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20.11.2022 Jan and Rebel (31)

By Sue Palmer on November 20, 2022

A Guest Blog By Jan Daley It has been a relief to return to road driving after a long wet winter. We both loved, and learned in, the indoor school. It also improved Rebel trailer loading, so we had lots of positives from that experience. In anticipation of competing in combined driving trials – the […]

17.11.2022 Follow me…

By Sue Palmer on November 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 […]

14.11.2022 Jan and Rebel (30)

By Sue Palmer on November 14, 2022

A Guest Blog By Jan Daley Winter. Horse-girls’ least favourite season. Mud. Driving rain. Biting damp wind and dark afternoons. It had been my plan during the winter of 2020-2021 to hire an indoor school to keep Rebel working over winter, and give myself some much-needed motivation to get out of bed and keep active. […]

12.11.2022 Why Is She Yawning?

By Sue Palmer on November 12, 2022

The answer is, we don’t really know. But answering a client who asked this recently, I talked about how the horse’s self mobilisation of the hyoid bone, and her self mobilisation of the jaw, could be leading to a release of tension. I have looked up the science of why we yawn (as humans), and […]

11.11.2022 In Remembrance Of Those We Love

By Sue Palmer on November 11, 2022

In Flanders Fields By John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were […]

30.10.2022 Do You Need A Reminder To Slow Down?

By Sue Palmer on October 30, 2022

It’s 8.30pm, and I’m still at my computer. I’ve been up since 5.45am, and I’ve driven to a yard an hour and a half away to treat five horses. I’ve written three blogs, filled in a form from RAMP (the Register of Animal Musculoskeletal Practitioners), a form from ACPAT (the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in […]

29.10.2022 Finding The Right Help

By Sue Palmer on October 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 […]

27.10.2022 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’

By Sue Palmer on October 27, 2022

Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort? “For centuries, humans have said to horses ‘You do what I tell you or I’ll hurt you.’ Humans still say that to each other – still threaten, force and intimidate… At heart, I’m saying that no one else has the right to say ‘you must’ to […]

26.10.2022 Do You Know Someone Who Shouts At Their Horse?

By Sue Palmer on October 26, 2022

This photo was taken at work, during a treatment session. I feel as though I get as much from the horses as they get from me. The atmosphere during a treatment session is generally calm and relaxed because I believe that is the best environment for healing to happen. When a horse is stressed, in […]

25.10.2022 Describe a Typical Working Day

By Sue Palmer on October 25, 2022

I was recently asked to describe a typical working day… I drop my son to school, and then travel to a yard to treat horses. I usually treat between 4 and 6 horses in a day, depending on how long the travel time is. Some horses I treat at their yard, others travel to a […]

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