THE PRINCIPLES OF CONCORDIA EQUESTRIANS

OUR VISION

Our vision is of a world where all horses are cared for and trained with kindness and understanding.

OUR SHARED VALUES

Our shared values are compassion, harmony, empathy, patience, partnership, and honesty.

OUR COMPASSION

Our compassion is for all equines, and also for our fellow human beings, offering a supportive community, where open-mindedness allows us to learn from each other. We adopt the Five Domains Model for animal welfare assessment on nutrition, physical environment, health, behavioural interactions and mental state.

OUR COMMITMENT

Our commitment is to promote successful human-horse relationships in which equine welfare is paramount. Through sharing education and knowledge that are based on science, research, evidence-based practice and compassion, we create thoughtful practices in care, management and training.

OUR BELIEFS

Fundamental to our beliefs is the fact that horses are sentient beings, capable of being aware of sensations and emotions, of feeling pain, of suffering and of experiencing a state of well being. With this in mind, we acknowledge that the management, handling, training and riding of horses must be in such a way that fear and distress are removed, or at least reduced to an absolute minimum.

We believe in listening to the horses, supporting the learning style that allows for the horse’s individuality, and giving them the time to develop both mentally and physically.

We believe that horses should have freedom of movement and expression, this applies to all the ways we manage, live, work and connect with horses, and eliminates the use of restrictive equipment and force.

OUR DESIRE

Our desire is to be a force for good, and a voice for horses all over the world.

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