and more, in this comprehensive guide to providing fulfillment to your horse or pony, through an ethological lens with domestic settings in mind.
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About Your Presenter:
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Louise Napthine is a Certified Equine Training Instructor (ABTC-ATI). She has an MSc in Equine Health and Welfare, as well as a BSc in Equine Studies.
As a Fear Free Certified Professional, Louise specialises in the horse-human relationship and works with caregivers to help them to utilise various ethological considerations and enrichment ideas to further enhance the emotional and physical wellbeing of their equines.
Louise runs enrichment workshops and also works on a one to one basis depending on her clients’ needs, and is based in the Berkshire area. She is a full member of IEP and more information about Louise can be found here
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SUZANNE ROGERS
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In this webinar, Suz takes us on an international Adventure in Equine Welfare & Behaviour, highlighting some of her experiences in countries such as the Gambia, Palestine, Cambodia, Kenya, Wales and more.
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With many of the communities visited having a heavy reliance on equines as part of their lives (many in a transportation role), Suz explains some of the ways in which she and her team approached the perceptions and improvements of welfare, based on the customs, cultures and belief systems that she learned about. Her observations are extremely interesting, and humbling. Some of the activities that she introduced groups of people to are definitely transferable to our clients, colleagues and peers, wherever you are based.
About Your Presenter:​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Suzanne has worked in several very different roles that together have paved the way for being the co-director of HBCL (Human Behaviour Change for Life - www.hbcforlife.org). After graduation she worked in science publishing – initially as a science journalist and later managing several journals. In her spare time she re-qualified in animal behaviour and welfare and gained extensive practical experience with several organisations. She founded Learning About Animals through which she organised educational events and undertook consultancy projects. Up until 2024 she was active as an IAABC-certified behaviour consultant and is now focusing on HBCL but is active in teaching equine behaviour on several University and College courses Through extensive travel to developing countries Suzanne gained interest in transport animals and in 2005 joined the Board of the World Association for Transport Animal Welfare and Studies (TAWS). She is co-founder and Programmes Director of Change For Animals Foundation (CFAF), co-founder and Trustee of the Aquarium Welfare Association and Trustee of the World Cetacean Alliance (WCA). In 2007, she became the Programmes Manager of the Companion Animal Unit at WSPA (now World Animal Protection). She managed several dog population and working equine programmes. The role was to develop and test participatory methodologies – working with communities to change the way they manage and care for their animals. Suzanne led the move away from a heavy focus on mobile clinics towards prevention through participatory approaches. To reflect the broad applicability of the approach she became the Technical Advisor for Human Behaviour Change Programmes. Since 2011, Suzanne has worked as an international consultant for animal welfare and human behaviour change. In 2016, she co-founded Human Behaviour Change for Animals CIC with Jo White, in 2022 this expanded into Human Behaviour Change for Life, and the rest is history!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO FUTURE IEP WEBINARS
