Laura Elizabeth Moir BHS APC

03/02/2025

21/01/2025

Sometimes you have to go against the grain and adapt to make sure you survive!!!

Dilly dancer came in a bit hot, the feral thelwell grew his coat for winter and 4 degrees is warm to him now 😱 so he got a little clip!!

There will be judgement on the clip it’s self and there will be judgement on a naked clipped ‘abandoned field ornement’ too!!!

Let me explain a few things,.. this was a bit off to make sure he’s comfortable, yes he might have to have a little rug on if it drops but by making him 3 tone and not taking off his belly I’m hoping he doesn’t need one so he can continue his happy feral life!!!

Another reason for not taking his belly off is because I simply couldn’t bend under there today and probably not for the foreseeable future! Why?? Well let me explain,..

And No, this is definitely NOT a post for sympathy,.. it’s actually because I read a post about people having field ornaments and got quite annoyed by it!!!

Over two years ago I went paralysed,.. I then got a huge tubo ovarian abcess,… I was in a wheelchair,… I could have sent my boys to a dealer or something but I turned them out, fed and checked daily with a bale of hay was the best I could do for them at that time!

I pushed my self to recover as best as I could and used to drag dumpy sacks of hay around that were attached to my wheel chair so that I could keep a fat thelwell thinner and a hungry TB happier!!!

I progressed enough to be on crutches and I’ve done my best over the last two years to give them a better life by them coming in through the day as much as I can and even managed to sit on Dillon and play follow my leader!!!

Fast forward those two years and BOOM,.. at the beginning of January I got told I had to have a catheter (called Carlos) fitted for the foreseeable!!!

So since the beginning of this month the boys have been ‘abandoned’ my beautiful bestie Lorna has done them but I basically abandoned them (again) to save my body!!!

I’ve cried every day thinking that it’s now definitely time to find the boys new homes because I simply cannot give them the life they deserve!!!

Well that’s ridiculous Laura!!! They have a life, they have grass in the field, hay when needed, water, feeds with supplements, they come in for a few hours a day if it’s possible, they get farriers, vets, a worming program and they get attention when it’s viable,… AND they get love every day even if it’s only whilst they have their feeds in a field!!!!!!!

Please equestrian world STOP assuming life is so simple, stop deciding that if a horse isn’t ridden or in a matchy matchy set, or god forbid a horse has mud on them, or even that you haven’t physically witnessed a person with said horse whilst you have been in the area of that horse that it is an abandoned field ornament!!!!!!!

It is exhausting,… horses do not need jobs,… they do not set themselves goals and targets,.. they do not expect a daily pamper session!!!

Horses NEED as natural a life as possible meaning turnout, ideally with friends! As natural a diet as possible and no abuse!!!!

I’d rather see a horse in a field being feral and covered in mud but having a more natural life than a perfectly pristine horse being yanked left and right to get it ‘on the bit’ then getting a massive hiding because the riders cues are off and then fed a donut because you feel guilty!!!

Rant over!!!

20/12/2024

That’s it, Pakistan 2024 is over 😢😢😢

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18/12/2024

How amazing that this is happening again in 2 days!

Not only are we the only equine assisted therapy centre in Pakistan but we now have two centres, one in Islamabad and one in Karachi! Both now with trained and certified staff by me!

AND we also our own structured certification and training scheme for stafff and external trainees

As well as a structured certification scheme for our participants!

AND, the welfare and training standards of our horses is now modernised and in a calm and patient manner.

This organisation has created a path for the future of Equine assisted therapy in Pakistan

So proud!!!

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18/12/2024

We are excited to invite you to the Certificate Ceremony for our Equine Therapy students, where we will celebrate their achievements. This special event will also include a gift distribution from the US Marines.

Date: Friday 20th December, 2024
Time: 11:00Am

Please make sure of your presence

18/12/2024

We’ve been working hard so I’ve forgotten to post!!!

Can’t believe I’ve only got a few days to go 😢😢😢

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10/12/2024

Everyone deserves equal rights and freedom. Let's stand together for human rights today and every day.

10/12/2024

My best mate,… human rights day,…. And a beautiful day = perfection 😍

07/12/2024

07/12/2024

Not your average day in the world of coaching so I’m in business attire,…. More on that one to come,… but I still got to draw and write with a few of our students 😍😍😍

04/12/2024

“Every child is a captain of their own journey! 🌟 At our equine therapy center, we celebrate the unique strengths of kids with ASD, just like Einstein changed the world with his brilliant mind. 🐴💙 ”

04/12/2024

Pakistan 2024

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03/12/2024

Week 2 of training in Pakistan is going well !!!

29/11/2024

A few full videos for you lovely people to enjoy

29/11/2024

Bit of a crazy (almost) week, a storm to fly out on (my absolute favourite type of flight 🤪) landing to a shut down city and protest (very exciting for me 🤪) horse health dramas but some amazing equine therapy sessions and a lovely big team to coach 😍😍😍

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23/11/2024

That’s me landed and tucked up in bed in Pakistan, ready for a good long sleep before the 4 week training begins on Monday!!!