Patient of the week this week is
🌟Ned! 🌟
Ned is one of the longer term residents at Hope Pastures Equine rescue centre.
He suffered some abusive and traumatic handling until he found safety in the kind and caring hands of Hope Pastures. He has gone from a terrified and unhandleable animal to a trusting and confident sweet donkey. 🫏
The staff have handled him sympathetically and used positive reinforcement techniques taught by my good friends at Connection Training to help him achieve this.
Here he is, not quite enjoying his treatments but confidently tolerating them 🤣
With great thanks to the wonderful staff and volunteers at Hope Pastures for these photos and videos... In which I look considerably more happy than our good pal Ned. 🤣
Ned is part of the Hope Pastures adoption scheme and you can adopt him here...
https://www.hopepastures.org/product-category/adoption-scheme/
Or, they also have a very exclusive club you can join... If you pass all the strict entry criteria which I believe are as follows:-
1. love donkeys
https://www.hopepastures.org/donkey-club/
Where are the horses on this cold and snowy morning? In their cosy shed with straw bedding, hay stations, water buffet with turmeric, brewers yeast and lots of other delicious flavours, salt licks etc? Nope. After coaxing them in for a breakfast feed they all decided to head back out to forage for grass beneath the snow ❄️ By allowing them to choose how and where they spend their time, I'm not subjecting them to my interpretation of what is preferable for them. Of course, I would rather be indoors warm and dry (after the obligatory snowman was built ⛄️)but they're designed to withstand lower temperatures than we are and giving them opportunities to use their instincts to find food is an enriching experience for them. #thriveanimaltherapy #animalwelfare #holisticapproach #envirpnmentforhealth #snowday
Can Kinesiology tape really make a difference even on long hair?
In my experience... Yes! Even when applied for support and on long thick coats, I notice that kinesiology tape improves posture and mobility.
This tape was applied to help stabilise a luxating patella in the stifle of a very cute and very fluffy Shetland pony
#kinesiologytape #vetkintape #vetphysio #animaltherapy #animalhealth #equinehealth #equinerehabilitation #winterwoolies #shetlandpony #painrelief