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27.12.2022 Jan and Rebel (Rule 33)
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Sue Palmer
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December 27, 2022
The story of Jan and Rebel... Rule 33: Accept what you must, and do what you can!
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26.12.2022 How To Grow A Healthy Horse: Part 1
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December 26, 2022
This is a report of my own learnings from the British Horse Foundation Round Table Event, held in October 2022. You can watch the full set of presentations at www.britishhorsefoundation.org.uk under ‘Better Beginnings’. The British Horse Foundation’s ‘Better Beginnings’ round table event was held at Weatherbys on Monday 10th October 2022. I have split this blog into three parts, to keep them short, as there is so much information. This is part 1.
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23.12.2022 The Iconic Sound of the Whip???
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Sue Palmer
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December 23, 2022
At my son’s school Christmas concert, the older kids in the orchestra were playing ‘Sleigh Ride’ by Leroy Anderson. I have to say, they played beautifully! At the start, the conductor announced the piece, adding “Listen out for the iconic sound of the whip.”...
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17.12.2022 Vote for World Horse Welfare
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December 17, 2022
You may remember that, thanks to wonderful supporters like you, we won £12,000 in this year’s SEIB Giving Charity Award, which was brilliant news – but now we need your help again! Could you spare a minute to nominate us for SEIB’s 2023 Charity Award?
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16.12.2022 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’
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Sue Palmer
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December 16, 2022
From Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort?... Since none of us can possibly know everything (and if someone claims that they do, perhaps they are not the right person to be working with), one priority is to point people in the direction of the right help. The trick is to know when and how to do that, and where to point them. I sincerely hope this book will help, for the sake of ridden horses throughout the world.
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15.12.2022 Jan and Rebel (Rule 32)
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Sue Palmer
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December 15, 2022
A Guest Blog By Jan Daley You can listen to this short clip here, and find The Horse Physio on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. Please like and subscribe on the channels you enjoy most, and also take a minute to sign up to my newsletter. Spring has arrived! Everything’s growing, birds are singing, the sun […]
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14.12.2022 If You’d Kept Your Mouth Shut…
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December 14, 2022
“Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses” is a quote often attributed to the Latin philosopher Boethius of the late fifth and early sixth centuries. As literally as possible, it means “If you had been silent, you would have remained a philosopher”. Less literally, it’s generally used as “If you’d kept your mouth shut, I might have thought […]
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What is the role of close spinous processes, so-called ‘kissing spines’ in horses? A guest blog by Dr Sue Dyson
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Sue Palmer
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December 13, 2022
There are many misconceptions in the equine world, one of which surrounds horses that behave normally in hand and on the lunge but perform sub-optimally when ridden or behave ‘badly’ – and sometimes get labelled as naughty horses. If thought is given that an underlying cause may be pain, there is often an assumption that because this behaviour is only seen when ridden and since the change is a rider sitting on the horse’s back it must reflect primary back pain.
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12.12.202 Survey Respondents Needed
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Sue Palmer
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December 12, 2022
Survey respondents needed: “Understanding the management, ownership, population and welfare of horses, ponies, donkeys and their hybrids across England and Wales” This research project has been commissioned to find out more about the use and care of horses across England and Wales. Specifically, we are interested in the supply and demand for horses in these […]
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Can hindlimb proximal suspensory desmopathy be treated surgically and a horse continue to compete?
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Sue Palmer
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December 11, 2022
Proximal suspensory desmopathy, the technical term for injury to the top of the suspensory ligament, is a common cause of hindlimb lameness or poor performance in horses from all equestrian sports, including general purpose horses. The most successful long-term treatment is a surgical procedure
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