All natural horse care in the west of Ireland

1. Training April 25th 2010
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...with your help and knowledge of helping us understand natural horsemanship, and its benifits for a pony like rhian, who had nowhere to go. NOW TOGETHER WE HAVE A FUTURE; thanks a million, Ann and Gart...

2. How did the Modern Horse Originate?
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Many millions of years ago a fox-like animal roamed across the plains of what is now the American continent. At that time the continents were not even divided as they are today.This animal had four so

3. One Rein Riding
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...ck and see what single rein riding can give you that you might be missing. You will learn what it feels like to ride on a release and to ride a horse that is relaxed and soft.I think that once you hav...

4. Pony Power Rocks!
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... a little apprehensive at first but soon settled down and we were soon on our way. I noticed she didn't like walking on the grassy areas that were covered in snow so we had to keep to the road. I thin...

5. Sarcoids and Warts
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...was waiting for the lotions and potions arrive, I used the Castor Oil again for a second day. It seemed like there was no improvement in Polly's sacriods and Harley's warts seemed a lot more angry. I ...

6. Bute v Herbal Substitute
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... in the resin between the sole and the hoof wall which might having been digging in to her. It would be like walking on a stone! Anyway he suggested to stable her on a deep litter bed which we ...

7. Bitless Bosal Bridle Blk/Pnk Pny
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...ick release of pressure. You might have to trim the neck rope after tying to the length that you like. This one is Pony size and fits from 14 1/2 up to 17 1/2 inches around the nose. ...

8. Bitless Bosal Bridle Blk/Grn Hrse
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...ick release of pressure. You might have to trim the neck rope after tying to the length that you like. The pic of the Bosal alone is just to show you better the colour. This one i...

9. Bitless Rope Bosal Bridle
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...ng for one that is the works for commumicationand is comfortable for my horses.  Two things I like about this bridle: Quick release Cost effective! Teamed up with a set up a set of r...

10. What is Quantum Savvy
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...of horsemanship are covered in the QS programme from safe and effective handling on the ground - things like trailer loading, picking up feet and tying up, to saddling, mounting and rein positions, im...

11. Positive Pony Power
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... it. We did not have the right equipment for the job, just a bridle and a roller, but as she took to it like a duck to water so I decided I might just get some secondhand equipment and have a go. ...

12. Inconsiderate Motorists
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...rider or in-experience horse could be out riding in our village and come across this man. If he behaves like this someone could be killed or seriously injured because of his stupidity. ...

13. Magpie Laid Down
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...have been watching videos of owners and trainers laying horses down and often wondered what it would be like to be able to stroke my horses all over while they are lying down. It just seemed like such...

14. Harley the Brave
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... overly bothered and carried on striding out. Harley has a very confident long stride and always likes to be the lead horse when we are taking the horses back to their field generally. W...

15. Baby's Story
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...wn and to my surprise she did. I lay down in front of her and she just put her nose on my chest. We lay like that together for a couple of hours. About 2am I went indoors to bed. When I went ou...

16. PH Clinic May 2009
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...nd a course with Vanessa then please email me: liz@metalfreehorse.com indicating which course you would like to attend and we will get the planning underway. We have 2 votes so far for Pony Pow...

17. Feeding Whole Oats
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...h. However, below a pH of 6 (too acidic) the enzymatic breakdown doesn't always happen, and things like gas and ulcers can occur. This is more likely to occur when feeding large quantities of cer...

18. My First Demo
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...ried to explain asking cues the following way: You are asking your horse to walk with you and you would like your horse to stop when you stop. So you think about stopping (Thought), then stop walking ...

19. Competition Horses
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... and just could not leave it at that. I sent an email to my neighbour this morning which went something like this: Hi(name) Seabiscuit was trained by a Horse Whisperer!! Seabiscuit was obtained at a t...

20. More PH Courses In September
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...have a fat, unfit pony bored in his field with nothing to do?Are you worried about laminitis? Would you like to do something fun andget fit at the same time?On This course we show people how to train ...

21. Ready to Ride Results
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...nteered to work with him during the course. Colm works with the ISPCA rescue horses and always seems to like to pick a challenging horse. Also on the course, was Chloe, a 16 year old hard to catch po...

22. Make The Right Thing Easy
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... with a snort and a buck. This is not the normal position for Magpie as she is a lead horse and doesn't like to follow. All was going well until we got the point in the hack were we had to take a tur...

23. Right Brain Left Brain
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...he road and we were just passing the gate to their field when he looked in and seemed to panic!! It was like he had forgotten his mum and aunty were back at the yard. It was very strange he changed fr...

24. Equine Open Day
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...s he must have been in so much discomfort!!  How can people have any animals and treat them like this? Anyway, when Joe had finished we had lots of questions to ask him and he was v...

25. Walking Harley
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... I called to the lad not to come down behind us on the bike. I know Harley has to get used to things like that but the last I wanted was for Harley to panic and possibly run the lad over (and me!) ...

26. Eventful Day Out
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...on Polly or Magpie (We swap and change weekly) and Charlotte on Sam (Charlotte's horse). I don't like to make a favourite between Magpie and Polly so I try and ride them equally. Magpie (LBE) i...

27. Its not about the Trailer
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...bay and all she could see was his little pink tongue throught the briars, popping in and out. It looked like he had been there a couple of hours. Anyway my friend and her daughter managed to get...

28. Squeeze Game - Harley
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...-Yo and Driving Games. He's not too bad on the Circling Game. He will easily circle left but he doesn't like to go right. When I send him right he tends to charge at me with his ears back so we...

29. Magpie in Bare boots
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...hort hack yesterday for about an hour. Magpie was wearing the Bare Boots and she was fantastic. She was like a dressage horse!! She was so light on her feet and was lifting her front feet beautifully....

30. Broken Horse
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...RO he has to pay for the horse that he orginally sold for 2,500 EURO This is the same fella that likened a horse wearing hoof boots to a human wearing heavy diving boots (could/would cause pull...