Cranbourne Farm Dressage

07/12/2024

The source of equine grass sickness, a devastating condition whose cause has been undiscovered for more than 100 years, is though to be a neurotoxin produced by microorganisms in pasture.

The discovery could lead to novel treatments and improved diagnostics for the disease.

The neurotoxic enzyme which is thought to be responsible for the disease is also present in some snake venoms, suggesting that treatments in development for the effects of snake venom may be adapted for the recovery of horses affected by grass sickness.

Equine Veterinary Journal
https://edin.ac/4ggMpPm

02/12/2024

Some spaces ..

24/11/2024

The best hacking !

14/11/2024

04/11/2024

Thank you to all the people who have applied for the job .. 🙏🏻. We have taken on some grooms that worked here before or were liveries here .. as they know us .. we know them .. and they clearly like it here and won’t leave in a few days because they can’t do the job .. and then bad mouth us all here and post hideous things and do so much harm !! Quite upsetting!! So .. like I say .. we have taken on people that like us .. .. people we like .. and hopefully everyone is happy .. 👍😊 hate reading horrible things about me and my home !!

04/11/2024

Ah yes .. I have the same problem !! 🤣

Yeah ~ I hear there are those who have saddle pad issues 😆😂🤪🤓. Fortunately I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ any of them 🤣😂😆

04/11/2024

Jane our wonderful gardener is doing a great job everywhere .. .. roses still blooming !!

04/11/2024

So lovely to have old faces back at Cranbourne Fsrm ..! Melissa is working here as did her mother and grandmother ..! And lovely Jo has worked here on and off for thirteen years ! Sherrie is here for her fourth year ..😍and we now have lovely Megan coming back here to work full time . It’s nice to know that they love it here as much as we do !! Paris Kent back again too !! 😍she was here but left two years ago and has asked to come back !! Yay ..👍. She is lovely and so great with the horses !! 😊

04/11/2024

One of the mobile homes at Cranbourne ..😊

26/10/2024

😱 The dreaded… “Restricted turnout” 😱

🤔 I get it, I do. Honestly…

I get the mud…
I get the damage…
I get the cost of repair…

💪🏻 But there has to be a better way? For our horses sake….

😇 Ive been working with and developing a particular horse all summer. She’s come on leaps and bounds and has really taken to her training like a duck to water. She had become the most attentive, sweet, calm young horse…

😳 BUT, today, she was distracted, tense, reactive, spooky, tight and ABSOLUTELY wired!

❓So what changed?

🤦🏻‍♀️ Well, her turnout has been restricted to Approx 3/4hours per day!

😩 That’s 20+hours a day spent locked in solitary confinement, sorry I mean her warm, comfy stable.

🤔 Now, let’s put it another way…

😔 In this day and age, if people went to a zoo and saw row upon row of caged animals and were told that those animals were only allowed access to their outdoor spaces for 3/4 hours per day there would be uproar!

❓So why is this such normal practise in the horse world?

❓Why, in this day and age and with our love of horses, aren’t we doing things differently.

🥰 There are better alternatives but they are unfortunately few and far between. Our job as horse advocates and consumers is to push for changes. And if possible, to avoid or demand better from these yards who excessively restrict turnout and drive our horses mad.

🤪 Apologies for the Wednesday rant! Hx

(Photo from google images)

17/10/2024

A SAD DAY IN CONSERVATION!!

Very sad news from Kenya today. Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua passed away this morning. It’s truly a heartbreaking day for the animals he provided water to during the dry seasons, using his iconic blue truck.

He was a leader in his community, always helping and educating people on how to care for animals.

Rest in peace, Patrick. You will be missed.

22/09/2024