Exploring topics on horse training & welfare
From the category archives:
Every now and then you here a story, it touches a cord and you know others will benefit from the telling. Soso’s story reminds us of every child who never had a pony, the child who ‘made do’ with whatever animal encounters (s)he could seek out, and the life-long love of animals that ensued. Soso’s [...]
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Over on Twitter, TrotonTV (John Bethell) wanted my thoughts on Anky van Grunsven’s reply about her student Patrik Kittel’s ‘Blue Tongue’ video recording, now being investigated by FEI. (I also wrote about it here).
140 tweet characters does not allow a particularly thorough reply!
So John, here you go…
We must use a degree of caution, knowing that [...]
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I have been reading an excellent book by Mark Russell and Andrea Steele, Lessons in Lightness – the art of educating the horse. Not only reading the book, but experimenting with my clients and their horses (with their permission, of course!). In this way I have been able to assess the ease of understanding and [...]
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EponaTV has sparked much-needed debate on the use of Rollkur in horse-training, having taped a 2 hour video of a World Cup dressage horse ridden by Swedish rider, Patrik Kittel in warm-up.
The horse is seen in hyper-flexion (the scientific name for Rollkur), and the tongue is well extended, flapping outside the horse’s mouth and [...]
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When I look at this YouTube video BayPony17’s video – Open Your Eyes – Horse Cruelty I am saddened.
What happened to the reasons people began to ride? Do you remember as a child, the joy of being with your horse, trying to understand him? Do you remember how his skin felt, his unique scent and [...]
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