What one-sidedness reveals about horses - a conversation with Konstanze Krüger & Kate Farmer

In this episode of Equidemia Insights, a conversation with Konstanze Krüger & Kate Farmer.
Horse owners encounter the horse's preference for one side, laterality, every day, but many are not even aware of it. In science, this “crookedness” is divided into four aspects: the physical unstraightness, motor and sensory laterality as well as the laterality of the brain.

Typical situations in horse training: Sometimes it turns out that horses only get spooked on one side or that mounting works easily on the left side while there are difficulties on the right side. It may also be that your horse only prefers one particular side when leading.

In a nutshell

What is laterality?
The horse's preference for one side.

How is this “crookedness” divided in science?
Into four aspects: the physical unstraightness, motor and sensory laterality as well as the laterality of the brain.

Absolutely recommended reading (affiliate links, in German)
Forschung trifft Pferd: https://amzn.to/4bzYXyt
Lateralität: https://amzn.to/3Wf1eLc

Further reading: https://equidemia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Equidemia-podcast-references.pdf

Keep listening (German version): Was Einseitigkeit über Pferde verrät – im Gespräch mit Isabell Marr & Konstanze Krüger: https://equidemiainsights.podigee.io/25-lateralitat

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