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I'm reminded of 'you're very good at what you do, it's just that what you do is not worth doing' or something I think from the Big Bang...

Modern dressage really does need burning down :(

Well that was grim.

Horse will determine exactly what I'd do and when, but in a nutshell with a horse who wasn't confident being handled in the stable, I...

Can you please explain what you mean by "physical dominance of the horse over the human". Tell me what that behaviour looks like to you...

This. They ignore the FEI guidelines across marking, prioritise things like submission over harmony, and dont utilise the collectives...

Could you possibly get another companion from the charity before the original one is PTS so your mare has chance to get to know the new...

My horse has been quietly and politely telling me he was finding ridden work hard ever since I backed him at 4. As a consequence, I've...

People are finding these things tho. I'm sure it was exhausting for horses 30 years ago to just be expected to hack for 3 hours with all...

I do agree to some extent and I have always tried to find out what they enjoyed (the horse!) and that's what we did. However, now...

Dex backs up when I come in with his bucket and I ask him to, I put it down and say 'wait' and he does, and then say 'good boy' and he...

If you have no turnout, then it’s a big ask for a new horse to come in and not change their behaviour- especially if your daughter is...

What are you feeding him? You mention grain, is this a general term or are you actually feeding grain? For a horse with ulcers this...

I also thought it was probably new forest. Her head is very new foresty 😊

A friend has an overheight NF and he has the same head.