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26.1.2022 Top Tips for Mud Fever

By Sue Palmer on January 26, 2022

I put a post on Facebook recently asking people to share their tips for resolving mud fever problems. I liked this one from Jan Daley so much that I wanted to share it with you. Jan says: “As an experienced user of essential oils, I made up a potent antibacterial, antiseptic potion and mixed it […]

25.1.2022 How To… Care For The Older Horse… In 10 Easy Steps: Chapter 8

By Sue Palmer on January 25, 2022

Chapter 8: Feeding The older horse might need different management to the younger horse, particularly in terms of feeding. As always, each horse should be assessed and treated as an individual. An older horse who is overweight is clearly getting enough calories from his feed and may benefit more from a weight loss program than […]

24.1.2022 Addressing Saddle Slip

By Sue Palmer on January 24, 2022

Recently I treated a horse whose saddle has started slipping to the right in canter. I explained to the owner that saddle slip is almost always caused by asymmetry in the horse, and I thought this would be useful information to share here. Russell MacKechnie-Guire at Centaur Biomechanics, and Dr Sue Dyson, amongst others, have […]

23.1.2022 Hilary, Max and Zen

By Sue Palmer on January 23, 2022

A Guest Blog by Hilary Moses December was another quiet month for Max. A couple of hacks and not too much else. I know some people will be very sceptical about what I did next, but I’ve done it before and been amazed. A friend told me about a lady in our village who is […]

22.1.2022 Sharing the Science

By Sue Palmer on January 22, 2022

Thoracolumbar movement in sound horses trotting in straight lines in hand and on the lunge and the relationship with hind limb symmetry or asymmetry It’s fascinating how much we just take for granted that we know, without actually having any evidence to back it up. If we want to do scientific studies on lameness, then […]

21.1.2022 Understanding is the first step to acceptance

By Sue Palmer on January 21, 2022

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire This phrase resonated with me, and I’m sharing it in case it’s what you needed to hear today. I have an analytical mind, and sometimes I find myself going over […]

20.1.2022 How To… Care For The Older Horse… In 10 Easy Steps: Chapter 7

By Sue Palmer on January 20, 2022

Chapter 7: Keep Those Legs Moving “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw Most older horses will not move further or faster than they need to. Gone are they days when you had to close your eyes every time you turned him out so […]

19.1.2022 We don’t know what we don’t know…

By Sue Palmer on January 19, 2022

“Experts were once amateurs who kept practicing.” Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words Unconscious incompetence – a place so scary we don’t even know we’re in it. Until last year, I somehow assumed that cancer, of any kind, would show up in a blood test. Not as a definitive diagnosis (i.e. they wouldn’t be able to […]

18.1.2022: Jan and Rebel

By Sue Palmer on January 18, 2022

A Guest Blog By Jan Daley My lung function took another plunge. 28% function compared to my healthy equivalent. We were now getting into scary territory. I found that instead of 30 mins to groom, harness and put to, it was taking me nearly an hour. I was having to spend a day or 2 […]

17. Follow me…

By Sue Palmer on January 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 […]

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