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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Helmetless horse-riding shows you are an inspired horse trainer, if Pat Parelli is to be believed.
The reason you do not see our people wearing helmets is because we try to teach people that rather than be brave because they are wearing a a helmet to protect them, they would be better off not riding until [...]
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Recently, an interesting article written by an Australian gentleman by the name of John O’Leary was brought to my attention (thank-you Beks!).
Mr O’Leary has given horse transport and safety a lot of thought and provides a detailed account of how he thinks horses perceive their world and its impacts on their travelling problems. To access this opinion-piece [...]
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Dressage Disgrace’s teleseminar with Klaus Hempfling on Rollkur was illuminating – it is important that we have these conversations, and I would like to thank Mark from Dressage Disgrace for making this conversation possible.
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What did Klaus say?
Klaus said that the dignity of the horse is lost, his sight is hampered and respiration is hindered when [...]
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Do you go into the pasture or stable and slap a halter on your horse’s head?
The horse sees you approach, there are likely one of 3 responses:
he looks at you dully and allows the headstall to be put on
he turns away (and would prefer to run away)
he comes to you with a bright [...]
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