2004 Shire/Thoroughbred Gelding

Orin was originally bred to be a fox hunting horse.  He went through both traditional and natural horsemanship training and learned how to present a wide range of behaviors in order to get people to stop using "pressure".  He will tense up and rest his leg, lower his head, turn towards people, etc all while being very tense and eager to leave at the first opportunity.  He is very wary of people and doesn't necessarily like to be touched.  It takes him a lot of time to trust people and he is very olfactory oriented.  He has shown a lot of interest in obstacles and problem-solving enrichment in the past and really seemed to enjoy mutual engagement opportunities instead of training.  He needs to learn that he can trust people and find enjoyment with humans without being coerced, manipulated, or otherwise told what to do. 

​Orin is part of a research herd associated with Equine International as part of an ongoing collaborative effort to facilitate research in the field of equine therapy. This herd's behaviors and responses to humans have been part of longitudinal research studies in equine wellbeing/welfare and equine-human interactions that will play a significant role in the research collaborations with Project ComeBack and serve as controls and comparisons for the dedicated PCB herd (which will create more robust findings for this work). 


Orin is fully sponsored by Equine International.