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To a Trickle Haynet

By Sue Palmer on April 30, 2021

Oh evil instrument of equine teasing, morsels of food through micro holes squeezing. Filling my belly is much impeded. Takes lots of effort and much time needed. Your green nylon string so thick and strong. For a horse this is torture and just plain wrong. Tempting strands visible but so hard to attain. So very […]

How To Be Happier: Conclusion

By Sue Palmer on April 29, 2021

How To Be Happier: Conclusion We are all in the same storm, but we are not all in the same boat. My counsellor used to comment that if I had a broken leg, I’d be pointing out that someone with two broken legs was worse off than me. She was telling me that it was […]

28.4.2021 Sam and Rabbit – March

By Sue Palmer on April 28, 2021

Guest blog from Sam and Rabbit So another month has sped by. Rabbit and I have continued training hard in the last month, and very excitingly have booked our first dressage test for over 12 months! We have managed to qualify for the PetPlan Area Festivals at Elementary level. This is in May, so in […]

Introducing the new IHRT, Mel Nagele

By Sue Palmer on April 27, 2021

Mel says: “… The benefits of the Intelligent Horsemanship training methods continued with a horse I purchased as a ‘weanling’, Spaghetti. IHRT Sandra Williams helped me with ‘groundwork’, ‘horse agility’ and with ‘backing’. After 20 years of not eventing, Spaghetti has completely inspired me to get back to eventing and in 2020 we completed a […]

How To Be Happier: Chapter 10

By Sue Palmer on April 26, 2021

Safety “You’re never perfectly safe. No human being on Earth ever is or ever was. To live is to risk your life, your heart, everything.” Rick Yansey, The Last Star When I first thought about this chapter, I was going to write about how being safe makes us happier. And to a large degree, that’s […]

25.4.2021 Guest Blog from Dr Sue Dyson

By Sue Palmer on April 25, 2021

An ethogram is a series of behaviours each with strict definitions, for example ears back behind a vertical position for five seconds or more. The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram (RHpE) was developed to facilitate the recognition of discomfort in ridden horses, which was likely to reflect either primary musculoskeletal pain or discomfort caused by the […]

Guest Blog: Amy MacKinnon

By Sue Palmer on April 24, 2021

Guest guest blog from @amymackinnonequestrian Quiet, peaceful mornings I absolutely adore my quiet, peaceful mornings caring for my horses. The earlier the better! The horses low whinnies and the robin’s song are a welcome greeting. Turning out in the half light , the sounds accompanying me are birdsong and I notice the feline population of […]

How To Be Happier: Chapter 9

By Sue Palmer on April 23, 2021

Animals “If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.” James Herriot This morning I’m on my own. And yet, of course, I’m not on my own. My partner in crime, my son Philip, is away for a few days, […]

“Of course it’s in your head, why on earth should that mean it’s not real?!”

By Sue Palmer on April 22, 2021

This is a subject close to my heart at the moment, as instinct and emotion battles with common sense in my life. I have always believed that you make your own luck, and I realise now how incredibly lucky I have been that pretty much everything has gone my way, even if at the time […]

One Sixth Saddles

By Sue Palmer on April 21, 2021

Today’s guest blog is by Val Evans from One Sixth Saddles Toys… everyone played with them as kids, everyone had a favourite toy. When I saw my favourite Marx toy horse – some 40 years after I last played with him – it brought back so many memories! I was blown away by the amazingly realistic […]

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