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3.6.2022: Jan and Rebel

By Sue Palmer on June 3, 2022

A Guest Blog By Jan Daley March 2020! The beginning of an interesting time for the citizens of our islands! Personally, we are blessed. We have 3/4 acre of garden/paddock miles from anywhere, with beautiful scenery. We chained our gates, The Husband did the shopping, and the weather was fabulous. I long reined Rebel up […]

2.6.2022 Is Bigger Better?

By Sue Palmer on June 2, 2022

One of the most difficult aspects of horsemanship is sorting through what’s truth and what’s myth. You know that you should follow the science where possible, and where appropriate, but how do you know whether the science is any good? There are good studies and there are bad studies. Here’s an article, part of a […]

1.6.2022 Thank you

By Sue Palmer on June 1, 2022

“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” Elon Musk I feel so lucky to […]

30.5.2022: The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram – Research and Development

By Sue Palmer on May 30, 2022

It’s Not Easy! Figuring out when a ridden horse is uncomfortable is not easy. It’s not like we can put the horse in a laboratory and perform a series of tests on him. We have to do what’s known as field-based studies, where we take measurements in the ‘real world’. There are limitations to this, […]

29.5.2022 Finding The Right Help

By Sue Palmer on May 29, 2022

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Ralph Waldo Emerson It can be a minefield trying to find the right help for you and your horse, and I’ve written […]

28.5.2022 Who has helped you recently, and how?

By Sue Palmer on May 28, 2022

A Guest Blog by Jan Daley I know I do bleat on about The Husband, and if I was listening to someone else I’d probably roll my eyes and mime fingers-down-throat-and-vomit at such nauseating gushing. I know that no-one else would invest the ongoing time, effort, care, and meticulous planning that this man invests in […]

27.5.2022 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’

By Sue Palmer on May 27, 2022

From Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort? 7. Walk and trot in straight line What to do: Ask a handler to walk your horse in a straight line away from you on level ground for about 30 paces or so, and then back towards you. Repeat in trot, both on a loose […]

26.5.2022 Who Inspires You?

By Sue Palmer on May 26, 2022

A Guest Blog by Jan Daley I’m not sure if “inspire” is the right word. Incite frustration, irritation, shock, incredulity, love, humour, drama; there was never room for insipid! I grew up listening to fireside tales of post-war smuggling of rationed foodstuffs, of travel, and music, and travel, and animals. Of building a gypsy caravan, […]

25.5.2022: The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram – Research and Development

By Sue Palmer on May 25, 2022

Pain Has Many Manifestations There are lots of ways that a horse can try to tell you he’s in pain, and lameness is just one of them. Also, pain affects many different areas, and there are many things that can affect pain. As a population, we are not great at recognising pain or lameness in […]

24.5.2022 The Limits In Your Mind

By Sue Palmer on May 24, 2022

“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” Arthur C. Clarke In some areas of my life, I’ve spent a lot of time being told that I’m not good enough. So much so that I’ve come to believe that I really am not good enough. […]

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