Better Animal Handling

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This week Dr. Chastain and Ginger offer tips on handling of horses, including:

• The most common type of injury from handling horses
• The most common fatal injury from handling horses
• Some steps to minimize the risks of common injuries from handling horses

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

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Please join Dr. Chastain and Ginger to learn more about separation anxiety, including;

• Signs of separation anxiety in dogs
• Causes of separation anxiety in dogs
• Separation anxiety avoidance training

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

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This week Dr. Chastain and Ginger would like to tell you about:

• Typical behaviors and physical abilities of donkeys
• Catching a donkey
• Restraint of donkeys

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

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You are welcome to join Dr. Chastain and Ginger as they explain:

• Recognition of normal goat behavior
• Moving and separating goats to be handled
• Physical restraint of goats

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

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Dr. Chastain and Ginger invite you to air your beef about:

• World consumption of beef
• Factors adverse to American exports of beef
• An alternative to beef from feedlots

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

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Come join Dr Chastain and Ginger to learn the basic means of controlling horses, including:

• Types of equine halters and lead ropes
• Proper handling of a halter and lead rope
• Creating an emergency halter

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

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In this episode Dr. Chastain and Ginger describe:

• Companion pets without a diaphragm muscle
• Handling techniques to avoid in animals without a diaphragm
• How some animals breathe without a diaphragm

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

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Dr. Chastain and Ginger would like for you to join them to hear about:

• The three aspects of hearing
• Hearing ranges in common species of animals
• The effects of noise on handling of animals

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

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Join Dr. Chastain and Ginger for an examination of training methods, including:

• The best age to begin training
• Proper uses of positive and negative re-inforcements of training
• Avoidance of aversive training methods

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

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In you are in the market for information on horse stocks, join Dr. Chastain and Ginger to learn about:

• The type of restraint provided by horse stocks
• The surroundings needed for proper use of horse stocks
• Physical restraint alternatives to stocks for horses

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com