Zenozoic Halters

04/11/2024

🌟 Super exciting news! 🌟

Big changes are coming to the website! I’ve now got the keys to make updates faster and smoother, so I can keep you all in the loop more easily. There may be a few little glitches while I get the hang of things, so please bear with me—it’ll be worth it!

There’s so much coming up for Zenozoic Halters! Keep an eye out for the Brand-New Halter Design and New Lead Ropes—they’ll be making their debut on the website soon.

Check back in to see all the updates as they start rolling out—I think you’re going to love what’s in store! 🐴✨

03/11/2024

What a fab day yesterday with Tina and her wonderful horses, Indie and Dotty, the proud winners of a made-to-measure halter from our prize draw at the Chagford Show!

Since then, I’ve been busy working on a new, much-improved halter design with some exciting updates… more details to come in the next few days! Keep an eye out for the official launch announcement.

As my prize winner, Tina had the choice between the new design or the traditional one, and she went for two halters in the new style. I can’t wait to share full pictures soon—they look stunning in their sparkly new halters, and the Silver and Gold colors suit them perfectly! 🥰

The new design will hopefully be available to buy by the end of the week 🐴🤞

09/10/2024

Not sure if a Zenozoic Halter is the right fit for your horse? 🧐 Well, Dart—our young and spirited Crabbet Arab—was the first horse to ever try one out, and let's just say... he's got some strong opinions! 😏🐴

Want to hear what Dart has to say about his custom halter? Spoiler: It's rave reviews from this cheeky character! 🎉💬

Head over to my website to read all about Dart’s experience and see if your horse could be next! 👇

https://bit.ly/ZenozoicHalters

30/09/2024

I'm so proud to have The Horse Trust as one of my charities, coming from a military family, this charity means a lot to me. Please do consider this charity as one to pick if you refer a friend, you'll be supporting a worthy cause! Beautiful horses who have served our country having a happy retirement 🥰

29/09/2024

"Completely agree with Ben Atkinson—kindness and patience are so important, even towards those who aren’t quite there yet. We’re all on our own path, and a little understanding can make all the difference in helping others grow. 🌱 "

“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Mark 2:17

Good training and education requires kindness, patience, understanding and a willingness to restructure and explain ideas repeatedly in numerous different ways from a variety of viewpoints.

Adult, child, Human or Horse these rules apply.

If a horse misunderstands the cues for piaffe applying those cues with greater force will not achieve success. If a child cannot read the letters ABC increasing the anger and volatile nature of the teacher will not help the child learn faster.

A gap in a students knowledge cannot be bridged by the force or indignant frustration of a teachers exasperation in teaching the subject matter.

Only with patience, time and a willingness to explore each sticking point or misunderstood concept can a student achieve confidence and competence.

We all known this. We all agree upon this.

Many of us would proudly state this concept as a part of our integrity and something we fight for.

So why do I see so many people who believe they know better, kinder more ethical ways to educate people and horses attack, bully and harass those who require education to change?

Do you not see the trap???

What a toxic mindset to foster.

“All animals are equal but some are more equal than others”

All people should be kind but I can be foul to this person because they have lots of social media followers and I think I know a better way to achieve what they’re training…

WHAT?!

How can people preach love and tolerance than attack those they believe themselves better educated than?

If we, this odd little aspect of the horse world truly are blazing the trail of enlightened horsemanship on a journey to improve horse happiness and welfare we have to stop being so foul to people who haven’t had the same realisations yet.

The mindset of a person who believes to speak love then act out hate towards others because “they deserve it”

Can you not see how twisted that is? How when people act like that they are part of the problem and genuinely bring nothing closer to a solution. No change. Nothing. Just more hate and a wider gap between both camps.

The amounts of pages on Facebook and instagram I see join together not in celebration or enthusiasm but by collective hatred. It’s sickening.

How can we grow to be a better horseman, better people if we foster such evil concepts and allow them in our world.

I do not agree with everything I see in every aspect of the horse world. But I will fight to share the ways we can improve and I will not attack every person who has not found my personally perceived level of competence but share with them the aspects I think they are lacking.

I believe bullying animals is wrong

I believe bullying people is wrong

We must do better

Hate breeds hate not love

Photography credit to JShpicture

18/09/2024

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03/09/2024

My visit to the Festival of the Iberian Horse for Friday evening was spectacular! I highly recommend a visit. The evenings performance was breath taking and emotional! Speaking to people outside, many commented on how unexpectedly emotional they got.

I will definitely be there next year with my trade stand.

03/09/2024

As you know, Calvert Exmoor is one of my chosen charities in the referral scheme. I am so pleased they reached their target to be able to stay open. It is such a wonderful place! 🥰

Thank you to all who donated, to support them. 🙏

29/08/2024

The support out there for Calvert Exmoor is amazing! I hope they make their target and can stay open! 🤞 if any of you can help in any way pleased do 🙏this is truly a much needed facility.

We've been astounded by the generosity of our 1350+ supporters over the last 3 weeks. In the last 24 hours alone, we have had hundreds of donations, totaling a whopping £42,621! 🤩

We've still got a mountain to climb but we're determined to get there. 💪 With your help, we can make it. We haven't come this far to only come this far. 🗻

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exmoor-calvert-trust/

29/08/2024

It would be great if all horses could be allowed to mature before being sat on and pushed into work. So much can be done on the ground building trust and a bond with your horse, why the rush?
Wouldn't it also help if all horse shows had a horsemanship section so youngsters, humans and equines of all ages, can show off just how amazing a bond they can have, no riding just playing at liberty with their horse or pony... Shouldn't we be encouraging better horsemanship with the children? 🤔 then maybe the horses / ponies wont be rushed into work and end up in chronic pain. I for one wish I'd known about it when I was first starting out with horses. I always felt there was a better way, I just didn't know how to find it. We didn't have Google in those days! 🙄

Gentle Reminder...

Although most equine enthusiasts want to do right by their horse, many people are pushed into starting to ride horses when the equine is still very young.

Decades ago, everyone was focused on if the knees were closed before beginning under saddle education...

Having had many recent conversations with various vets, and looking at the HUGE percentage of cadavers of horses who had to be euthanized in their teens, and the massive amount of arthritis present in the spine, has been mind blowing and saddening.

Starting hard work too soon, ill-fitting tack, "gimmicks" for quick fix training approaches rather than a quality foundation of balanced, soft, and supple horses, and a few other factors seem to be the biggest contributors to horses breaking down.

All breeds physically mature at different ages, but please remember mentally and emotionally it takes a LONG time for them to grow up.

Please don't limit your focus to hurrying the horse's education to achieve your short-term goals. Consider the potential mental and physical long-term consequences by asking too much, too fast, of the young horse.

It should not be a "norm" to walk into any barn and see the increasing numbers of horses that require continuous "maintenance injections" and daily perscription medications dosed out to keep these youngsters sound.

Too much of present day lameness, whether due to mental stress or physical breakdown, is caused by human fixation of goals and a "time is money" attitude that in the end far too often causes permanent lameness to the horse. And then he is often discarded.

Irrelevant of the chosen discipline, we need to be accountable for our horse's well-being. We are their voice. If your horse is showing behavioral "issues" please step back and do an in-depth assessment to investigate if pain is present and a contributing factor in the unwanted behaviors.

So many horses live in daily pain. They only have so many ways of telling us. Are you listening?

P.S. Even when the horse physically has matured, how often do you consider his mental and emotional maturity?



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28/08/2024

I was excited to exhibit at the of the Horse this week, but due to unforeseen circumstances, I’m unable to attend. I am truly disappointed I can’t be there, but I’m already looking forward to being part of next year’s event.

Please do support this event. I'm hoping I'll be able to make it to one of the performances!

Star studded Espectáculos | Food & Drink | Art & Culture | Sport | Learning | Inspiration | A celebration of the horses of the Iberian Peninsula

28/08/2024

If any of you are able to help or know of business who could help please share this. It will be such a loss if we lose Calvert Exmoor

19/08/2024

Please consider helping to keep Calvert Exmoor going! This is such an amazing charity. Watching this had me in tears! It will leave such a gaping hole in the lives of disabled people who need this place to go and have fun with their families, doing amazing activities they wouldn't normally be able to access.

Don't forget they are one of my chosen charities in my referral scheme, so if you know of a friend in need of a sparkly new halter please do refer them to me, and if you can, donate to their crowd funding as well, which I'll be doing this week.

16/08/2024

I just wanted to say how grateful I am for Sharon Creron , who was with me at the show yesterday. I could not have got through the day without her!

Unfortunately we were so busy chatting to people we forgot to get a photo of us on the stand!

Thank you for all your help Sharon, you are a star🌟

Also the BBQ at The Sandy Park Inn in Chagford was the perfect end to a great day. Thank you to Mim, Sophie, Harry and the team there for lovely evening and amazing food!! 🌮🌭

16/08/2024

Fabulous day at Chagford Show. Great people and perfect weather too!

Our lovely neighbours at Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust very kindly helped to pick out our winner from the Prize Draw to win a Made to Measure Halter.

The lucky winner was Tina and Andy Fraser! Looking forward to catching up with them again when I go to fit their halter.

Thank you to all who entered and came over for a chat with us 🥰

15/08/2024

All set up, sun is shining! Beautiful day here at Chagford Show!

14/08/2024

Chagford Show EVE!!

Gazebo up ready for tomorrow! Hope the neighbours don't cause any trouble! 😅

Hope to see some of you there! 😁

13/08/2024

One of the things I’ve been setting up over the last few months is a Referral Scheme, to help some horse charities.

Since the rope used to make the halters is so hard wearing and will probably last as long as your horse, I have set up a Referral Scheme with a difference...

If you refer a friend and they buy a halter from me, I will donate £10 to the charity of your choice from one of the charities listed.

More details are available on my website – www.ropehalters.co.uk.

04/08/2024

I will have a stand at the
Chagford Show. Do come along and support this great show
15th August 2024

02/08/2024

Hi Everyone,

I know I’ve been a bit quiet lately – life has a funny way of getting in the way! I can't believe it is August already! 🫣

I have however, been working hard behind the scenes making some changes for the better!

I have some exciting updates and new projects coming up with Zenozoic Halters, so do stay tuned, more to follow on them!

I will give you one major update now - It is with great pleasure to finally announce the launch of my sparkly new website🥳! Please do go and have nose around. A lot of hard work has gone into it, mostly from Rebecca Really Different - Creative Design & Social Media Marketing North Devon who had to put up with my many changes 🫣! I hope you like it! I’m very proud of it 😁

Zenozoic Halters

01/01/2024

If you remember I mentioned I was setting up a way that each sale I make would generate a tree to be planted. Well I've finally set this up!
I will eventually set it up so at least one tree is planted in the UK, but this is much more expensive, I'm afraid that will have to wait a while!
But between us, we've made a start in helping grow the Zenozoic Halters forest! 😁
Thank you to all who have purchased a halter to allow me to set this up! 🌴
https://ecologi.com/zenozoichalters?tileId=6593188773994f460641f42d

There is still more for me to do with this, but looking forward to seeing the impact this makes😁

01/01/2024

Happy New Year to you all! I hope you have all recovered from the holiday festivities?

Lots to look forward to in 2024 for Zenozoic Halters!

Just putting my events list together, we are going to be busy out and about the South West and further afield😁 I will post it when I have them all confirmed.

I have also been asked to do something a bit different... more on that nearer the time... 🤫Really excited about it, a first for me!

I look forward to hopefully meeting old and new clients at any of the events I am at this year.

27/12/2023

25/12/2023

So true, horses make everything better 🥰