Equine Behaviourist - Emily McDonald

05/07/2024

https://thehorse.com/1122420/handling-the-head-shy-horse/?lid=qc2hk7zh9nl3&utm_source=braze&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_content=TheHorse%20-%20Newsletter%20-%2020240704%20-%20Welfare%20&Industry&uuid=__equine_main__5481_emily.mcd%40hotmail.co.uk__

Determine what is causing the horse's head shy behavior, and then use learning principles to reverse it.

21/06/2024

Lots of great ideas here for helping a stabled horse cope:

Follow these 12 tips to improve your horse’s welfare while on stall rest for injury or illness.

10/06/2024

Here is an interesting article highlighting how important our soil health is to our horses health. Has anyone tried the Supersoil product in their pasture?

How Nurturing Your Soil Can Nurture Your Horses Like people, horses also appear to be getting sicker, and no one knows why. There are countless cases of neurological disorders, digestive diseases, and things like Equine Grass Sickness with no known cause other than they all ate grass. There are also...

07/03/2024

Growing a tall hedge (3.5 m high and 2.6–4.2 m wide) and trimming it every three years is good for the environment and for the health of your horse.
Good for the environment because a hedge this height/ width stores the most carbon in the soil underneath it and contributes to the biodiversity of the soil. Over trimmed hedges have a reduced ability for both.
The best hedge plants, ie those that store the most carbon and are impressively good for the health of the horse in order …
1. Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) the highest ability to store carbon, full of antioxidants and phytonutrients to help with metabolism, inflammation and arthritis.
2. Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)- high in flavonoids to reduce inflammation, support metabolism and give strong protection against free radical damage.
3. Bramble (Rubus corylifolius)- strong immune system support and improves metabolism.
4. Spindle (Euonymus europaeus)- an important plant for the horse to nibble, contains antimicrobial compounds active against many pathogens, its also anti- fungal.
www.equibiome.org

25/02/2024

Great advice here 🙂

29/12/2023

https://thehorse.com/19534/why-are-horses-frisky-when-its-cold/?lid=tgagiqutdx3x&utm_source=braze&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TheHorse%20-%20Newsletter%20-%2020231228-%20Welfare%20&%20Industry&uuid=6487fe9c73ab420001be0e02

Why do horses act "fresh" when it's cold outside? An equine behaviorist investigates.

03/12/2023

Lovely thoughts by Bonny Mealand, very much my way of thinking too 😃

A more accurate description of how I work with equines is by encouraging communication and interaction.

30/10/2023

Another great article by Juliet Getty.

By Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. Horses are more likely to suffer from laminitis in the fall than any other time of year. Two reasons - Increased insulin secretion due to high levels of simple sugars and starch in pasture grasses, and increased blood ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) secretion from the pi...