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Accredited Equine Behaviourist - helping owners achieve a greater understanding of their horses using Positive reinforcement (R+) following the LIMA method.

30/07/2025

This evening I headed over to host a demo and 'have a go' event for Essex Farmers Pony Club over at ARU Writtle for part of their summer camp!

26 children attended the demo on an introduction to target training and how those skills combined with clicker and reward training can then be used for obstacles that their ponies may find scary when they're at pony club, at a show Or at home, both ridden and from the ground.

After the children had a chance to watch me demo with two different horses to learn the basics, they then split off Into their groups, each group chose a pony they would like to bring in and had a go at the obstacles. Team work and picking up on the small signals were needed for this as each group of 5/6 had a few children clicking at the right time, one child rewarding and one child leading the pony.

Every single group did absolutely amazing, I was so happy to see how well they had all listened during the demo and their clicker timing was spot on! Well done guys and thanks for having me 👏👏

27/07/2025

A lovely sunny day hosting a spook busting clinic over at PNK Appaloosa for South Herts & West Middx Pony Club. Two classes split into age groups and every single one of them smashed it out of the park, with all of them completing every single obstacle!

The best part of my day was being beaten up by a 4, 5 and 7 year old who managed to find my pool noodles when setting up the clinic, followed by one of the children asking me why my cars so dirty, thanks kids 😁🤣🤣

But in all seriousness I'm so proud of them all! Thanks for having me back for another year Melanie and Sian!

Some pictures of the day are posted below.

24/07/2025

Last week I had a very rare couple of hours to myself, and what better way to spend it than to take a trip over to Rainbow Arabians to meet the one day old 100% crabbet Arabian, Belle, by
Moonlight domino x Moonlight pearl.

Belle couldn't have been born into a better home and looked so happy and healthy (and very long legged) it cracked me up watching her run around like a loon in the field for all of 30 seconds before crashing out and sleeping, only to wake up shortly after and do it all again 😆 Such a beautiful and curious filly! Thank you for the lovely picture Alexia Ross!

23/07/2025

On Sunday 17th August. Myself and Murphy will be holding a demo for the Beechwood Equestrian Centre 10 year anniversary. The demo will showcase how to get started with positive reinforcement training, common misconceptions on clicker training, how to reward and how to recognise low level stress signals in horses. You'll also get to have a go at using clicker training with Murphy! 😁 look forward to seeing you all there!

20/07/2025

Not all sessions I go to are for Behavioural reasons, sometimes owners just want to lean new ideas and a deeper understanding of their horses to have fun and bonding time!

Cassie and her owner show that perfectly and now that cassie has overcome her fear of Cows (you may recognise them from previous posts) we focused on some fun things they could do together at home! These two have such a fantastic mutual relationship and it was wonderful to see them having taking so much enjoyment from our session together. 🥰

15/07/2025

I was incredibly excited to be offered the opportunity to host a demo morning for the students, vets and surgeons over at RVC Equine for needle phobic horses today.

During the demo, I discussed why horses may become needle shy, how to recognise low level stress signals, what to do before the horse reaches a threshold that they can no longer cope with and when and how to reward/shape behaviour.

It was amazing to have so many students and Vets have a go themselves with the other needly shy horses so they could see first hand what to look for and how to train cooperatively for when a horse comes into the surgery that may have a needle phobia.

Lots of questions at the end too which I always love. Huge thank you to Kate for arranging and inviting me. 🤩

13/07/2025

Yesterday morning was spent over In Essex for a private yard spook buster, we beat the afternoon heat and finished up before lunchtime. A real mixed bunch who really benefited from this clinic, some needed lots of time to gain confidence over obstacles with positive reinforcement training, others walked through them all like they didn't know what all the fuss was about, and frankie even dressed up as a builder to make the obstacle more realistic 🤣🤣.

It was lovely to give you all some pointers and watch you have so much fun with your horses and ponies, thank you for having me and taking great care of me with ice lollies and cold water, it was very appreciated 🌞❤️

11/07/2025

Jessie, the most gentle, kind hearted shire I've ever had the opportunity to train. Building her confidence so that she's ready to start hacking out alone with her owner. Our first session focussed on teaching Jessie how to cope with something she finds spooky, through target training.

Our second session focused on using the same target training tools whilst longlining down the private farm track and back to gradually introduce her to new things and keep her anxiety levels low. Touching various objects on our way down and rewarding Jessie for curiosity and calmness.

I'm so excited to keep you all updated on Jessie and her owner. It won't be long till they're hacking alone confidently into the sunset ❤️.

06/07/2025

Another brilliant spook busting over at Langley Hill Livery we did not miss the rain as I'd hoped and the first class got absolutely drenched! However you all did such a brilliant job of soldering through and it made quite an entertaining session with thunder and lightning going off right over our heads in the first session 🤣🤭 we can just say it added affect for the spook busting, and the horses were fantastic!

I'm now giving a great worzel gummage look after the heavy rain and wind of today! Thank you to all that came along it was brilliant to see so many new faces, I hope that despite the weather you had a good time and I hope to see you at another (hopefully drier) clinic! 😀

For the simple fact I could hardly see my phone screen, I did not manage to get many pictures from today, but the ones I did get when the sun made a short appearance, capture some lovely moments. Thank you clare for all of your help today and thank you again for having us!

03/07/2025

‼️ After so many of you requesting, spook busting is coming to Northill Equestrian at Twin Trees, SG18 9AG, Sunday 24th August ‼️

What is spook busting?

Spook busting is a fantastic way to help both horse and owner prepare for obstacles they may face out on hacks and day to day life. Completed inhand in small groups of 5 with myself spending time with each individual, I use positive reinforcement and clicker training for the horses that may find certain obstacles 'spooky'. Teaching you how to recognise body language signals and use this method of training when your horse may find something scary at home or on a hack.

Each spook busting session will end with a fun competition and rosettes from 1st to 5th place.

Who can attend?

horses and owners of all abilities are welcome and many people use it as their first outing for nervous handlers or younger horses, due to the relaxed, safe and calm environment. Horses must be over two years old to take part and children under 12 must be supervised by an adult.

The cost for this clinic is £45pp, spaces are only secured once payment is recieved. If you would like to book a time slot, please check the available times below and send me over a message on 07732336745

Group 1
11am-12:30pm

Group 2
1pm- 2:30pm

01/07/2025

Loading for Hugo, Lily and Bert. Who all did extremely well in their lessons 🤩

Hugo - If only you could all see in person how far Hugo has come on with his loading, Hugo had past trauma particularly on his right side and struggled mentally with the concept of turning, with lots of positive reinforcement, time and practise, rewarding him for even the slightest shift or bend. He now confidentially walks into the box, turns and happily stays on too! Something he found quite claustrophobic in the past has now turned into something fun and engaging for him to do.

Lily - This was lily's second loading session, again making her feel confident and safe by breaking the loading into Steps and allowing her to leave if/when she needed to, I love this video of her as it shows how keen she is to now get into the trailer. Now that we have achieved the consistent loading, back and front bars and started on closing the rear ramp and jockey door, our next lesson will focus on taking Lily for a short drive, if all goes well she will then be coming to my spook busting clinic as her first outing 😁

Bert - This is also Berts second loading sessions, the first session focused on loading him into a trailer incase his owner ever needed to which is a brilliant idea for your horse to be confident doing both. He was a superstar during that first session so we then focused on making him feel more confident with both his turning in the lorry and the partition being shut.

(Note: All lessons were completed before the extreme heat, Bert and Hugo are not sweating, they had just had a bath)

Videos and pictures are below.

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