02/09/2026
Barbara Hardman and Jennifer Nash are both Clinical Animal Behaviourists and Full members of the APBC. They recently had the opportunity to interview the researchers behind two really interesting papers with direct relevance to equine behaviour and welfare:
“Combined Reinforcement: Poisoned Cue or a Panacea for Modern Equine Training?” with Ella Bradshaw-Wiley and “Can All Behavioral Problems Be Blamed on Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome?” with Dr Ben Sykes and Dr Amy Lovett.
Both conversations were fantastic and covered topics really valuable to behaviour professionals, horse owners and the wider equine community. They discuss reinforcement and training methods, pain and behaviour, differential diagnosis (both Ben and Amy are internal medicine vets), learning history, rider effects, and the importance of looking at the whole horse rather than relying on a single explanation for behavioural change.
The podcast website is here: https://bit.ly/4qU6W2W
It is also available on all major platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Audible.
Welcome to Dangerous at Both Ends, Tricky in the Middle an equine behaviour and training podcast with Jen Nash and Barbara Hardman.There’s a lot of information out there about horses.Some of it is brilliant. Some of it is outdated. Some of it has ...
