Language Signs and Calming Signals of Horses

Recognition and Application

By: Rachaël Draaisma

Narrated by: Rebekah Amber Clark

This practical book helps you interpret and connect the physical signals that horses display in response to their environment. These signals are evident in the everyday actions, gestures and attitudes that horses communicate to each other, but are often so subtle that they can go unnoticed by humans. This book aims to rectify that, offering horse lovers and equine professionals an opportunity to gain a unique insight into their 'horse's world'.

Key features:

includes detailed description of language signs of domestic horses, with a special emphasis on calming signals includes 275 pictures to visualize various language signs, calming signals, behavior sequences and facial features presents communication ladders to show how a horse responds to incentives in his environment, and what signals he uses at certain moments contains tips on the use of the communication ladders and calming signals to improve the socialization, training and wellbeing of your horse considers equine psychological stress from an environmental perspective, providing a valuable alternative to the current common clinical perspective.

After listening to this book you will be more astute in spotting calming signals, displacement activities, stress signals and distance-increasing signals, and better able to see which stimuli your horse can handle and which he cannot. This means you will know what to do to calm your horse before his stress rises to an unmanageable level. Language Signs and Calming Signals of Horses is both fascinating and important book for any equine veterinary practitioner, student or nurse, as well as horse owners and trainers.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Rachael Draaisma (P)2025 Glorious Voices LLC

Wonderful book for any Equine person

This was such a lovely book with so many engaging areas! I am going to purchase them for my staff members for my EAP program I have been running since 2011!! I highly recommend this to anybody who has horses

Essential Reading for Understanding Equine Communi

Language Signs and Calming Signals of Horses: Recognition and Application offers a thoughtful and detailed exploration of how horses communicate through subtle body language. The author breaks down calming signals, stress indicators, and social behaviors in a way that is both accessible to beginners and insightful for experienced handlers. Real-life examples and clear explanations help readers recognize these signals in everyday interactions, fostering trust and improving training outcomes. While it focuses more on observation and interpretation than on step-by-step training methods, it is an invaluable guide for anyone committed to building a deeper, more respectful relationship with their horse.

Tips on how to help your horse through scary situations

I loved the content. It was hard listening when there were references to the pdfs since I was mostly driving.

Not worth having as an audiobook

The constant references to hundreds of figures makes this impossible to use as an audiobook. There should have been an accompanying "workbook" to download that would support the use of this as an audiobook. The book content might be useful but was absolutely a waste of money as an audiobook.