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09/11/2024

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13/10/2024

A lovely few hours this afternoon, spent at Flemish Farm, Windsor Great Park, watching the Annual Inspection of the Light Cavalry, Honourable Artillery Company, followed by a private tour around the stables, meeting the horses and learning about the history.
I was spoiled with a champagne picnic whilst surrounded in equestrian military tradition.
Thank you to Team-Hill Equestrian, for their very generous gift. Xx

10/10/2024

No sedation
No stress
Just calm quiet horsemanship for the first time in more than 5 years…
Love it ❤️

09/10/2024

A very Happy Good Morning from our beautiful miracle dog, Baby K. It melts my heart every time I get these messages from her owner and every time I see her.
I hope her face makes you smile 😊

04/10/2024

Another great visual 👍🏻

01/10/2024

Love this… I could talk “fascia” all day long, but Horses Inside Out do it much more concisely than I !!!
Enjoy 😃

In this blog, I thought it would be good to share with you a snippet of what is included in the seminar, and perhaps it will whet your appet

26/09/2024

Another interesting read 👍🏻

**𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗩𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗟**

𝗡𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘁

MacKechnie-Guire, R*, Williams, J.M., Nixon, J., Fisher, M., Fisher, D., Walker, V., Murray, R., Clayton, H.M

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 (read without a subscription):
https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evj.14420

For the past four years, we have investigated the pressures beneath different nosebands when adjusted from 2.0 to 0.0 finger tightness (0.0 finger adjustment so that the noseband was touching but not compressing the skin).

Poor noseband adjustment could create high pressures that may risk pain or tissue damage. This study is a step forward in providing quantitative data relating to pressures associated with noseband type and fit when adjusted to various tightness’s.

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀:

🐴No significant difference between noseband pressures when the noseband was adjusted from 2.0 to 1.5 finger tightness.

🐴Noseband pressures were highest on the mandible vs. the lateral aspect of the nasal bones.

🐴No differences were found in noseband pressures between the cavesson, flash or Swedish (crank) noseband types at 2.0 to 0.5 finger tightness.

🐴The Drop noseband had the lowest absolute nasal pressures (mandible pressures not measured) and significantly lower values than the other nosebands. We need to be mindful of the position of the traditional drop. More work needed.

🐴Noseband pressures were lower when ridden in trot, compared with when chewing a treat.

🐴Noseband pressures were cyclical (rise and fall) and not continuous – changing during the stride and the chewing cycle of the horse.

As always, this is a team effort. Thank you to our research assistants, riders, owners and horses.. Thank you to our funders, World Horse Welfare, British Equestrian, Canadian Sport Horse Association, The Worshipful Company of Saddlers and Hartpury University.

NB image taken from pilot testing and was not included in the main study. All noseband types are described in detail in the manuscript.

08/09/2024

Yoga for dogs?
Here the beautiful Baby K (whom many of you have followed,) demonstrates….🤔

The Squirrel Pose!!! 🤩🤣

05/09/2024

More interesting research and subsequent discussion…

04/09/2024

02/09/2024

Using TECAR therapy as part of a rehabilitation program for this show jumper with lumbo sacral pain.
He enjoys a snooze when being treated 🤗

30/08/2024

If you haven’t seen this already, I hope you find it interesting 🤗

29/08/2024

Nothing scientific! Just a bit of dog spam to make you smile!
La Beans was a little bit tired after a busy morning!! 🤦‍♀️🤣

28/08/2024

This lady is brilliant and passionate and determined to improve the lives of horses present and in the future.
Worth the time to view.
Enjoy 🤔

INTRODUCTION ECVM stands for Equine Complex Vertebral Malformation - formerly known as The Congenital Malformation of the 6th and 7th Cervical Vertebrae in Horses. The name change was the result of ongoing research showing that the complexity of this malformation wasn’t justified by the simplicit...

12/08/2024

I expect that we will see an increase in the number of research papers looking into equine intelligence following the recent high profile welfare revelations in the news.

Please be vigilant in your sources and quality of investigations whilst remaining open minded to results and conclusions.

It's hoped the findings lead to more humane horse training regimes and improvements to welfare.