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07/05/2024

One of the new barn kitties felt comfortable enough to climb up onto her nighttime space while I was sitting there, only took an hour and a half 😂

06/30/2024

Garden pictures no horses this time.

06/28/2024

Our new recruits to the farm team! Two young cats from cats of Salt Spring Rescue Society. They kindly brought them over and they’re hanging out in the tack storage getting to know us and starting to play with toys when they’re by themselves and now willing to come out and eat with me standing there. Big progress! ?

06/26/2024

Summertime fun time! Griffen and Lacey living the good life 🐴😊☀️ riding field

06/25/2024

Dressage schooling show September 15 at Crescent Stables Westside!
Regular tests and some fun events are planned! Start organizing your freestyle and finding a partner for a pas de deux!

06/25/2024

JODY HARDSTONE CLINIC DATE CHANGES
June 26th am and July 9 all day/early eve.

Pls email [email protected] for more information!

06/17/2024

Looks like Thunderbird wasn’t the only place getting a bit of rain our Southlands Hunter Jumper Show attendees also got a bit of the weather. Here is Lucie and Noah looking damp but happy

06/15/2024

Lucy and Noah doing great at their first show, Plum and Caroline doing super well too! Good job girls, horses and coaches!

06/15/2024

Claire and Diplomat 105 at their first show….straight to FEI and in the CDI ring! Great job by Claire in her FEI Young Riders tests. Tomorrow it’s Ava in the Junior Young Rider tests.

06/13/2024

Join us at Crescent Stables Westside for this wonderful series of clinics. Jody is a very effective instructor and entertaining too!

About Crescent Stables Important! Crescent Stables has relocated.  We now have two locations. For new Riders, Crescent Stables Seaside is located at Heron Bay Stables, at 2675 64th Street. Crescent Stables Seaside offers lessons and leasing at Heron Bay, along with our Unicorn Club programming. F...

06/11/2024

Baby hummers with their colouring starting to show, plus another nest we found in the kiwis!

06/10/2024

Dante and Charlie hanging out in the grass with Titan.

06/07/2024

Flowers on Flower Friday and a bonus sunset

06/05/2024

Jody Hartstone Clinic June 21,22, 25 am, July 6,7. Lecture and Q&A evening of June 20. Some riding spots available. Auditing 40.00 per day. Email [email protected] for more info.

06/01/2024

Flower Friday returns! Almost on a Friday. And a little someone giving me the side eye. Two little floofs underneath her!

05/22/2024

Big thanks to Triple B for doing our annual laser levelling. Whoa Dust is in, thanks Strathcona Ventures for the help, and thanks to coaches and boarders who showed up to rake! 🙏❤️🐴 Round pen levelling is in progress and the outdoor will be levelled tomorrow!

05/22/2024

More May garden!

05/22/2024

Interesting! Whoa means whoa even if it’s someone different saying it. If they know what whoa means. 🙈😂

A study published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science investigated whether horses can learn to recognise a new word and if the familiarity of the human voice saying the word affects this learning process.

18 adult warmblood horses were habituated to human voices from loudspeakers and taught to associate a novel word with receiving a treat.

The teaching involved both live voices and recorded playbacks from familiar and unfamiliar people.

After the training period, the horses were tested to see if they had learned the word, with the word being spoken by both familiar and unfamiliar voices.

The results indicated that horses could indeed differentiate between words and associate specific words with rewards.

The horses did not show a significant difference in response to the word whether it was spoken by a familiar or an unfamiliar person.

This suggests that horses can generalise across different human voices when responding to a learned word.

The study concludes that teaching horses single words is effective and emphasises the importance of consistent use of chosen words when training horses.

The research contributes to the understanding of horse cognition and communication, particularly in the context of human-horse interactions and training.

It also touches on the broader implications of how animals can generalise learning with different stimuli, which is relevant for effective training and safety in handling horses.

Anna Stachurska, Anna Skowerska-Wiśniewska, Witold Kędzierski, Ewelina Tkaczyk, Wiktoria Janicka, Jarosław Łuszczyński, Iwona Janczarek,How important is the familiarity of a human’s voice in teaching horses a novel word? Applied Animal Behaviour Science,
Volume 273, 2024

05/20/2024

Evening feed time and night check 🐴❤️

05/18/2024

Renee riding in the drifting petals of the Hawthorne trees on the track. Spring is fabulous!

05/13/2024

A fun day at the farm! Great Mother’s Day with super messages and calls, iced latte delivery, students making banana bread and bringing Small Victory baking, some treats (and people!) straight from Japan, and family dinner! Plus mom meeting the “new” Rusty. Still not getting any closer than she did to the original version 😂🙈🐴❤️ Plus Charlie trying to get in on the action of course!

05/12/2024

More Rusty spam. Good boy!

05/11/2024

Missing cat from 3749 Arthur Drive. Semi feral barn cat has wandered off which is VERY unlike him. Any info appreciated. Will come for treats, do not try to pick up as will not end well for either party. Thanks everyone. Looks like a Maine c**n with a very bad haircut. 🐈‍⬛ pls email [email protected] or comment.

05/11/2024

Northern lights over the barn….magical!

04/26/2024

Getting horsey in the garden, as well as in the house! 😂