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Horse Behaviour
100 Handy Hints on Horsemanship: One
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Sue Palmer
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December 30, 2022
Never be afraid to ask questions of the people you’ve chosen to work with you and your horse. There is no such thing as a stupid question,
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30.12.22 Is My Horse Faking It?
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Sue Palmer
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December 30, 2022
“Being more sensitive to pain than another horse is not a character flaw, but a real and lived experience. Indeed, there is no logical reason for a horse to exaggerate their pain. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Horses, as prey animals, are evolutionarily designed to minimise their suffering and make accommodations to mask their lameness. Horses who showed their weakness were more likely to be tonight’s dinner for the next predator, and thus have no opportunity to pass those wimpy genes on to their offspring and to future generations.”
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23.12.2022 The Iconic Sound of the Whip???
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Sue Palmer
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December 23, 2022
At my son’s school Christmas concert, the older kids in the orchestra were playing ‘Sleigh Ride’ by Leroy Anderson. I have to say, they played beautifully! At the start, the conductor announced the piece, adding “Listen out for the iconic sound of the whip.”...
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16.12.2022 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’
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Sue Palmer
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December 16, 2022
From Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort?... Since none of us can possibly know everything (and if someone claims that they do, perhaps they are not the right person to be working with), one priority is to point people in the direction of the right help. The trick is to know when and how to do that, and where to point them. I sincerely hope this book will help, for the sake of ridden horses throughout the world.
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13.12.2021 The Noseband Controversy
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Sue Palmer
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December 13, 2021
A Guest Blog by Sue Dyson There is considerable controversy about the use of different types of nosebands, their tightness and potential to cause harm. Several recent studies explored the use of different noseband types and their fitting with the presence or absence of lesions within the mouth, with rather confusing results. Alongside these have […]
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30.11.2021 How To Fix Fear Of The Farrier
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Sue Palmer
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November 30, 2021
How To… Fix Fear Of The Farrier… In 10 Easy Steps Chapter 9: Food as a distraction Bribery is rarely a good plan as a training tool, but using food as a distraction or a reward can work very well in relation to overcoming fear of the farrier. This can be as simple as a […]
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27.11.2021 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’
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Sue Palmer
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November 27, 2021
From Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort? 1. Picking up feet What to do: Pick up each of your horse’s feet in turn, as though you were going to pick out his foot. The ideal: A balanced horse who is willing to have all four feet picked up, where left feels the […]
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15.11.2021 How To Fix Fear Of The Farrier
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Sue Palmer
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November 15, 2021
How To… Fix Fear Of The Farrier… In 10 Easy Steps Chapter 6: Is he in pain? Difficult behaviour for the farrier is one of the ‘flags’ in my book ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’ which suggest that a vet check could be beneficial. This is more about horses who pull their leg […]
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10.11.2021 How To Fix Fear Of The Farrier
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Sue Palmer
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November 10, 2021
How To… Fix Fear Of The Farrier… In 10 Easy Steps Chapter 5: Just a second… Holding his foot in the air is, from the horse’s point of view, removing his option to flee. The option to flee may, as far as his instincts are aware, be the only thing that keeps him alive, should […]
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30.10.2021 How To Fix Fear Of The Farrier
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Sue Palmer
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October 30, 2021
How To… Fix Fear Of The Farrier… In 10 Easy Steps Chapter 3: Can He Stand Still? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Teaching your horse to stand still is the foundation of rock that you can safely build on. I don’t mean to stand still for a minute or two, or […]
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