Exploring topics on horse training & welfare
Posts tagged as:
It’s about time this blog had a spark of positivity – and here it is! Today I share with you the principles of permaculture and how they relate to horse training.
“What is permaculture?”
I hear you ask…
Permaculture is a way of providing sustainable food and shelter for people, whilst not harming the environment, the soil [...]
{ 2 comments }
You can imagine my surprise, when this week I was contacted by the U.S. Stable Scoop Radio Show to join Helena B and ‘Glenn the Geek’ in a discussion on the topic of the ethics of horse keeping and riding.
As you know, this topic is very dear to my heart, so I jumped at the [...]
{ 4 comments }
It was a charismatic Steffen Peters who so willingly and humorously shared his training insights at New Zealand’s Regional FEI Dressage Forum on 12 and 13 September,and I’m sure glad I was there! In Aotearoa (NZ) we are merely a wee cocoon stuck to a distant tree, far removed from the influence of top (and [...]
{ 2 comments }
A book of Zen Questions by Robert Allen has me contemplating how his words can help us in achieving our aim of dancing with our horses, understanding them, and becoming a better horse person.
Robert says:
We are afraid of “don’t know”. It smacks of ignorance or worse, indifference… What do we really know? In reality, very [...]
{ 2 comments }
How should you work and train in a session? Here are a few tips from Anky’s visit to Equitana a few years back:
Always start in rising trot, horses and riders are often stiff to start out.
Make sure your horse relaxes in between bouts of work in a training session – go on a long rein [...]
{ 0 comments }
