Video Day Monday Christmas Countdown Day 2: What Makes You Itch?
What makes YOU itch?
Guest Blogger Filippa about Bella’s health scare and investigating hay quality
Hi! This is the third week that Lo and I are writing on this website. It is so much fun and I’m glad that we got the chance. This week we have had a few issues with Bella. For a part of the autumn she has been a bit unlike herself. She has been tired…
Rugless, Social and Happy: Pictures from Poland (especially for #horsehour)
For the first time in 10 years I am spending Christmas time with my family in Poland and wanted to share with you a few pictures which I took for #horsehour (a great Twitter initiative that if you like Twitter community and have something equestrian to share or promote then you might want to check…
Video Day Sunday Christmas Countdown day 3: First Train a Chicken….
Today’s video subject wasn’t planned but I chose it because of an inhumane and ridiculous schooling methods I witnessed this afternoon. Have you ever been in a situation where you were deeply ashamed to have known and admired someone? Do you know that feeling of your brain not processing fast enough what your eyes are…
Olympia
Originally posted on The Rubber Curry Comb:
London International Horse Show, full of top class horses, riders, spectators and stalls. When Olympia is on it usually means Christmas has begun. For the second year I went to the Saturday afternoon performance with friends. We even managed to get front row seats. Last year I was…
Video Day Saturday Christmas Countdown Day 4: Head-To-Head…until the Winner Takes One Turn Better
In show-jumping, like in life, it’s the little details that count 🙂 Watch this head-to-head jump off from Olympia International Horse Show and see how pretty much one turn made the winner…
SUPPORT A MORATORIUM ON THE CULL OF ALBERTA WILD HORSES
Originally posted on Straight from the Horse's Heart:
I hope that everyone notes this same story is being played out all over the world. The petition to stop the culling of the less than 1,000 wild horses remaining in Alberta, Canada needs signatures. We’re asking our readers to help out and sign this: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/311/562/915/ It is believed that…
Horse Winter Blankets: How much damage can they do?
Originally posted on Horse Wellness Blog:
When blanketing our horses during cold winter months, we have the best intention of keeping him warm and protected from the elements. But the design and fit of many blankets can potentially harm your horse and – in extreme cases – cause major structural problems. A first sign that the edge of your blanket…
Video Day Friday Christmas Countdown Day 4: Difficult Questions about Horse’s Soundness
The yards, tack rooms and forums are full of heated conversations on whether to shoe or not to shoe one’s horse and in today’s video countdown I would ask you to have a little think with me 🙂 My question to myself as a trainer/instructor/horse carer is “am I asking the right question”… What if…
Video Day Thursday Christmas Countdown Day 5: The Funny Side of Fun…
Aaannd today’s video is all about the importance of fun…I tend to think back to this particular experiment whenever I have a rider who just “can’t get something” or a horse that finds something difficult…It makes me think more creatively and less in terms of “this must be done like so”… Hope you enjoy this…
