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Equus with Millie - Accredited Equine Behaviourist

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

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.

26/06/2025

Meet the very handsome Pride, a 3yo rescue percheron X who had quite a serious fear of headcollars.

Prides owners gave me lots of background information and explained how far they had come since taking him on, however putting a headcollar on was still a fear of prides and even the sound of a headcollar being picked up became too stressful, causing him to run away. Pride is a very tall boy for his age so as soon as he lifts his head into the air, there's no way any normal height person would be able to reach him 🤭 So I spent some time explaining to prides owners how we would overcome his fear using positive reinforcement training, to both teach him to lower his head into the headcollar and feel safe and relaxed having it on, giving him frequent breaks inbetween training and listening to him if he says no.

Two sessions later and some practise inbetween from his dedicated owner. Pride now lowers his nose into the headcollar and is relaxed enough to have it put on, buckles and all! 😁

Picture on the left is pride at the end of our second session and picture on the right is a couple of days later from his owner. 🤩 super proud and look forward to seeing you both again soon!

25/06/2025

On sunday we took Murphy off to thetford forest for the day. I very rarely get a day off so it was so lovely to spend some one to one time with him somewhere completely new.

Lot's of firsts for young murph, first time in deep water, first time over an old railway bridge and first time over train tracks. He walked straight into a new lorry he's never been in before with no hesitation both there and back and travelled like an angel, eating his hay all the way.

I'm so proud of this pony and all that we've achieved together in such a short amount of time. Love you murph, you little angel.
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19/06/2025

Today was spent with Murrell Equine Veterinary Surgery over at Chelmsford racecourse to observe racehorse behaviour from a veterinary perspective so that I can better understand and help ex racers in future.

I see a lot of ex racers in my day to day job and today has provided me with some very valuable insights.

Thank you Mark for having me!

16/06/2025

Another brilliant spook busting clinic at Beechwood Equestrian Centre. Which ended up having a great turnout and it was so lovely to meet so many new faces, happy to try some positive reinforcement training! 😁

Thank you to everyone that came along, for some it was their first outing and you should all be extremely proud of yourselves. Hope to see you all again at another clinic.

Some pictures below. 🤩

12/06/2025

It's been a very busy few weeks and I'm loving training in this sunshine! One of the perks of having an outdoor job 🌅

Here's just a few pictures of what's been going on lately from loading to rehab training, separation anxiety to behavioural consultations, I've got you covered 🤩.

I am now fully booked till the beginning of July, however if you'd like to be put on my cancellations list or book in for July onwards, send me over a message or call on 07732336745. I'm always happy to have a chat!

08/06/2025

Brilliant day at Contessa Riding Centre LLP for the combined spook busting and working equitation clinic with Suzanne Dipple Working Equitation and Dressage Training. It was wonderful to see so many people attending and having lots of fun!

Thank you to all that came alone, as promised here's some pictures from today, feel free to use them as you wish 🤩.

06/06/2025

Thank you again to every single one of you that voted for me for the Equestrian Business Awards again this year. ❤️

To be a finalist for 2023, win an award for highly Commended Behavioural trainer in 2024 and be nominated again for a third year in 2025 came as a huge shock! and without my lovely clients and followers this wouldn't be possible. Thank you to the judges too! Here's to another year... fingers crossed 🤞🥹

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