Equine Partnership Solutions

05/04/2024

Copied from another group (as it wouldn't let me share) This is me. 😂🤣😂🤣😂

01/12/2023

Worth remembering.

Being patted is not in a horse's ethogram. This means that they are never patted (let alone repeatedly slapped) in their natural environment.

Wither area scratching and rubbing mimics mutual grooming, and is inherently rewarding for a horse, so choose a reward that is instantly lovely for your horse.

If you watch their demeanour as you do it, you'll see them relax into it.

So good to see that the Australian Pony Club is embracing lesrning theory into their teaching.

Now everyone else needs to catch up!

One interesting point raised from a commenter is that she desensitises her horses to patting, in case a well-meaning person approached and pats them. Good point!

07/11/2023

Frustrating. But true

20/09/2023

I have written a Childrens book which is about the adventures of Cody, the Horse and his farm animal friends. It all started when I was a PCSO and was allowed to patrol on my own horses. I started writing articles called Cody investigates where Cody investigated wdlife and associated crime and it gave me the idea for the novel.

Follow him on his adventures on FB Cody investigates or to order the paperback book complete the order form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdE6atk4YU2UuLVYuAwlfDWFBAap_laEGnnV19SxGArQUet4w/viewform

It is also available on Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BJFFYGP1/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_S037V0G110Q79ZBRFNKV

30/08/2023

Remember tomorrow starts the new Facebook rule (aka... new name META) where they can use your pics. Dont forget the deadline is today!!! I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or publications, past and future.

With this statement, I notify Facebook that it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The violation of privacy can be punished by law

You can copy and paste this version if you prefer. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tacitly allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in your profile and status updates.

DO NOT SHARE. Copy And Paste.

Here's how to proceed:

Hold your finger anywhere in this message and "copy" will appear. Click on "Copy". Then go to your page, create a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. 'Paste' will pop up and click Paste.

This will bypass the system....

He who does nothing agrees apparently.

17/03/2023

I had a thought today. If I am moving Indi next week, I aught to practice what I preach and practice loading. I allowed an hour for practice and she walked straight on.

16/03/2023

I agree with this entirely.

My younger self would never have knowingly wanted to engage in harsh training practices or stabling practices that result in poor welfare.

But, I was taught that much of what I now know to be wrong was actually right.

That hitting my horse for nibbling at my jacket or kneeing him in the stomach when he bloated for the girth was showing him boundaries and doing what was necessary to keep him and the humans around him safe.

I believed that horses who weaved were merely dancing. That horses who cribbed were just playing. That horses loved their cozy little stalls and that it was normal for them to live alone.

I trusted the information because it came for professionals and I was just so young and impressionable.

Sometimes, I mourn the young rider that I could have been had I been taught a different path.

I think of how beautiful it would’ve been to get an introduction to horses that taught me a gentler approach.

Nowadays, I see a lot of young riders who serve to be mirror images of my younger self.

Taught to take their frustration out on their horses with physical punishment. To view any misbehaviour on the part of the horse as naughtiness and punish accordingly.

Like my younger self, they never really had any say in the path they went down as a rider, it’s all a stroke of luck with who your beginning role models are.

It’s such a sad situation.

Generations of riders made sour and far more aggressive to horses than they’d naturally be, simply because they think it’s necessary.

It’s a vicious cycle that is painful and difficult to break out of. It lifts a veil on what you viewed to be the reality of horse behaviour and can send your world crashing down.

If only we could prevent it from happening in the first place.

If only we could give young riders the introduction to horses that they deserve.