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23.11.2022 Clan of the Horses – Podcast

By Sue Palmer on November 23, 2022

“We’ve been conditioned that many behaviours exhibited by the ridden horse are normal, when they are in fact often a reflection of underlying musculoskeletal pain. And if we resolve the pain, the behaviours will disappear, says veterinarian and Equine Orthopeadic Specialist Sue Dyson.” Clan of the Horses Find out more in this free podcast. Dr […]

22.11.2022 Recognising Pain in Ridden Horses – The Film

By Sue Palmer on November 22, 2022

FREE 35 minute documentary on recognising pain in ridden horses. Watch the full film for free here. A compelling documentary has been released today based on groundbreaking work on signs of pain in the ridden horse. The 24 Behaviors of the Ridden Horse in Pain – Shifting the Paradigm of How We See Lameness has […]

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 […]

Does Your Horse’s Crooked Tail Carriage Mean Anything?

By Sue Palmer on November 19, 2022

A Guest Blog By Dr Sue Dyson, VetMB PhD A crooked tail carriage – does this mean anything? Sue Dyson, sue.dyson@aol.com A horse’s tail is effectively an extension of the thoracolumbosacral region (the back). A normal horse ‘carries’ the tail, so the dock region is variably arched upwards, rather than being clamped to the buttocks, […]

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 […]

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