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11.6.2021 If only I had had a sharper pair of scissors…

By Sue Palmer on June 11, 2021

I heard the yelling in the next door barn, and I ran. The bay colt had the ring of his head collar caught on the catch of the stable door. I sprinted back to my stable, grabbed my scissors, and shot back to the colt. I sawed away at the head collar, and he struggled. […]

New Beginnings

By Sue Palmer on May 5, 2021

How do you decide who to ask to help you with your horse? It depends of course on the kind of help that you are looking for. I attended a BHS CPD day run by, at the time, one of only two BHS instructors who is also a level 4 UKCC coach. She talked about […]

How To Make More Time

By Sue Palmer on May 4, 2021

“It’s not a matter of getting more time, it’s a matter of making more time” In this time of crazy mad rushing around to get everything done, it’s easy to think that we haven’t got enough time. A couple of my favourite books about making more of our time are ‘Rest’ by Alex Pang, and […]

How Do Horses Behave When They’re Tacked Up?

By Sue Palmer on May 3, 2021

On 23rd January 2021 a study was published in Equine Veterinary Education titled “An investigation of behaviour during tacking‐up and mounting in ridden sports and leisure horses.” Authors Dyson, Bondi, Routh, Pollard, Preston, McConnell, and Kydd concluded that “Abnormal behaviour during tacking‐up and mounting was common.” The objective of the study was to look at […]

To a Trickle Haynet

By Sue Palmer on April 30, 2021

Oh evil instrument of equine teasing, morsels of food through micro holes squeezing. Filling my belly is much impeded. Takes lots of effort and much time needed. Your green nylon string so thick and strong. For a horse this is torture and just plain wrong. Tempting strands visible but so hard to attain. So very […]

How To Be Happier: Conclusion

By Sue Palmer on April 29, 2021

How To Be Happier: Conclusion We are all in the same storm, but we are not all in the same boat. My counsellor used to comment that if I had a broken leg, I’d be pointing out that someone with two broken legs was worse off than me. She was telling me that it was […]

28.4.2021 Sam and Rabbit – March

By Sue Palmer on April 28, 2021

Guest blog from Sam and Rabbit So another month has sped by. Rabbit and I have continued training hard in the last month, and very excitingly have booked our first dressage test for over 12 months! We have managed to qualify for the PetPlan Area Festivals at Elementary level. This is in May, so in […]

Introducing the new IHRT, Mel Nagele

By Sue Palmer on April 27, 2021

Mel says: “… The benefits of the Intelligent Horsemanship training methods continued with a horse I purchased as a ‘weanling’, Spaghetti. IHRT Sandra Williams helped me with ‘groundwork’, ‘horse agility’ and with ‘backing’. After 20 years of not eventing, Spaghetti has completely inspired me to get back to eventing and in 2020 we completed a […]

How To Be Happier: Chapter 10

By Sue Palmer on April 26, 2021

Safety “You’re never perfectly safe. No human being on Earth ever is or ever was. To live is to risk your life, your heart, everything.” Rick Yansey, The Last Star When I first thought about this chapter, I was going to write about how being safe makes us happier. And to a large degree, that’s […]

25.4.2021 Guest Blog from Dr Sue Dyson

By Sue Palmer on April 25, 2021

An ethogram is a series of behaviours each with strict definitions, for example ears back behind a vertical position for five seconds or more. The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram (RHpE) was developed to facilitate the recognition of discomfort in ridden horses, which was likely to reflect either primary musculoskeletal pain or discomfort caused by the […]

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