The VetCareTraining Podcast

In this episode, I am interviewing another one of the Cooperative Care Kick-Start graduates, Mahnoor Raja. In her review of this program, Mahnoor wrote that it helped her overcome her fear of cooperative care training. In this episode, we talk about what she was worried about in the beginning and how Cooperative Care Kick-Start helped her. We also dive into consent-based care itself, talking about...

In this episode, I´m interviewing one of my Cooperative Care Kick-Start graduates, Jessica Mikels. Jessica talks about her journey with her horse Penny and how Penny didn´t like pressure and would say "no" to being touched. Jessica also shares her breakthroughs in the Cooperative Care Kick-Start program. Enjoy listening! Another cohort of Cooperative Care Kick-Start opens in September 20...

In this episode, I am talking to one of the students of my Cooperative Care Kick-Start program, Ilenia Perissinotto, about her horse Freddy and their journey to building trust and an amazing relationship through consent-based care and training. Freddy was one of those horses who started saying "no" to everything as soon as he realized he was allowed to. This is a common issue for many ho...

In this episode, I will talk about how I got into Equine Cooperative Care and what motivated me to go all in and create an educational project around it. Enjoy listening! Learn the principles of Equine Cooperative Care: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/introduction-to-equine-cooperative-care Learn more about my signature course called the Cooperative Care Kick-Start: https://vetcaretraining...

Welcome back to the VetCareTraining podcast. This is actually my first ever episode with a guest! I invited Angelica Hesselius to chat about her way to reward-based riding, her transition from classical dressage to positive reinforcement-based dressage, and beyond. It was such a great conversation! Enjoy listening. Check out Angelica´s Reward-Based Riding Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/pod...

OK, here´s a controversial one: As owners, veterinarians, or other professionals, do we train horses to avoid healthcare procedures? You might think: What a stupid question? Of course not! ...and you might be surprised ;) Enjoy listening. Find out more about my work: https://vetcaretraining.com/ Learn the basic principles of Equine Cooperative Care: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/introduc...

Cooperative care is based on the horse (or another animal) giving us their consent for the medical procedure. In the equestrian world, the concept of giving horses a choice or asking them for their consent is still somewhat controversial. So, let´s explore what consent in real life is and whether it is practical. Take my free online course called the Introduction to Equine Cooperative Care to dive...

I had a great conversation with Daina Matskina the other day - she´s a horse trainer from Latvia, and she´s organizing a VetCareTraining clinic in Latvia (in June 2026). Find out more about the clinic: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/clinics We were chatting about Equine Cooperative Care, who it is for, who will benefit from it, and what you can expect from the clinic. In our conversation,...

The core topic of my work, and therefore also of this podcast, is Equine Cooperative Care. In this episode, I am going to talk about what exactly it is.

When it comes to healthcare procedures, even the basic ones, some horses start behaving in a way that makes it nearly impossible to take care of their health. Some try to avoid being treated at all costs. Some even let the vet (farrier...) come close. It is important to know that horses don´t behave this way because they are being naughty, or disrespectful, or because they are testing our skills,...

Hey there! Welcome to the VetCareTraining Podcast . My name is Katerina Junghansova, I am an equine veterinarian, cooperative care trainer, founder of an educational project called VetCareTraining, and I´m your host in this podcast. In the VetCareTraining Podcast, we are going to be discussing Equine Cooperative Care , ethical, evidence-based horse handling, and beyond. Enjoy listening!