A bit BETTer - Bettkonsult

A bit BETTer - Bettkonsult Bettkonsult 🇸🇪Föreläsningar inom 🐴. Alla hästsportgrenar, bett/bettlöst? För hållbarare häst ❤️

07/07/2025
04/07/2025

Critical Thinking in Horse Equipment Use: A Non-Negotiable Skill 🐴🧠

In the world of horse riding, equipment is often seen as a solution—but rarely is it questioned deeply enough.

This is where critical thinking becomes essential.

We must ask: Why are we using this bit, this noseband, this flash? What does the horse actually feel?

Take nosebands and flashes, for example.

Often marketed as tools to "gain control" or "improve communication," they are sometimes used to mask symptoms of discomfort or confusion, rather than address the root cause.

Horses have incredibly delicate facial structures, full of sensitive nerves and fragile bones.

Over-tightened straps can inflict pain, restrict natural movement, and cause both mental and emotional stress—yet they’re widely accepted as standard.

What’s even more troubling is that many pieces of tack are designed in ways that prioritize compliance over comfort.

How can manufacturers promote equipment that causes harm, thinking it’s solving a “training problem”?

The truth is, there are no shortcuts to understanding horses—only the illusion of control at the expense of welfare.

It’s time we align our practices with the horse’s physical, mental, and emotional needs.

True horsemanship requires curiosity, compassion, and a willingness to question the norm.

That’s why Equitopia exists.

✅ Join Equitopia’s membership program today—a hub for evidence-based education where we investigate, curate, and deliver content that empowers equestrians to make informed, ethical choices.

Help us reshape the future of horse care and riding by putting welfare first and developing real skills that honor our horses—not override them

🌐 www.equitopiacenter.com

Slides from our webinar on nosebands presented by internationally respected Veterinarian, Equine Behaviorist and researcher on this topic, Dr. Orla Doherty.

04/07/2025
Tipsar om att A PonyDesign har fyllt på sina bett.Jag har flertalet av deras bett för utprovning. Varmt välkommen att bo...
30/06/2025

Tipsar om att A PonyDesign har fyllt på sina bett.

Jag har flertalet av deras bett för utprovning. Varmt välkommen att boka tid för en bettkonsultation.

Försäljning av ponnyprodukter, ponnyartiklar. Måttanpassade produkter

27/06/2025

Grymt snygg röntgenbild på hästhuvud där man ser många anatomiska strukturer, tagen hos 🤓👌

Hästens mule är åt vänster i bild.

1) skymtar tungbenen innanför ganasherna
2) mjuka gommen och vid gröna stjärnan den del som separerar luftintag (turkosa linjer) eller matintag (ljusrosa linjer)(på bilden syns fri luftpassage)
3) luftpåsarna (svalkar ner kärlen i hästens huvud bland annat)
4) matstrupe
5) luftstrupe
6) kindtänder
7) bihålor

26/06/2025

🥰Update on availability
I can come to you within a 10 mile radius or if you're on route to or from home (st10)

July 31st ormskirk pm

August
9th midday between wenlock and market Drayton
11th around 1pm between preston and lymm
16th Risley area
23rd ellesmere
27th preston
29th glossop
30th Chester

September
All unbooked 10th 15th 19th 22nd 24th 26th 27th 29th

Here is a nice display of how superficial the nerves are in the head and why we need bridles to fit correctly.

23/06/2025
22/06/2025

💙 I am so grateful!!
I've been nominated for Fitter of the Year award!
Thank you to everyone who has nominated me!

Your nominations mean so much to me!!

Thank you

Equine Fitters Directory
Equigate

16/06/2025

14-åriga Thea Harkness tävlade nyligen sin ponny Yoda helt utan träns. Genom att visa upp sitt samspel med ponnyn – hoppas hon nu inspirera andra.

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