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17.8.2022 Follow me…

By Sue Palmer on August 17, 2022

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” Tony Robbins Join me in an ongoing discussion on the links between performance, pain and behaviour in horses. Read about the scientific studies in this […]

Is bucking a sign of pain in horses?

By Sue Palmer on August 8, 2022

Have you ever sat on a horse that has bucked? Have you ever been bucked off? I bet there are not many riders this hasn’t happened to at some point! I’ve been riding since I was three years old and know I’ve come off many times. Some of them were pure accidents, some of them pure stupidity, and many of them, no doubt, a misunderstanding of what my horse was trying to tell me. I heard a description that resonated with me when I was listening to Horse and Hound podcast number 130. Dr Gemma Pearson discussed the difference between an N-shaped buck and a U-shaped buck. She said, and I agree with her, that an N-shaped back is invariably pain-related, whereas there can be a variety of reasons for a U-shaped buck.

7.8.2022 An Excerpt From The Book ‘Horse Massage For Horse Owners’ by Sue Palmer

By Sue Palmer on August 7, 2022

The Quarters Gluteus medius Action Extends hip and rotates limb inward Origin Lumbar part of longissimus dorsi muscle, gluteals surface of ilium, sacrum, sacroiliac ligament, broad sacrotuberous ligament Insertion Greater trochanter Biceps Femoris Action Cranial part – extends hip and stifle joints, abducts limb. Caudal part – flexes stifle and abducts limb, extends tarsal joint […]

3.8.2022: Jan and Rebel

By Sue Palmer on August 3, 2022

A Guest Blog By Jan Daley 27 May 2021, we passed our Drive500 mile marker – 14 days early! 500.8 miles took us from home to the home of a friend at Rossglass. We had lunch with Grainne (pronounced Gron-ya), then took Rebel onto Minerstown beach – his first introduction to the beach, and where […]

1.8.2022 Thank you

By Sue Palmer on August 1, 2022

“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” Elon Musk I feel so lucky to […]

29.7.2022 Finding The Right Help

By Sue Palmer on July 29, 2022

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Ralph Waldo Emerson It can be a minefield trying to find the right help for you and your horse, and I’ve written […]

27.7 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’

By Sue Palmer on July 27, 2022

From Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort? 9. Lungeing in walk, trot and canter What to do: Lunge your horse for three to five circles on each rein on a safe, soft surface in walk, trot and canter. The ideal: The horse walks, trots and canters calmly around you in each direction, […]

18.7.2022: Jan and Rebel

By Sue Palmer on July 18, 2022

A Guest Blog By Jan Daley The Husband led us for our first outing, a beautiful 7.9 mile loop, with a 1/2 mile section along one of the loneys (ancient road, built on bedrock and boulders, bordered by stone walls) that I intend to use regularly. The bumps and jolts over the rough ground startled […]

17.7.2022 Follow me…

By Sue Palmer on July 17, 2022

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” Tony Robbins Join me in an ongoing discussion on the links between performance, pain and behaviour in horses. Read about the scientific studies in this […]

13.7.2022 Why is rein back often performed so badly?

By Sue Palmer on July 13, 2022

A Guest Blog By Dr Sue Dyson Sue Dyson, sue.dyson@aol.com Why is rein back often performed so badly? Rein back is a movement that we do not see horses often perform spontaneously, left to their own devices. Sometimes when two horses are playing, they will separate by moving backwards away from each other, but this […]

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