We have been sold a “bill of goods” (a lie). If you tell a lie often enough you even start to believe it yourself. Farmers keep telling me that you can’t farm without herbicide. We farmed in the 1950′s and 60′s without herbicide. In those days we had slow, fuel guzzling tractors, but we got [...]
Responsibility is our “ability to respond”. To be able to respond there first has to be recognition that there is something to respond to. The thing that makes it hard for us to recognise that our horses have an issue that we need to respond to is the fact that they are so willing to [...]
One of the reasons I want people to learn this stuff is so they can follow up. I worked on a 3 year old race filly that was injured in barrier trials, last week. We cleared a lot of things and got her body so that it could heal and repair and set another time [...]
Good question! How do most people tell when there horse is not well? In my experience it is only recognised when there is obvious lameness, tenderness, aggrevated behaviour or failing to maintain condition etc. There are really neat and subtle ways of asking your horse if everything is OK. Muscle testing (kinesiology) over the last [...]
This morning, at the Karara Sheep Dog Trials, I was asked what I knew about hip dysplasia. My response was to determine what they understood about hip dysplasia. I suggested we have a look. A young bitch pup about 8 months old with obvious pain at both hips and apparent muscle wasting around the hips. [...]
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