– Offering our horses scentwork and exploration exercises not only reduces stress and make them more confident. It can also be a brilliant tool when horses struggle with what we often refer to as behaviour problems, she says the Dutch trainer Rachaël Draaisma
Draaisma has worked full time as a trainer and behavioural consultant since 2002. First with dogs, later with horses as we covered in the episode «calming signals» with Turid Rugaas. Today the topic is another pilar of Rachaël’s working life with horses namely the value of scentwork and exploration exercises. Rachaël has developed an extensive method to do scent tracking with horses. And offering horses mental stimulation does not only reduce stress and make the horse more confident, it is also a brilliant tool when horses struggle with what we often refer to as behaviour problems.