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What do you do with your horse?

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This is inevitably the first question that I always get asked by people when they discover that I own horses. Actually I dread it, not because I don’t ‘do’ stuff with my horses, like riding them (this is what they really mean), – I do, but to be honest, riding them is perhaps the least important aspect of what I do with horses and when someone wants to know the answer to that question I always know I am dealing with a ‘mentality’, and it is usually going to be hard work! Read more »

Who is really training your horse?

Horse training 24/7

One of my horses is a thoroughbred chestnut gelding who is socially low-ranking within the herd. I have a problem with him, and the problem is:

All the other horses in the herd keep training him to move his feet! Read more »

A Sad Story

Here’s a sad story, overheard in a feed store.

“This woman got a horse and so she decided to give it a work out . What it needs, she thought, is a good old lungeing session over jumps etc. (make the bu***r work). But she worked it so hard it aborted the foal it was carrying, but it was OK because she didn’t even know it was pregnant!” Read more »

How Long does a Horse Live?

Simple enough question I suppose but finding the answer is not at all easy. We could more properly ask what is the average longevity of the horse or what is the lifespan of the horse? Or we could be really brave and ask what is the potential lifespan of a horse? The short answer to that one, I’ve found out, after researching over several years, is basically a lot longer than we think. Read more »

The Equine Natural Rug – not an Advert!

There is a Better Rug for your Horse! The Equine Natural.

This rug features all the technology developed over millions of years of research and refinement. The Equine Natural gives your horse a rug that is: Read more »

The Secret of the Horse Whisperers

Throughout history one phrase has drifted in and out of public awareness regarding the ability of a few gifted individuals to communicate with horses, the phrase is of course, ‘horse whisperer’. To some people this title implies a magical natural ability to communicate with horses. The public suppose that horse whisperers have unique access to some secret knowledge handed down over the years, that only they and the horses understand, – and with this knowledge, the most disturbed horse can be miraculously turned into a gentle, obedient lamb, but the truth is far from that. On this blog you will learn this ‘secret knowledge’ and how it works and why it always has worked and always will work. Read more »