Smerte hos heste –
Efter ISES-konferencen i august har smerter hos heste fyldt meget i de sociale medier. Og pudsigt nok er smerte netop temaet i det seneste nummer af A Voice for Horses, hvor jeg igen har fået lov til at bidrage med en artikel.
Denne gang skriver jeg om noget, der optager mig meget: hvor vigtigt det er, at børn lærer hestenes sprog og signaler.
For heste fortæller os hele tiden noget med deres krop. Nogle signaler er tydelige. Andre er så små, at de let bliver overset, hvis vi ikke ved, hvad vi skal kigge efter.
En pony, der spænder op, når gjorden strammes. Et blik, der ændrer sig. Ører, der lægges tilbage. En bevægelse, der ikke helt ser ud som den plejer.
Når børn lærer at se de små forandringer, får de ikke ansvaret for at afgøre, om en hest har ondt. Men de lærer at være nysgerrige, opmærksomme og at sige: “Jeg lagde mærke til noget.”
I min nye artikel “When Pain Goes Unnoticed – Can Children Be the First to See It?” skriver jeg om netop dét: hvordan vi kan lære børn at forstå hestenes sprog – og samtidig skabe et hestemiljø, hvor deres observationer bliver taget alvorligt. Læs artiklen her:
Camilla Louise Jacobs – A Voice for Horses – Issue 6 Autumn 2026 – Pain
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After the ISES conference in August, pain in horses has been widely discussed on social media. And, rather fittingly, pain is also the theme of the latest issue of A Voice for Horses, where I have once again had the opportunity to contribute an article.
This time, I write about something that matters deeply to me: how important it is for children to learn the language and signals of horses.
Horses are communicating with us through their bodies all the time. Some signals are obvious. Others are so subtle that they are easily missed if we do not know what to look for.
A pony tensing as the girth is tightened. A change in expression. Ears pinned back. A movement that does not look quite as it usually does.
When children learn to notice these small changes, they are not being given the responsibility of deciding whether a horse is in pain. But they do learn to stay curious, observant, and to say: “I noticed something.”
In my new article, “When Pain Goes Unnoticed – Can Children Be the First to See It?”, I write about exactly that: how we can teach children to understand the language of horses – while also creating a horse culture where their observations are taken seriously. Read the article here:
Camilla Louise Jacobs – A Voice for Horses – Issue 6 Autumn 2026 – Pain
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