All natural horse care in the west of Ireland

1. Training May 2nd May 2010
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...rent horses. Ginny is a little left brain horse whereas it became quite apparent that Tally is more of a right brain so could be prone to explosions if put under too much pressure or if we proceed too...

2. One Rein Riding
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...le a horse's instinct is to run, ours is to dig in and hold on. Here's a common scenario. A horse takes fright and feels the need to flee to safety - comfort is to run. The rider is scared by the hors...

3. Chronic Founder I
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...but progress nonetheless.  I had noticed over the last couple of days that she has been placing her right foot down differently. In fact she has been placing it heel first and sliding. I emailed ...

4. Chronic Founder
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Baby foundered on her right front hoof over the Christmas. She was going downhill fast. I managed to get a vet out to do x-rays to confirm how bad the situation really was. He also gave her intravenus

5. Meet Rhianne
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Meet Rhianne!! A Welsh Section A show pony. Rhianne and her owners came over for a play session today to introduce them all to NH. I met Ann, one of Rhianne's guardians, at the Parelli Celebration in

6. Harleys Warts have Gone
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Harley's warts have gone!!! 7 weeks after starting treatment with Sarc-ex and Thuja cream with 2 weeks of Restore, Harley's warts have completely gone. When I first spoke to my vet he

7. Partner in the Arena
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...ade tried to make her uncomfortable for going the wrong way and offer her the comfort if she goes in the right direction. The problem I have, in the narrow roads that we have, with ditches either side...

8. What is Quantum Savvy
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... There is any amount of advise and opinion around when it comes to horses, the key is to find the right advise/opinion for you that will work not just with one horse but any horse you deal with...

9. Positive Pony Power
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... near a trailer in over 2 years. The trailer I borrowed was an Ifor Williams 510 which is really bright and roomy which I think made it easier for the horses. We set off at 7.30am. Four ...

10. Fun with a Western Saddle
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... First things, first. Be aware, if you are moving to western from English you will need to lift your right leg (if you mount on the left) about 2 inches higher to get over cantle. Once up, ...

11. Courses
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There are currently no open courses planned DIRECTIONS TO - LISACUL, BALLAGHADERREEN, CO. ROSCOMMON GPS Latitude: 53.85720631752132 GPS Longitude: -8.613458275794983 If you put the above co-ordinates

12. Inconsiderate Motorists
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... not react I was still annoyed thinking about what could have happened had one of the horses got a fright. He could have killed or seriously injured someone and/or himself, or everyone concerned....

13. Baby is Lame Again
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Baby has another abcess. This time in her right foot. This is the foot I was working on when she got an abcess in her left foot. This one appeared as a lump on her tendon on Tuesday morning.

14. Know When to Stop
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...ught the answer to the question was to knock the barrels over. As we continued to try and get the right answer again he went through his vocabulary of answers, lifting his legs in turn, knockin...

15. If a Horse Leads, It Will Load
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... walked out with only a little encouragement. Chrissy and Dennis were then put into their stables right next door to each other where they will remain until Dennis is weaned. There is no solid ...

16. Baby's Story
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...hem over. I took some pictures and emailed the over to Dermot. I couldn't get any pictures of her right foot as she wouldn't lift the right leg for me at all. He replied and said thought he cou...

17. Feeding Whole Oats
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...did start to get lazy, it was really weird, and I thought something was wrong with her. Now she's on the right amount, and she's full of energy and fantastic to ride. Before that, I wasn't feeding eno...

18. Pedestal
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Two Satrurday's ago a friend of mine brought me a pedestal for us to play with. We have been using wooden pallets with a rubber mat on but I am always worried that they might splinter under the hors

19. My First Demo
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...noyed with your horse. He just doesn't understand the question yet but when he does he will give you the right answer. This can also be likened to the Parelli porcupine game where you use the four di...

20. Ready to Ride Results
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... walk with you 6. Ask the pony to walk over a pole forward and backwards Tilly who I had was apparently frightened of anything white. Once she had confidence in me as a handler I managed the through a...

21. Make The Right Thing Easy
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...to turn so I leaned back and she walked backwards in the direction I wanted to go. She wasn't facing the right way but at least we were getting closer to where I wanted to get to.  I got a littl...

22. Positive Horsemanship Clinics
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... Jayne Lavender, Ken Faulkner, Pat Parelli, and has used as her guides and mentors Henry Blake, Maurice Wright, Buck Brannaman, the Dorrances, Ray Hunt and Mark Rashid. She soon discovered that there ...

23. Right Brain Left Brain
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...k he was too would up at this stage.  If I had only seen him today I would have described him as a Right Brain and not the Left Brain that I know he generally is. My husband said it was probabl...

24. Equine Open Day
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... scars. He has since had remedial treatment and his hooves trimmed back but I dont think he will ever be right. The damage was too severe. Next we were shown a donkey stallion whose legs bowed ...

25. Practising Bareback
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... and leaning back. Eventually she got it!! Gave her a pet and a treat. Done a couple of circles left and right. Again, a pet and a treat. Second attempt at backing was a lot easier but we will w...

26. Polly knows the Games
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...to the arena and she immediately perked up and walked straight into the arena!! I asked here to go right and with a snort and jump she did!! Obviously, she wasn't impressed but the only resistan...

27. Squeeze Game - Harley
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...ng one eye on the cow. He was so intent on watching the cow that he tripped over his own feet and frightened the life out of himself!! He shot forward a couple of steps but got himself under con...

28. Parelli 2008 UK
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...ange... but most fearful horses don’t have people with the necessary skills to help them. With the right approach, horses can quickly overcome what they perceive to be truly life-threatening. Mo...

29. Polly is Home
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... now realise that size doesn't matter!! I sold Polly in July 2007 to a lady who had a horse that frightened her and she wanted a plod. I planned to sell Polly for around 2,500 EURO but t...

30. Tommy has Gone
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...ied to get off him whilst he had his nose in the bush but getting off the wrong side I forgot to take my right foot out of the stirrup and he set off again. Managed to lean over the saddle and again h...