Baron's Riding Academy

22/12/2022

13/08/2022

Love, language and leadership in equal doses

09/08/2022

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159044375990814&id=746185813

01/08/2022

Just horsing around

30/07/2022

18/06/2022

09/06/2022

Best of luck to all our riders competing at Wetnose Animal Rescue Centre this weekend.

07/06/2022

29/05/2022

When you do what you love and love what you do

26/05/2022

Playtime

21/05/2022

So what do you do when it's cold? Ride ba****ck in pajamas

15/05/2022

Play

14/05/2022

See you there

11/05/2022

A big thank you to Elevation Nutraceuticals for the prize in your flash WhatsApp competition. The Trojan fat will definitely make a difference in the winter months.

30/04/2022

Dream team

14/04/2022

02/04/2022

Need to start taking more photos again
Pony camp picnic and understanding the rein aids

24/03/2022

Pony camp 30 & 31 March

22/03/2022

Morning

20/03/2022

Pop

20/03/2022

It's been so busy the past few weeks that Facebook had to wait.

With all the challenges we faced in the past two years we made the decision to move our horses to a new premises on Plot 94Boschkop Rd. There is still a lot of moving to do but the horses are settled in and the riders are happy. I want to take the opportunity to thank Bosveld Landgoed owners Thinus and Lida Delport for their continued support and kindness. I can't wait to show you the new yard.

To Ria and Edward Humphries thank you for the opportunity for new adventures.

28/12/2021

❤❤❤

17/12/2021

Unexpected guest

10/12/2021

The neurology of a horse vs a human.

THE FRONTAL LOBE OF THE HORSE’S BRAIN IS NEARLY NON-EXISTENT.

How does this apply to schooling/training? Frontal lobes are involved in higher mental functions such as reasoning. This means that horses cannot reason or plan to be naughty. They cannot be blamed for bad behavior or poor performance. They cannot recognize future consequences. Horses simply react to the situation. They learn through conditioning and memory.

I see and hear so many riders anthropomorphize their horses instead of finding better training tools. Phrases such as, ‘he just likes to be difficult’ or ‘this pony is so naughty’ or ‘he understands or knows what I want, but won’t do it’, or ‘he moves his hindquarters at every halt just to irritate me’. Horses do not know what we want unless we explain it in a manner that they can understand immediately.

A few months ago a rider told me how her horse ‘just does not want to co-operate’. It started with overt flight behavior and then became a subtle ‘snatchy’ movement of the nose. I asked her whether it could be due to discomfort. She answered, ‘no, she is just naughty’. It turned out that the horse was suffering from laminitis and was in severe discomfort! It made me want to cry.

At the moment I am training a young horse from scratch. I also used phrases such as, ‘she has a short fuse’ and ‘she challenges me every step of the way’. Then I realized that everything I was doing on this horse was completely new to her. I realized how frightening that must be for an animal with no reasoning ability. She was actually trying hard to understand me, but when new instructions were a tad confusing, she showed me in no uncertain terms that she did not understand it. The horse’s reactions to learning new skills all depends on personality. This particular horse is extremely sensitive and an introvert. Utopia, my older horse, is less sensitive and a complete extrovert. She can deal with much more pressure than the youngster. The message for me is that I must train each horse with the kind of pressure which they can deal with. Each horse has a different tolerance for pressure. Us riders have to be adaptable to each horse’s ability to deal with pressure. Personally I find that most behavioral problems stem from confusion, discomfort and too much pressure. Photo is the equine brain in front of the human brain.

Thanks to Karin Blignault for the info!!

12/11/2021

It’s a pony train

09/11/2021

Just because you know how it’s done, doesn’t mean it’s not magic- Sir Terry Pratchett

30/10/2021

29/10/2021

Graas and horses

16/10/2021

Our greatest teachers

06/10/2021

Prince having a roll

06/10/2021

https://youtu.be/2LF-0RQQHJo

Interview with Healing Hooves Juliette Whelpton with some winter horse bums in the background. Amazing to work with and learn from inspirational people like her.

Juliette Whelpton featuring in deVonk Lifestyle E-magazine Coaching & Inspiration Category

30/09/2021

Helene’s matric farewell 🥰

08/09/2021

Early morning cuddles

18/08/2021

Nog ń awesome interview. Blessed met ń beautiful dag in Pretoria. En wat ń eer saam hierdie mooie vrye gees, berader met perde van dier na mens, kunstenaar en skrywer Juliette Whelpton. Sy vertel ons van Healing Hooves, haar hemel op Philippolis met die Karoo Artist’s Café en al haar drome en wonderlike werk wat onder die duisende sterre lê in haar Karoo hemel.

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