AJ Equine- Ethical Horsemanship

03/07/2025

Only a few spots left, be quick!

Do you want to know more about how trimming can make or break a horses overall soundness?
Do you want to know how to help your horse feel positive about hoof handling and trimming?
Join myself and Raymond Eade from Eaden Equine Wellness Centre as we present this clinic from a holistic perspective to ensure the horse’s physical and emotional wellbeing is promoted by caring horse owners into the future.

Book now!⬇️

Raymond Eade, from Eaden Equine and Wellness Centre, and Apryl Swan from Ethical Horsemanship, are teaming up to present a two day clinic at a luxurious Peats Ridge venue on all things Hooves and Horsemanship. Both professionals share a genuine love of horses and place huge emphasis on 'Horse First'...

02/07/2025

I don’t say NO very much at all.

Only if I feel a boundary was crossed.
Which rarely seems to happen.

I’m not concerned if they get answers wrong, as long as there is try.
I’d rather them feel comfortable with questions being asked than worried about how to get answers right.

01/07/2025

It has nothing to do with the equipment, and everything to do with the hands of the user.
I will be running another ba****ck and bitless clinic this year- keep an eye on the page for details to come soon🦄

28/06/2025

My fingernails were made for this world I live in😆

Ain’t that the truth😂🤣😂

28/06/2025

When horses are sent to me for ‘training’ it is often for different reasons than most might expect. It can be a lot about resolving issues, which requires a thoughtful and holistic approach.

Sometimes, horses and their owners just need a bit of a helping hand with cementing their confidence together….It could be a new horse, or a horse that has began to experience some issues, or riders coming back from a fall.

And usually, all it takes is an assessment and treatment of behaviour, comfort and soundness, and then handling or riding the horse in as many scenarios as I can that will closely align with what the owner will be doing.
Then, having the owner come out a few times in the final week of training and do this, with me close by for support.

Kind of simple, and very effective😊

23/06/2025

We have just had ONE SPOT become available in this sold out clinic.
July 18-20

We have 3 guest speakers lined up over 3 days, as well as refining our groundwork and connection, navigating a purpose built obstacle course and heading out for a couple of trail rides with a packed lunch!
Food, accommodation and tuition- All included- 3 DAYS $880

⭐️Guest presenters⭐️

Body worker Lee Hohaia (Light touch harmony Emmett therapy)
Saddle fitter Tara Miller (Performance saddle fits)
Farrier Bertrand Sonneville (Advanced farriery)

See website for more details- message now to secure this spot👏🏼

23/06/2025

People who have trouble being honest with themselves or struggle with self reflection will find difficulties with some horses….

Horses are the truth, nothing more and nothing less.

They may come with their baggage, and we may come with ours….But to work together successfully, we will be the ones who have to sit with ourselves and nut it out. It will be US who have to make the changes necessary to make it work.

Horses are used worldwide for mental and emotional therapy, for these very reasons.
Look at me go, receiving free therapy every day of the week😜😆👏🏼
This is exactly how many of us can justify the cost of buying or owning horses😜

Footnote- I asked AI for this image.
I love that it shows the horse greeting his own reflection without prejudice. He knows himself truthfully. The woman, on the other hand, seems to appear defiant, as though she is refusing to accept that that is a reflection of her.
(How did AI know exactly what I was seeking when all I wrote was ‘woman and horse in the mirror’!?)

21/06/2025

Places still available for this two day clinic at Peats Ridge in August.

Raymond Eade, from Eaden Equine and Wellness Centre, and Apryl Swan from Ethical Horsemanship, are teaming up to present a two day clinic at a luxurious Peats Ridge venue on all things Hooves and Horsemanship. Both professionals share a genuine love of horses and place huge emphasis on 'Horse First'...

16/06/2025

14/06/2025

Every
Single
Time
We climb onto a horse’s back….
It is a PRIVILEGE to be there
NOT A RIGHT!

They owe us nothing, and they give us everything they can.
The least we can do is appreciate to the core what they allow us to ask of them.

Solving problems must come from a place of compassion, not dominance. If people are not capable of this, they should not be trying to solve problems in horses.

Practice gratitude in your life so you never forget to be grateful for your horses💜🙏🏼