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Along with competition nerves (familar rider suddenly becoming a stranger) and plain old riding nerves when people are encouraged to...

Absolutely, its very common to see a rider physically asking the horse to do something, when the riders body is making it very clear...

Humans are clumsy in the mind as well as the body. They often ask physically (usually when trying to please or be brave) for things they...

I think this is really simple, if too frequently overlooked. Its not complicated, and its not telepathy (sorry), horses are supreme...

Not this person (I'm not very woo woo!) but a friend has got herself in a flap over whether her horse is in pain and one of the horse...

tested for PPID and negative on both a test and on clinical symptoms?

I climbed back on Atlas for the first time in nearly 9 months I think! He was great. And he’s got these mega dapples, he looks like a...

When we had rescues or feral come in we used our large pens/foaling boxes (12×25ft each). The gates opened in a way that we could let...

it you watch the video you will see precisely frame by frame what I mean, is the carrots part R + I would have thought it was. The...

Science breaks behaviours down into tiny micro units that can be used to collect data - and often isn’t testing the whole thing or a...

Yes we can use R+ to reinforce wanted behaviours. Learning theory shows that from woodlice upwards, a behaviour that gives a positive...

He always said he'd not do a riding holiday but we are going to the big horse fair, the Feira Nacional do Cavalo in Golegã, and it is...

It's been nearly exactly a month so in case anyone sees this late or was curious about the current goings-on of my loaning saga 😆 I'm...

Seriously, it sounds to me like you're being taken advantage of. One unsuitable and unsafe horse has been replaced with another, you're...

It’s such a beautiful day that I brought Roxie out into the garden with me for 20mins. She was so happy and just chilled in the...