Category: Education
Shireen Timmis BSc. (Hons) Project Equine I get to see a wide range of behavioural issues and I’ve included below some of the most common. Please note that if you experience a sudden or unexpected change in behaviour your first port of call should always be a vet. A vast majority of all behavioural cases […]
A short introduction for the first part in a new series of articles by Dan Delsart – French Showjumper An introduction to poles Place a wing on the fence line, and a wing a pole length away, to later build a jump with. Place 2 guide poles either side of the inside wing – parallel […]
An insight into the joys of long lining! By Morgan Billings – L.M.T & C.E.S.M.T. What is long lining? Long lining is the lost art of working your horse from the ground with two reins. It very closely simulates riding. It’s a great tool to get your horse comfortable with having something behind them, turning and […]
Through distance learning in the UK – Train to be an Equine Therapist with Australia’s leading Equine Assisted Psychotherapy & Equine Assisted Learning education expert What is Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP)? EAP is an innovative approach to clinical practice and psychotherapy where clients are invited into safe relational experiences with horses to address therapeutic goals. […]
Avoiding problems now and in the future By Dr. Corrine Austin of Austin Davis Biologics Ltd Best practice worm control has received a lot of coverage in recent years with the availability of a saliva test for tapeworm diagnosis and more recently a blood test for small redworm (including encysted larval phases) which complement routine […]
An insight into how we affect conformation By Morgan Billings – L.M.T & C.E.S.M.T. Conformation – Overall balance of the horse . Length of the bones, angles of the joints, and how their muscles are proportioned. There have been a lot of clients that , do not see eye to eye with me on how […]
What is Salt Therapy? Salt Therapy provides a 100% natural, non-invasive and drug free therapy, which uses medical grade dry salt, and is a natural anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antihistamine which is suitable for all horses in every discipline and at all levels, from your child’s pony to Group level racehorses and everything in between and […]
Introducing The McTimoney Technique – Peggy Sofley from Animals4Balance In the 1950′ John McTimoney developed the McTimoney Chiropractic technique as such and adapted this later for the treatment on animals. Today, the McTimoney MSc in Animal Manipulation is the only validated course of this level in Europe. Which is taught at the McTimoney Chiropractic […]
Jenifer Morrissey of Willowtrail Fell Ponies Why has no one bred for the perfect shoulder On the left, a well laid back shoulder on a Fell Pony, annotated to show the slope, and a steeper shoulder on the right on another Fell Pony. Sometimes the angles in the shoulder area are referred to generally rather […]
Why did I want to become a Reiki Master? Well, I’ve always had an affinity with horses but the thought of possibly being able to help them with their physical problems and even more so help them to release their emotional fears, stress and worries was even more appealing. So I went to the […]