Posted in Anaïs, Equine Touch, Farinelli, Gulliver, hoof care, horse training, Horses, horses, Humans, Pip, positive reinforcement on Dec 9th, 2020
When a horse enters our life, one of the very first things we think of is training. I have gone on record as someone who believes that we grasp at the crutch of training long before we give contact, connection and communication an opportunity to create a strong bond of understanding between horse and human. […]
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Leaves swirl in the thicket as branches bend and rustle. The horses swing their heads towards the disturbance and freeze. They peer through the rays of the early morning sun, straining to catch a glimpse of what it is that is causing the commotion. Our eyes follow theirs. The leaves are still or so it […]
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Posted in health care, hoof care, Horses, Humans, Pip on Feb 16th, 2015
You have had one of those moments – haven’t you – one of those times when your stomach sinks, your innards hollow, your jaw drops, paralysis seizes your limbs and your every being insists on denying or at least questioning what your eyes see? And then the thick bold contours of the reality playing out […]
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There is something appealing about alliteration. It must be the repetitive sound as the words roll off the tongue. Then there is the way the mind is focused on their individual meaning. The sounds may be similar but do the words semantically belong together? At first glance these seem to. After all, they all seem […]
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