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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 […]

10.7.2022 When You’re Feeling The Pressure

By Sue Palmer on July 10, 2022

I love writing. It’s something I’ll do when I’ve got time on my hands, just for the fun of it. Wait… what does that mean, having time on my hands?! At this point, I’m feeling the pressure. I’m so delighted to be writing my next book, on recognising pain in the ridden horse, and in […]

8.7.2022 Sam and Rabbit

By Sue Palmer on July 8, 2022

A Guest Blog by Sam Ireson Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well and enjoying life. So, another month gone by, once again it has been a quiet month for me riding wise as rabbit is still in Leonie’s capable hands. As I mentioned last time I’m still hacking, lunging, and enjoying spending time with […]

7.7.2022 An Excerpt From The Book ‘Horse Massage For Horse Owners’ by Sue Palmer

By Sue Palmer on July 7, 2022

The Back Longissimus Dorsi Action: Extends back and neck, stabilises vertebral column Origin: Wing of iliac bone, spinous processes of sacrum and lumbar and thoracic vertebrae Insertion: Transverse processes C4 to C7, and tubercles of ribs Massage Essentials When the longissimus dorsi muscle contracts, it causes the back to hollow. This is the opposite to […]

6.7.2022 Hilary, Max, and Zen

By Sue Palmer on July 6, 2022

A Guest Blog by Hilary Moses I like to be prepared for a competition. I’m not someone who can pull their horse out of the field and go off and compete without prior thought or preparation. So in May, I was already thinking about the area 5 dressage to music competition in June and how […]

5.7.2022 “..Obesity Leads To Behavioural Indicators Of Pain..”

By Sue Palmer on July 5, 2022

Diet-induced obesity leads to behavioral indicators of pain preceding structural joint damage in wild-type mice I spend a lot of time explaining to horse owners that fat horses are more likely to be in pain. The excess weight puts excess strain through their joints. If those joints already have arthritic changes going on, then the […]

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