Onyx Equine

03/11/2024

Procrastination is certainly the thief of time! First time under saddle since May and first time in over a year since Grace rode Beebop. A very gentle short ride on our bitless journey with this boy. Foot perfect and stress free, on the end of the buckle, all at walk, while G effortless remembered her Enlightened Equitation training.

Plenty of R+ during the ride to mark vocal cues. Appetitive of choice......pony nuts!

26/10/2024

Moby modelling his new halter from Handcrafted Horseware .....🥰🥰🥰

22/10/2024

Perfect opportunity for some R+ work around spooky obstacles. We have to walk past these twice a day this week. Today there was a grab lorry to navigate too as well as workmen head to toe in hi viz!

02/10/2024

CertNexus CyberSAFE assessment passed 😁

30/09/2024

This photo was taken 5 years ago at a hunter trial, at the time is was so proud of myself, taking my ex racehorse to a cross country event. As an Equine Trainer and Coach I now see it with very different eyes. I see a horse that looks so anxious, he hasn't a clue what is happening, so he just stands there, wearing a martingale, a dually halter and I even travelled him in his bridle in case he was a handful when I unloaded him. He's not settled or relaxed, he just stands there. We have no connection or trust so he just stands there. This horse set me on my path to understand horses and their behaviour, I owe him everything.

01/08/2024

Everybody likes a bit of "Matchy Matchy".....even our horse's. This year we are trying out WeatherBeeta UK summer sheet combos as an alternative to fly sheets. Seahorses it is for our unicorns. Have to find an alternative for our mini Shetland though 🫤

16/04/2024

After clearing out my emails I realised that the lovely Brett from ABC Service sorted my new email address out months ago and I hadn't realised!!!

So if you receive an email from Onyx Equine it really is me and not a spam!

08/01/2024

When it's that cold you have to step out looking like the Michelin man to hay the horses! 🥶

At least it's not raining 🤩

13/10/2023

When your lorry is in the shop there's only one thing to do!

Shake up the margaritas and pretend you're still in Mexico!

01/10/2023

Grace's first ever photoshoot! Thanks so much to EQUIDRY for the amazing opportunity. Everyone at Onyx Equine love Equidry, so to be part of the new launch was fantastic 😍

27/07/2023

The fabulous Nick Titchen from Trailer Servicing South West came to check the floor on our lorry today. Something we have done every year. When there's precious cargo on board it's important to make sure they are safe. 🥰

19/07/2023

This fabulous bag in my new treat pouch. Made from waxed cotton with a wipe clean waterproof lining! Perfect for positive reinforcement training 😍

08/06/2023

Sometimes when you change your career to one that you're passionate about a little self doubt can creep in. 💗

Those people that encourage you and cheer you on and truly listen when you're at your worst? Hang onto them.✨

23/03/2023

As an Enlightened Equitation level 1 trainee instructor it's important to me to keep lessons low, slow and achievable.

If balance and rhythm can't be achieved over low fences, it will be even more difficult to achieve as the fences become higher.

09/03/2023

Maybe just one more book about equines......

24/02/2023

Rowen Barbary Horse Feeds Leisure Plus....just add hot water for a lovely warm feed.....smells amazing too!

29/01/2023

So true!

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"Bewegungsqualität und Balance durch Langsamkeit -
Erkenntnisse aus der Neuroathletik helfen bei der Orientierung, wie die Ausbildungsarbeit gestaltet werden sollte. Wir möchten dem Reitpferd neue Bewegungsmuster nahelegen und damit sprechen wir das Gehirn an. Das Gehirn hat die Fähigkeit, sich selbst zu verändern und ist damit sehr anpassungsfähig an neue Anforderungen. Diese Fähigkeit nennt man Neuroplastizität. Sie ist auch für die Koordination verantwortlich. Es entstehen »Landkarten« von Abläufen im Gehirn, und es gibt Trainingsweisen, die diese Bildung erheblich unterstützen. Dazu gehört, dass eine neue Bewegung sehr langsam erarbeitet und ausgeführt werden sollte. Diese langsamen Bewegungen gewährleisten, dass sich eine gute Qualität der Bewegung entwickelt und etablieren kann. Schlechte Bewegungen sollten möglichst vermieden werden. Deshalb sollte man abbrechen, wenn das Pferd ins »alte Muster fällt« und neu beginnen. Die Langsamkeit fördert die Koordination und damit auch die Neuroplastizität. Die Koordinationsfähigkeit ist sehr wichtig, um Verletzungen zu vermeiden. Deshalb hält es die Pferde auch gesund. Und weil Langsamkeit zu Balance wird, ist es sowieso Kräfte-schonend und Verschleiß verringernd"
Ausschnitt aus der Verfilmung meiner Bücher und meinem Buch "Versammlung - für gesunde Pferde und Reiten in Leichtigkeit" 😄😍🤗
Auf dem Foto der 5-jährige Lusitano "Magusto"
Foto: www.sabinegrosser.de
Die Filme: https://www.sonja-weber-reitkunst.de/filme/
hier kann man das Buch bestellen:
http://www.paul-pietsch-verlage.de/index.php?Versammlung%20f%FCr%20gesunde%20Pferde%20und%20Reiten%20in%20Leichtigkeit&aktion=ausgabe&saktion=detail&darst=d&az=&mp=&ump=1001.32&sa=RSA&saktion_begin=&lk=&bestnr=&autornr=&sustr=&grp=401&datsatz=120&detail=42155&sort=1001.32&saktion1=&id=brviaielsggusz&navid=
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"Movement quality and balance through slowness -
Insights from the neuro-athletics help in the orientation, how the training work should be designed. We want to suggest new patterns of movement to the riding horse, and we're talking to the brain. The brain has the ability to change itself and is therefore very adaptable to new requirements. This ability is called neuroplasticity. She is also responsible for the coordination. There are "maps" of processes in the brain, and there are ways of training that greatly support this education. This implies that a new movement should be worked out and executed very slowly. These slow movements ensure that a good quality of movement can develop and establish. Bad movements should be avoided as much as possible. Therefore, you should stop when the horse falls into the "old pattern" and start over. The slowness promotes coordination and thus also the neuroplasticity "
Excerpt from my film "Riding in Collection - for Healthy Horses and Lightness", which you find here: https://www.sonja-weber-reitkunst.de/films/
In the photo the 5-year-old Lusitano "Magusto"
Photo: www.sabinegrosser.de
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19/01/2023

When it's poured with rain and your paddock is flooded there's always a water training opportunity 🥰