Recent content by magicofhorses

have you considered breaking down the steps first, definetly agree with taking your time, but also don't want him to keep not loading as we may teach him that that is the aim of the session - so my advice would be a proffessional, they can just help you focus so much and their experience is...

Leading / Lunging - plastic bag on the end of a stick? or have you tried a giddy up rope or wip wop from www.intelligenthorsemanship.co.uk. I will explain more about how you would encourage movement as if you were riding - so hopefully you could adapt this to use the methods from on the ground...

[ QUOTE ] What anomolies , unexpected resutls have you found in the original? I think my four totally different answers for horses on same regime relate to four different types and personalities of horse and their age and work , rather than their turnout regimes. [ QUOTE ] I needed these...

[ QUOTE ] Surely this doesn't belong in Breeding - New Lounge would be more appropriate. [/ QUOTE ] Sorry, it's just that I had about 14 people answer my questionnaire when it was posted here before so was hoping to catch them / more people again.

[ QUOTE ] What is the hypothesis/aim for this experiment? Surely its rather obvious and totally dependent on type of horse and the work/fitness its doing? [/ QUOTE ] My hypothesis was: The more turnout a horse receives, the more compliant he will be in everyday situations; ie: trying to say...

Thanks very much for your response - will definetly let you know of my final results - thanks

Hi there, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone. Well after lots of analysing and 333 samples later I have started to sort out some results from all the horsey data. However – I’m still not finished so don’t wish to yet say what these results are as it could all change when some more samples come in...

Hi there, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone. Well after lots of analysing and 333 samples later I have started to sort out some results from all the horsey data. However – I’m still not finished so don’t wish to yet say what these results are as it could all change when some more samples come in...

Hi there, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone. Well after lots of analysing and 333 samples later I have started to sort out some results from all the horsey data. However – I’m still not finished so don’t wish to yet say what these results are as it could all change when some more samples come in...

[ QUOTE ] I have one on box rest - not the usual scheme so shall I do it for now or how she is usually kept? [/ QUOTE ] hi sorry about reply - just got back from a feeding course - learnt so much! Could I have it for how she is usually kept please, as I assume for the majority of her life she...

I'll be studying at Aston Uni next year - currently doing this under my own steam on a gap year

Wow - thanks for everybody's help and taking the time to complete my questionnaire - about the age/breed thing. Unfortunately I was working to the keep things simple rule, if I started asking about age/breed, I could ask about a whole no. of q's like eventer/show jumper/driving, what are you...

Wow - thanks for everybody's help and taking the time to complete my questionnaire - yes it would have been easier to have N/A as 0 - but since I gave the questionnaires out I have to keep the format the same for a fair test, so am just changing this manually when I calculate a horse's av. score...

Hi there - my name's Ross Copland and I was hoping this fantastic forum might be able to help me with my psychology project. I have worked with horses for about 6 years now, and in preparation for my uni degree, I'm conducting my own psychology project. I have already given this anonymous...

Hi there - my name's Ross Copland and I was hoping this fantastic forum might be able to help me with my psychology project. I have worked with horses for about 6 years now, and in preparation for my uni degree, I'm conducting my own psychology project. I have already given this anonymous...