Following on from my last post, I want to unravel the commonly encouraged idea of “working the horse through it”. The idea that you need...

There is such a recurring theme in the clients I’m seeing that I really feel the need to talk about this more. Time and time again I am...

The golden question on all forums and horsey Facebook groups. The advice ranges from feeding topline cubes, to lunging in various...

Lovely 2yo Splash wore a rug for the first time today. This guy has been on quite a journey, from a very fearful, uncatchable little...

There’s a misconception that horses are designed to be ridden. We think as long as they’re not lame or sick then they’re capable of...

I talk a lot about groundwork, but the term means different things to different people. The groundwork I do now looks a lot less exciting...

A common theme with the horses I go out to see is that they have been given the “all clear” by vets/bodyworkers/various other...

I saw this question come up on a popular horse forum and most replies were describing different ways to punish the horse and how it is a...

I’ve had a lot of conversations with my friends over the last week, not about “the video” as such because we didn’t find it particularly...

There are so many actions we perceive as kindness as our intentions are good, but our intentions really don’t matter if the horse isn’t...

You might see these terms a lot more recently, R+, reward-based training, clicker training etc, but I think there is a lot of confusion...

Trigger stacking is the build of multiple stressors that cause a horse to go over their stress threshold and react. While the horse might...

How to read basic equine behaviour should be the first thing anyone learns about horses, not just something that you talk about once you...

Spooking is a completely natural equine behaviour, their survival depended on being quick to flee from danger. What we may perceive as...

When we really care about our horses we can feel desperate to get things right as we really want to help them. It can feel like if we...

Being nervous around horses and riding is very common, they are large animals that can potentially hurt us. The trap we fall into is...

My friend recently sent me an article that was basically just belittling nervous riders, but a running theme within the article was the...

There is a common phrase in horse training circles of “make the wrong thing hard and the right thing easy”. I’m not 100% sure who coined...

Most horses know exactly what is expected of them at the mounting block and if they’re choosing to move away we should think about why...

There are two main reasons that horses do not like their legs being handled, not feeling safe and pain/anticipated pain. Horses have...