equine enrichment
Foundation Diploma Award
5
Modules
Access
Lifetime
33
Lessons
Length
Flexible
4
Exams
Award
Diploma
15
Activities
3
Modules
4
Exams
33
Lessons
15
Activities
Flexible
Self Paced
Award
Diploma
What You'll learn....
This course is aimed at helping every horseowner and yard manager to make a positive impact on the horse’s environment through enrichment.
Enrichment is essential for modern horse keeping, helping to meet your horse’s natural needs in their environment. This course will guide you through the different categories of enrichment, showing you why each is so important for your horse’s well-being.
You’ll learn how to assess your horse’s current environment to identify opportunities for improvement and discover how to introduce new enrichment activities safely and effectively. The course provides a range of engaging games and activities you can easily do with your horse, all of which require no specialist equipment and often make use of everyday objects.
Course Content
Foundation level courses generally take 20 – 50 hours of study.
This is self paced learning, you can take as long as you need to complete the course.
- Horse owners.
- Professionals such as yard owners, managers and grooms.
- Equine enthuiasts and volunteers.
This a beginner friendly course, there are no formal entry requirements.
Foundation Diploma in Equine Enrichment.
Equivalent to NVQ Level 3.
This course is accredied by Thunderhooves.
Course provided by...
Wendy Wainwright
Wendy is the founder of Thunderhooves enrichment, developing and incorporating enrichment games into her own horse’s environment and routines for many years. Enrichment is a subject Wendy is passionate about and sees it as an essential role in equine welfare. She aims to bring enrichment to a wider audience and encourage all equestrians to make it a standard part of their horse care.
A Positive Approach to Learning
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