Balance Horsemanship

21/03/2025

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18/03/2025

Anyone Joining us? Fabulous day of learning and horses to be had.....

11/03/2025

Horses benefit from BEMER ❤️

Using the BEMER Horse Set is essential for faster recovery, healing, and overall better microcirculation in Horses. See what the professionals have to say ab...

11/03/2025

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11/03/2025

11/03/2025

You know, I had a horse teach me a really good lesson the other day, stereotypical as it seems.

I have a mare who’s really difficult to keep with other horses. She randomly double barrels them and is really dangerous.

It’s like she doesn’t know how to communicate in normal escalating horse language like ear pinning, posturing, etc.

She has lots of room, lots of food, but she will go from 0 to 60 in the blink of an eye.

She bullies everyone. Everyone’s terrified of her, and she has no friends, it’s actually kind of sad.

Enter a horse who was having none of it. Met her butt to butt and backed up the entirety of the corral threatening to double barrel her.

Never laid a foot on her, took blows themselves, but wouldn’t back down.

My mare ran off, confused, stopped and stared at them, and hasn’t bullied anyone since.

Now, this isn’t the whole story, though.

The rest of the story is, now, for the first time since I’ve had her, she’s hanging out with the other horses, being social, and experimenting with grooming and touches.

See, I could’ve made a lot of excuses for her, and said, maybe she wasn’t socialized well while growing up (she was), maybe she’s had other horses be aggressive to her, or had to resource guard (she hasn’t ), etc.

But like any relationship, none of those excuses matter in the moment.

What matters is, every relationship has to be built on safety and boundaries first, then you get the love and acceptance.

I’m not saying we need to get physical with our horses and use the old ‘horses kick each other harder than that’ trope, but I am saying, we need to offer them clarity about what is and isn’t safe around us, as well as what is and isn’t a positive way of interacting.

And that’s not just for us, that’s for their well-being, just like that mare showed me.

Probably the most important thing to be taken away from this is, we don’t have to be afraid of boundaries.

That horse who said no, you’re not allowed to do that to me, became my mare’s best friend within 5 minutes, like nothing had ever happened.

This was a very energetically intense interaction. That horse met my mare at her intensity, but my mare came away with no fear, because it wasn’t a punishment, it wasn’t a random attack, it was just a very clear boundary-setting that stopped as soon as my mare released the pressure herself.

Boundaries will NEVER harm the relationship, they’ll always improve it. I promise.

That goes for any relationship.

26/02/2025

The Perfect Horse Duo is here! 🐎 This new set includes the BEMER Horse Blanket and BEMER Horse Neck-Applicator, providing targeted support for your horse’s neck, back, and withers—key areas for balance and mobility.

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26/02/2025

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20/02/2025

Smushy, Sellie and Dotty are all excited and prepared to share their magic with you tomorrow.

See you at The Grange Equestrian tomorrow evening 6.30pm tickets £10 cash on the door ✨✨✨

17/02/2025

Hanging out on the moor with my beloved ones.

It's important to me that our relationships and trust extend into all environments. That we can become comfortable together wherever we go, that our understanding, communication and knowing of each other can be shared at home and away from home.

This is one of my most favourite places in the world. So accessible yet a little escape into the wild, open untamed landscape. Dartmoor taught me a sense of freedom while riding I had not experienced before moving to Devon. The right to roam is such a wonderful gift to sit behind a wonderful set of ears and pick a way to explore together, to find hills to canter or gallop up, to navigate rocks, streams, hills, ditches, interesting little paths, avoid bogs, and make decisions of where we go as we go.

The other place I get this liberty is Brandy House Farm the welsh hills are a glorious space to roam and ride with the red kites and a deep peace.

16/02/2025

Smushy was a superstar at last year's Festival of the Iberian Horse

Sharing on bridleless riding and body cues and also staring in his role of chief meet and greet pony. (He deserves a sash!)

He shows the amazing temperament of the Iberian horses to be surrounded by people, touched, fussed, photographed and just soaks up the attention. He is especially fond of small children and loves their innocent joy of being near to a horse.

Looking forward to Friday night please come see us at the Grange 6.30pm

16/02/2025

The herd have been extremely pleased with a few days in the field.

We have our routine for turning out and catching up, then they all know to wait while I open the gate inwards before riding and leading in up the road.

Routine and consistency are the best teaching tools for horses, they feel comfortable when they understand and know your expectations in any given situation and how to behave. Trust is also a huge part, trusting them to uphold and maintain their share of any agreement to support the good of the herd. Whether that herd is you and one horse or you and many horses.

One of the most important things I believe we can teach our horses is stand and wait. It's useful in so many situations and gives time to think if problems do occur. If they are willing to stop and wait it gives us time to think through and respond to a situation rather then becoming reactive.

12/02/2025

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12/02/2025

The Bemer Horse set help support all my horses to be and feel their best. Such a game changer, warm up pre ride, cool down post rider or just a circulation boost to relax or rejuvenate.

As your BEMER partner I can support you through hire or purchase of a Horse or Human set.

12/02/2025

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