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Round-up November 2021
Another month passes and another huge pile of Horsey literature has passed through the inbox in need of study and
Welcome Back !
Welcome back to the Equine Independent. It is clearly very difficult to find purveyors of good material; there have been
August Reflections
September is here; with it the cooler days, the shorter evenings and a little more time to reflect on recent
Mixed Bag!
Human ⥈ Horse : the balance : Part One
an article in instalments. Part Two will be published on 7 July. For most of us, confinement is behind us,
The Importance of Self Awareness, By Emma Kurrels
How we think determines our success or failure with horses. Horses, will clearly let us know what they think of us. What they think of their work, stable companions, environment, feed and so on. Equine behaviour offers us information, it lets us know when we are getting something right or something wrong. However, very often we do not want to know what our horses are thinking or how they are feeling especially when it does not suit us. It is easier just to label the horse as having a problem than ask ourselves why.
Ban on Stabling Horses in the Netherlands
This article was first published by Sabots Libres: Ban on Stabling Horses in the Netherlands In a public ordnance dated
Coronavirus and the Horse
For many of us, it is a trying time and, with more and more countries implementing a lock-down, a complicated
It don’t impress me much – by Suzanne Rogers
With the explosive increase in people using social media, such as Facebook, I find myself being sent an array of
“Is it bad if my horse…?” By Suzanne Rogers
In my work as an equine behaviourist I am often asked if it is ‘bad’ when a horse does certain