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31/07/2024

🐴 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🐴

Tomorrow, 1 August 2024, is the International 🎂Horse Birthday 🎂 for all horses.
Please bring carrots 🥕🥕 with you this weekend to celebrate them and to thank them for being the incredible sentient beings that they are.
Thank you 🙏🏼

15/07/2024

"The horse knows. He knows the human twenty to one. It’s amazing how much he’ll get out of things, how he’ll fill in for as little as the human knows about him.
How that horse can handle it has always been a mystery to me. Put yourself in his shoes to live your whole life where no one knows who you really are. Well, I haven’t met a human yet who compares to a horse. A human couldn’t take it.
See, you can get a horse to do something if you’re tough enough, just like you can with a human.
But a willing communication is a different matter.
You fix it so the horse can try, then you allow him to work it out. You have to give him that dignity. You make your idea his idea.
I believe these colts, I trust them.
I always trust they can buck too. Don’t think they won’t.
Just keep fixing it up and let them find it. Don’t try to make it happen.
Prepare to position for the transition. The transition is the last thing that happens. And don’t try to be boss."

Ray's words are from an article 'Ray Hunt: The Cowboy Sage' written by Gretel Ehrlich and appeared in the Shambhala Sun, July 1998.

Image of Ray is by W T Bruce.

28/05/2024

Beautiful morning at Sunset Equine.
The horses appear grounded and aware of their environment.
There’s nothing more peaceful than being with them.

28/05/2024

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Don’t ever wish for another’s pain in their heart to go away. Don’t try to fix or remove it, or hurry it away. Don’t wish for them to be just happy; over it and okay.

For this pain holds essential truth for them. It holds the very seeds of the healing their soul needs, even if they don’t consciously know that themselves. At some deep unfathomable level, in a place that’s unseen and unknown, a quiet wisdom is working away, sowing the necessary seeds for their soul’s next steps.

Their pain IS the essential soil of that healing. So to wish it away or gone or to be over-already, is to stop growth in its tracks.

Everyone’s soul works on its own time. It must never be hurried or denied. Honouring this simple yet profound truth is the best type of support you can give to someone in pain. To be a solid yet soft presence in their life, holding consistent attention and love for them, is the most “doing” you ever need to offer them as they journey forward, at their own pace and in their own way.

Angela Dunning
The Horse’s Truth
Equine Facilitated Learning; Personal Development for Women; Practitioner Support & Writing
Cert TS HeartMath Practitioner
Author: The Horse Leads the Way
www.thehorsestruth.co.uk
More articles & resources on similar topics plus some exclusively for equine facilitated practitioners here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/angeladunning

Image by Glen Carrie via Unsplash

30/04/2024

🐴🐴 ATTENTION; TRAIL RIDERS🐴🐴

If you enjoy riding in Victoria’s beautiful State Forests please take this survey to protect their future use https://engage.vic.gov.au/project/central-highlands-forests/survey/4725 -nav

27/04/2024

Great day of horses today 🐴 Well done everyone!

25/04/2024

Would you like to be a part of a Riding School team near Geelong?

We are looking for a casual employee to join us to assist in Equine Facilitated Riding Lessons.

You would to need to have experience in teaching riding lessons or have some experience and be willing to learn about how we prefer it implemented.

Our client base are horse lovers, our horses are considered every step of the way.

Must be able to arrive at work on time, learn new ways, be reliable and committed to work each weekend, have own transportation.

If this suits you please write “interested” and I’ll pm you.

Hours; Saturdays 9am to 5pm.

Please share if you know of anyone.

24/04/2024

They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them

Lest we forget

18/04/2024

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03/02/2024

Cold watermelon 🍉 on a hot day....mmm delicious

13/01/2024

Cowgirls ride together 🐴

How cute are these boots?!! Two of our clients received “the best Christmas present ever!” this Christmas.

02/01/2024

Our School Holiday Program is available for bookings at www.sunsetequine.com

Dates available are;
Friday 5th January 10am to 2pm
Friday 12th January 10am to 2pm
Friday 19th January 10am to 2pm

We are also open on select weekdays and Saturdays, if dates and times do not suit you please email us at [email protected]

31/12/2023

Our School Holiday Program is available for bookings at www.sunsetequine.com

Dates available are;
Friday 5th January 10am to 2pm
Friday 12th January 10am to 2pm
Friday 19th January 10am to 2pm

We are also open on select weekdays and Saturdays, if dates and times do not suit you please email us at [email protected]

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄

26/11/2023

I’ve won, have you?

06/11/2023

The most important part of riding a horse is the groundwork that we do before we get on. Groundwork allows connection between the horse and rider, for the rider to become grounded and the horse to release excess energy.

12/10/2023

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10/10/2023

03/10/2023

We have availability for lessons week days and weekends, whether you’re starting out in your horse riding journey or returning after some time off....we can help.
We offer lessons for adults and children.
Bookings are online at www.sunsetequine.com




See you soon!

29/09/2023

What an amazing school holiday program we had!!
Our clients used their riding skills, expanded their riding knowledge, had a lot of fun on a new obstacle course and used their creativity!!

25/09/2023

Humans are drawn to horses for so many reasons.

23/09/2023

We have some availability for School Holiday Programs and 1:1 Riding Lessons available on:

Week 2;
Tuesday 26th Sept - School Holiday Program - 3 hours - ONLY TWO POSITIONS LEFT.

Wednesday 27th Sept 1:1 x 1 hour riding lessons.

Thursday 28th September - School Holiday Program - 3 hours - ONLY TWO POSITIONS LEFT.

Saturday 30th Sept - 1:1 x 1 hour riding lessons

Bookings are online at https://www.sunsetequine.com

All School Holiday events are BYO lunch, drinks, sun hat, sunscreen, AS/NZ 3838 approved riding helmets and appropriate riding suited boots.

Looking forward to seeing your children for some fun!

08/09/2023

Sunset Equine has School Holiday Programs and 1:1 Riding Lessons available on:
Week 1;
Tuesday 19th Sept 1:1 x 1 hour riding lessons
Wednesday 20th Sept 1:1 x 1 hour riding lessons
Friday 22nd Sept 1:1 x 1 hour riding lessons
Saturday 23rd Sept 1:1 x 1 hour riding lessons

Week 2;
Tuesday 26th Sept - School Holiday Program - 3 hours
Wednesday 27th Sept 1:1 x 1 hour riding lessons
Thursday 28th September - School Holiday Program - 3 hours
Saturday 30th Sept - 1:1 x 1 hour riding lessons

Bookings are online at https://www.sunsetequine.com

All School Holiday events are BYO lunch, drinks, sun hat, sunscreen, AS/NZ 3838 approved riding helmets and appropriate riding suited boots.

Looking forward to seeing your children for some fun!

05/09/2023

PSA for spring:
There is nothing quite like people saying “I rotate my wormers!” to get my eye twitching. It is mostly the way people tell me, half proud of themselves for doing what they have been told is the right thing. So I cannot slap them as Batman is slapping Robin because it isn’t really their fault.
But the truth is, rotating actives is not the right thing; you’ve been lied to, with the idea that it will prevent drug resistance and keep your horses healthy.
The “rotating” wormers regime puts people into a system of deworming for the sake of deworming: Oh, I used a “red” wormer in autumn, now that it is spring it’s time for a “green” one.
I have nothing against changing actives when worming, however swapping actives because the wheel on the stable fridge tells you to is very unscientific. And it does not prevent drug resistance.

If you want to prevent drug resistance there are two things you need to do:
1) Get a FEC prior to every deworming treatment. Let the FEC results guide you to choosing what dewormer to use – if you need to use one at all. The choice should be based on age, weather, climate, what worms are present, what drug resistance you have on your property, paddock situation/herd mates. You should always choose your dewormer based on the CURRENT infection, not a past treatment.
2) Find out what drug resistance you have on your property by getting FECs done AFTER treatment as well. If it turns out that the classically labelled “green” drenches (the benzimidazoles) do not work well, then rotating to them in spring is worse than useless.

It does not have to be your job alone to decide if your horse needs to be dewormed, or with what it should be treated with if it does. That’s the job of people like me (a parasitologist!) and vets. That is what we are here for, and I would much prefer you to ask rather than to continue putting unnecessary or inappropriate drenches down your horses’ throats.

Lastly, make sure to get your horses checked via FEC this spring. Check out the website for all the upcoming drop off points across VIC (there’s a few!) or you can pop them in the post from across Australia.

01/09/2023

Who finds they suffer from this?

29/08/2023

Sunset Equine September School Holiday Program near Moriac has been updated and bookings are active.

Bookings are online at https://www.sunsetequine.com

If your child does not fit into the age bracket, please let us know as we may be able to open another one.

26/07/2023

We enjoy helping our clients build healthy relationships with their horses at Sunset Equine.
Lessons are 1:1 for children and adults, all ages.
School holiday programs are available.
Bookings are online at www.sunsetequine.com