Equitecture Horse Facility Design

01/11/2019

A very straight forward solution to the common traditional stable walls that can isolate our horses from one another and their natural need to be in contact with other equines! Great initiative Haras de la Cense!

Isn't it peculiar that we often associate the highest care of our horses to be in single boxes with barriers that can ultimately effect their well being.

Thanks Horse SA for sharing this stable's transformation..a very valuable change for the horses' quality of life.

11/09/2019

We are VERY pleased to announce that our abstract “The architecture of horse welfare: Improving horse welfare with ethologically-informed equine facility design” has been selected for the "Understanding Animals" conference!!

We are honoured by the scientific community’s acknowledgement of facility design as an important role in optimising animal welfare.

Now…if you are interested in going to what promises to be a very informative conference, you may like to know that it just proceeds Equitana Auckland!

An amazing few days to be had for all things education and equine!!

Abstract outcomes!

Over the next 10 days we will be sending out notifications to everyone who submitted an abstract. If you don't receive an email by the 17th of September, let us know.

What we can say at this point though, is that it is going to be an awesome program and we can't wait until November!!

05/09/2019

I have been privileged to briefly met Dr. Temple Grandin a couple of times and yes!!!...she is very INSPIRATIONAL!!

We have a shared experience of Autism in our lives AND creating thoughtful constructed environments for animals that respond to their evolutionary needs...her's being cattle and mine horses.

Years ago her advice to me was to keep on keeping on with the challenge of communicating new ideas and write.. write...write...til my equine welfare message was heard above the status quo...above tradition. I rang Cristina Wilkins the next day and have been honoured to be a contributor to Horses and People magazine ever since!!!

And here I am passionately still educating and writing about the benefits of horse facilities that optimise horse welfare!! Thanks Temple!

"I always find it kind of funny that normal people are always saying autistic children 'live in their own little world.' When you work with animals for a while

05/09/2019

Thanks Julie Fiedler! A couple of other topic ideas for consideration could include:
- 24/7 ventilation in stables without the draughts.
- Stable design that accommodates horse behaviour.
- How to reduce the heat gain in stables and minimise horse heat stress.

I am looking forward to the next webinar!!!

03/09/2019

I am chuffed to have this write-up on the Equitana New Zealand Website for my Auckland education series on the benefits of thoughtful horse facility design!!!

The wonderful team at EQUITANA Auckland have now provided me with an AMAZING WORKSHOP opportunity to offer free to all Equitana attendees!! This session will potentially give participants a greater depth of knowledge and direction for their own horse property developments with the focus on horse welfare.

I will post more information about this workshop soon but if you are going along to Equitana, and interested in the workshop please contact me as numbers will be strictly limited!!

29/07/2019

I'm heading to EQUITANA NEW ZEALAND!!!

It is VERY exciting that I have been invited to be one of the select Educators at Equitana New Zealand in November! Equitana is always a great opportunity to raise awareness in the horse community about what Architecture has to do with our horse's welfare!!

We make can make important differences in our horse's life experiences....including handling, training and performance....by considering the design of the built environments our horses spend their lives in.

ohhhh...and I'm so looking forward to meeting Mark Todd too!!!!

ALL TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 🎉🎉🎉

We've had a HUGE response to Day Tickets going on sale and we can't wait to see you all at EQUITANA this November!

EQUITANA will be your only opportunity to see Sir Mark Todd, Tristan Tucker and Al Dunning and with only limited Day Ticket available, get yours before you miss out! ⏰🏃🏼‍♀️

✨www.equitanaakl.co.nz/ticketing

25/07/2019

The Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Improving Animals' Lives is a great themed conference hosted by ISAE Australasia-Africa in New Zealand later in the year!!

We at Equitecture Horse Facility Design were inspired to submit an abstract on HORSES AND ARCHITECTURE and look forward to what promises to be a very interesting couple of days! There will be much talk about design of equine built environments, specifically in relation to accommodating horse behaviour...and critically the consequences of not!

Understanding Animals is a forum co-hosted by Massey University, the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) and the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCAART). This 2-day event will bring together scientists from all disciplines to discu...

17/07/2019

Thanks Horses and People for producing such a quality Horse Welfare Assessment Guide based on The Five Domains !

Wouldn't it be great if every horse owner, trainer and handler had a copy!!

For us at Equitecture Horse Facility Design its all about education!