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Locality: Windsor, South Australia, Australia

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25.01.2022 No rush to be riding your 2 yr old

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24.01.2022 Two horses I have been working with today. Both are horses with issues, onions.. multiple layers to work through. Both have history, both have been called derogatory names Were do I start.. the same as all the ones that come through my gates. I take the time to listen to what the horse is telling me. If you label a horse a rescue, are you doing it any favours at the end of the day..I think not.

24.01.2022 The lessons of Mökkur This week Zefanja and I travelled to Sweden for a very special dissection of beautiful Mökkur. Mökkur was a 31(!) year old pure bred Icel...andic horse. It was very exciting to see he showed some primitive traits. He had Nuchal Ligament Lamelle till at least C6 and as such his neck was so much more stable than most horses! He was very brave and incredibly strong. He had managed to be comfortable in an uncomfortable body for quite some time. I am so humbled and honoured of the gift Mökkur has provided. The journey through his body has taught me so much. He surprised me in so many ways. He showed me once again that nothing is black and white and that every horse is truly different. He told me to think outside of boxes and patterns and to truly listen to the horse. As humans we often want A + B = C. If we see a horse moving a certain way we want to connect the dots. We want to know what ‘it’ is. It is okay to have that drive and from experience it is indeed true that certain patterns are strong indicators of problems in a certain area. For example, a double clunk of the elbow and trouble moving downhill is a strong indicator that the elbow might be in trouble and as such it provides a good starting point for medical investigation. But, and now it comes, trusting on patterns can also really fool and even limit you! Mökkur showed me again that every horse can develop different compensation patterns for the same ‘problem’. Each horse adapts differently. For example, Mökkur had a problem in the left hind leg (hip issue - not due to his age) but instead of compensating diagonally he compensated laterally. The cartilage of his scapula's were badly damaged due to a poor fitting saddle, but surprisingly his elbows were still good - one of the best I have seen so far. And that was even more unique when we found out his elbow were very asymmetrical in size and shape! Same for his fetlocks, they were still functioning really nicely! He also showed past fractured ribs on both sides and kissing spine. And finally, he taught me that we need to consider cardiovascular physiology more when it comes to training. His lungs were in a very bad shape - something nobody of us expected upon assessment, but it explained a lot of the signs. From a trainer's perspective when a horse can't really perform or is a bit phlegmatic it is either considered lazy, or out of balance but hardly every it is considered that a horse simple could lack the energy that is required for exercise. So A + B = C doesn’t work in reality because it doesn’t take individuality into account. At best, it provides you indicators for some horses. At worst, it leaves YOUR horse misunderstood, misdiagnosed and as such robbed from the opportunity to lead the best possible life. So in summary, patterns are useful but also limiting. To truly listen and help the individual horse we need to change the way we look at horses both as horse owners as well as professionals. Nature is amazing and keeps surprising us. So we can’t know it all, but we can try to listen and appreciate it’s lessons. Thanks Mökkur for teaching me so many important lessons. Your story will not be forgotten

24.01.2022 When we’re buying horses, we’ll look very carefully at the horse but seldom do we pay enough attention to that horse’s people. Let me explain. The easiest tran...sition for the horse from the seller to the buyer is when the two are in sync. They have similar values and techniques for handling horses and their expectations are much the same. The horse can follow his routine for the most part and everything just makes sense to him. It’s even smoother if the buyer and seller have been riding with the same teacher, or in a similar type of program or lifestyle. If I’m looking to buy a horse and I naturally admire the seller’s riding and way of handling, I’m fairly confident I will also admire his or her horse! This is just one reason why I’m surprised when people shop for trail or ranch horses in arenas... or when occasional riders buy a horse that has been immersed in a daily training program. This approach of polarity puts the onus to adapt and excel on an already stressed horse. I have learned that the hardest transition for the horse AND for the buyer is when the horse moves from one sort of expectations and methodology, to another. Whether or not the horse came from an achieving background, if your beliefs are at the opposite ends of the scale, the horse will be in limbo. Don’t be surprised if both you and he are rattled or disappointed... nor if he suddenly seems to act out. In these cases, the seller is probably NOT being dishonest with you, as much as the horse is now telling his truth. Bottom line, buying and selling horses is always a bit of a crapshoot. Buying and selling within one’s tribethat is, looking for your brand of owner and ridersignificantly lowers the risk.

23.01.2022 Puddy greeting us at the front gate after school. Arianna didn't quite know what to think

22.01.2022 So exciting that Dr Louise is coming to SA Anyone suspecting a gelding with scar tissue or mare with ovary issues secure your place now !!!

20.01.2022 IN THE NEWS - DR DAVID MARLIN’S POST ON MAGNETS GET A POLARISED RESPONSE! My little joke, but it’s true. Magnets and horses seem to be like Marmite - believe or... not believe, love or hate! My post was meant to provoke discussion and it did. But what I really wanted to raise as a wider issue relates to ANECDOTES, LEVELS OF EVIDENCE and why scientists may seem obsessed with CONTROLS, PLACEBOS & BLINDING. The post was focussed on static magnets (ass opposed to PEMF devices which are very different) and could equally apply to a wide range of treatments, therapies and solutions or fixes. It can be difficult, especially for non-scientists to understand why scientists get worked up over proper evidence. Take the discussions on static magnets. Lots of people believe they work. That’s not the same as having evidence they work. Uncontrolled, unorganised, personal experience is classied as anecdotal. It’s the lowest form of evidence and some don’t even consider it to be a form of evidence at all. The problem with anecdotes is that they are biased and do not take into account multiple other potentially relevant factors. Take those who insist static magnets, hologram discs, ceramic impregnated or titanium impregnated materials have a significant effect. There are multiple problems with this as evidence: 1) The observer is not neutral but is biased. They have already invested in the treatment. 2) There is no control - the effect they witnessed could have occurred in any case without the treatment. But it’s impossible to know as you have nothing else to compare to know what would have happened in any case. 3) The observed improvement may not have been due to the intervention as perceived by the owner - eg a magnetic boot may have had an effect due to compression, insulation (heating), altered limb sensation (proprioreception), greater induced movement and altered owner-horse dynamic. I.e. absolutely nothing to do with the magnet. So, please excuse and indulge us scientists when we get a little obsessive, adamant or intransigent when it comes to anecdotes and evidence and why we seem fixated on controls, placebos and blinding

19.01.2022 DO YOU HAVE A DOG OF COLLIE OR SIMILAR BREEDING?? Then please read on! We would never portray ourselves to be dog vets, and we strongly recommend you speak to ...a small animal vet regarding this post if you feel it could apply to you. This is simply to raise awareness amongst our clients and horse owners. We have been sadly reminded this week of a quirk of dogs with collie breeding, with a death of a friend of a friend’s dog following ingestion of horse faeces. Dogs of herding breeds (as well as some sight hounds and other breeds) can carry one or two copies of a gene known as MDR1. These dogs can be very sensitive to ingestion of the VERY commonly used worming drugs IVERMECTIN and MOXIDECTIN. Signs of ingestion are usually neurological and it can result in sudden death. The wormers are excreted in horse faeces post worming and affected dogs can have a history of tucking into horse poo. Studies have shown that ON AVERAGE ivermectin is excreted in horse faeces for 4 days after worming, and moxidectin for 8 days. We recommend preventing manure ingestion by dogs for 1 and 2 weeks respectively for these wormers. Please share or tag your friends - many horse people are also dog lovers so we’re hoping to get this message out there! (PS - can anyone guess which vet this gorgeous specimen belongs to - don’t worry he’s very healthy and is kept well away from the horse poo!) #horsemedsa #horsemedhills #horsevet #equinevet #bordercollie #colliebreed #mdr1 #horseworming

18.01.2022 Importance Of The WHOLE HORSE Approach Beware Treating In Isolation.... I have seen a number of posts recently talking about things such as NP...A (negative palmar/plantar angle) in hooves, flare or issues with HPA (Hoof Pastern Axis) and aiming for the "perfect" shaped foot... Now before I continue I must say that this is not a dig at farriers or trimmers, I could equally start this post with examples of saddle fitting ideas, dental balance or training techniques. BUT since I have seen a flurry of these posts about feet then feet is the example I will use! In my posts, I try to hammer home the benefits of treating the horse as a WHOLE. When I am presented with a case, the issues are usually long-standing and well ingrained. The patterns of fascial strain and relationships are intricately entwined and have taken a long time to get like this. Therefore, there is NO QUICK FIX since the whole of the body is involved and has adapted. The very essence of the treatment process, in my opinion, is firstly finding and treating the ROOT cause then tackling ALL of the secondary issues that have spread from this point like ripples in a pond. Whether it is feet, saddle, teeth, diet, rider balance etc... ALL must be dealt with and addressed since each are related. When tackling these cases there is seldom one single, simple treatment that will tackle the problem in one hit. It is a truly multi-faceted approach often involving (in no specific order) myself, farrier/trimmer, dentist, saddler, trainer, manual therapist and nutritionist. Depending on the case the order of importance of these professionals will vary but most cases will require input from each. Now, onto my point......IF you have a case where the root issue is foot balance or a foot-related issue then making large changes to the feet and chasing the textbook "balanced" foot may well be the answer......BUT if (as in most cases) the problem is NOT starting in the foot then I would exercise caution with what you are aiming to do with the feet in isolation.... If, for example, the issue is coming from the lumbar-sacral region, the hindlimbs (and the rest of the body) will be moving in relation to this. Ie the root is the L-S region and ripples of problems are spreading from there down the hind legs, forwards to the forelimbs and up the neck and poll (to the teeth too). One such outcome could be that the hind limbs are travelling narrow/medially and therefore landing on their lateral walls. A farrier seeing this may well want to put lateral extensions on this to rectify it. BUT the main problem is actually coming from higher up. So then what happens???? Well, in changing the balance of the foot there could well be a short change in motion/dynamics that is positive BUT since (in this example) the root has not been addressed the problem will likely continue or get slightly diverted. More than likely if this farriery persists then you are left with a possible time bomb whereby you have a restriction at the top of the limb (root cause) and now you have changed the ability of the hoof to adapt to this root problem by tinkering with the foot (removing the ability of the hoof to adapt to the root problem emanating from higher up). The only logical outcome is that due to the change in strain through the leg, something else gives way....this is likely to be one or more of the joints between these two restricted areas of the L-S region and now the foot...so the hock and/or stifle or even the ligaments of each including the proximal suspensory ligament (seen as PSD) or cruciate ligaments and menisci. This is seen regularly. So, again this is not a dig at farriers or trimmers but a hypothetical example that can be extrapolated to all of us working with horses. A saddler could make changes that go against the way the body is moving to try to "straighten" the body out. Dentists could affect the dental balance without considering the body-wide ramifications of overly rasping molars. Trainers could be advising how to move the horse incorrectly which puts abnormal strain on areas. Which leaves me with the general ethos I use: "Treat the WHOLE HORSE and start at the ROOT cause." By working as a cohesive team and considering as many aspects of the horse as possible the better the outcome. (images taken from Google)

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17.01.2022 Dont forget the teeth

16.01.2022 110% correct. If you suffer from inbalances and restrictions it will transpose to your horse 360 Equine works with horse and rider..enquire today

15.01.2022 The bit you choose does not control the horse.. stronger bits equate to more pain. The same is said for hackamores and even bad hands with a halter

14.01.2022 Bagged feeds eh

14.01.2022 How it is sometimes

13.01.2022 WHY IS MY HORSE SORE? This is a question I get asked a lot, especially when there seems to be no particular or outstanding reason why. As a therapist I always l...ook at a horse holistically and not just the affected area to try to uncover the issue or issues that could be causing the soreness. I have found in most cases of muscle soreness unless it is a trauma, injury or paddock slip, bad saddle fit etc that has happened, that it is usually a combination of a few things that causes muscle soreness and not just one individual thing. Like an onion with layers, one thing will build on another and it can sometimes be a process to strip everything back and get to the core again. Every single horse will have the first issue I have listed below, then add another 2 or 3 of the other problems mentioned to the scenario or maybe even more and you start to get the picture that something in the body is going to get sore or uncomfortable eventually. Some of these issues may only be very small or subtle or not much of problem if isolated on their own but start to add a few of these little things together and we start to create bigger problems unfortunately. We need to take all these into consideration when we are trying to determine why your horse is muscle sore with no glaringly obvious cause. Every athlete will have some level of soreness but it is how we manage it and look at every other aspect mentioned below to make sure our horses are as comfortable, healthy and sound as possible to give them a long and happy riding life. Have a read to see how many of the things could be affecting your horse if he is often sore or use this as a guide to help you if your horse becomes sore in the future. 1. Natural Asymmetry - every horse has this issue, full stop, no horse is balanced evenly over all 4 legs. Some are obviously more so than others but here is our very first base layer of things starting to happen in the body from day one creating tension and compensations. This will eventually start to show up at some stage in their life if not addressed with correct inhand and gymnastic/ridden training to supple and train the left and right sides of the body as evenly as possible. 2. Feet - unbalanced feet cause so many issues and strain through the body, please find yourself a good and knowledgeable farrier who is happy to discuss with you what is going on with your horses feet and give you a plan of how to get them back on track if things aren’t correct. Also find one who is happy to work with other equine professionals that care for your horse so everyone is on the same page and heading in the right direction for your horse. I can’t stress enough how much your horses hooves affect it’s entire body and please get them done regularly! Go out and really have a good look at your horses feet and find yourself a picture of a correctly aligned foot and compare, best thing you can do for yourself and your horse is to educate yourself on this subject. 3. Tack - ensure that every piece of gear or equipment you place on your horse fits it well, ill fitting saddles, bits, bridles, girths can do untold damage and stop your horses from performing correctly. Don’t use gadgets that hold and compress your horses head and neck in and make it hollow through the back and make the hind legs trail out behind. Get your saddles checked and fitted throughout the year and don’t assume one saddle fits all your horses, sadly they normally don’t. 4. Rider Skills and Imbalance - not every rider has the same skill set or level of knowledge which is totally fine, but please understand if you don’t have basic dressage training and are not schooling your horse to change these imbalances that you are riding a crooked and uneven horse and will not be showing it how to balance itself better so you will be increasing the chances of muscle soreness and possible strain or injury due to every horse having Issue number 1. If you wish to help your horse become more balanced find a good dressage coach that is all about the horses wellbeing and has a methodical, step by step, building block approach to help you train your horse correctly. We are also not symmetrical and have our own body issues and may lack core strength so our weight upon our horses back affects our horses way of going also, so try to be as fit as you can be and get yourself looked at every now and then too. 5. Diet - what a horse is or isn’t fed can affect their muscles, temperament and health. There are too many issues to discuss here, but things like grass affected horses, weight issues being over or under weight, lack of certain minerals or vitamins, can all affect our horses wellbeing and performance very much. Ensure your horse has a balanced diet with a good vitamin and mineral supplement, salt and good roughage available 24/7. Even foals need good nutrition from the day they are born, provide them a quality vitamin and mineral mix as they grow up to ensure healthy development and strong bones. 6. Conformation - some horses have various conformational issues that will affect their way of going and this will in turn affect their muscles, such a being croup high so the forehand is loaded even more than it should be putting extra strain through the front end muscles or a turned in hoof that puts strain on that side of the leg and shoulder more than the other. 7. Posture - some horses that are not ridden in a way that engages their core muscles can be slumped or hanging down between their scapula/shoulders and then will not use their back correctly. If your horses goes around with its head up in the air or flexed off this will become its normal way of going and bad posture creates sores muscles and loss of top line. Even if you are not inclined to do dressage training there are many exercises you can do from the ground to help improve posture and muscle soreness such a carrot stretches, tummy lifts and leg stretches to improve things for your horse. 8. Age - older horses can stiffen up more than younger horses and may need more time to warm up when ridden or may need to start on a joint supplement or injection to help them feel better and loosen them up. A stiff horse will restrict and contract it muscles creating soreness and become shorter striding or more shuffling in its movement. 9. Fitness Level - we can sometimes ask too much of our horses which contributes to causing sore muscles. If they have been out of work for a while we need to slowly build up muscle strength and cardio fitness again over a number of weeks. We can sometimes ride for a bit longer than we planned or teach new exercises or movements that use different muscle groups or over do the same thing. Young horses are also very weak and get muscle sore easily, riding on a softer surface than usual or on hilly terrain if they not used to it can all cause muscle soreness too. 10. Living Environment - conditions that horses live in can severely affect their muscles and general wellbeing. Your horse may be living on very uneven ground, or be on a steep slope or in muddy, slippery paddocks that will all have an bearing on his body and how it functions. Also if they are in a herd what is the pecking order, is he being bullied or a bully, again this can cause stress, tension and soreness. Are they a fence walker or running around a lot, these things can and do have an impact. It is not always possible to move your horse or change things especially if you are agisted but do have empathy for how your horse is in his living quarters as that is where they spend the majority of their time and try to make it as stress free and comfortable as possible for them. 11. Regular bodywork - if you haven’t had your horse treated by a professional bodyworker of any modality then it is truly worthwhile to start as they can identify issues and help to release muscle soreness and give you advice and a program to follow between visits to assist with keeping your horse maintained. Find a good qualified bodyworker who is willing to work alongside your vet, farrier and other bodyworkers you may use to have your horses best interest as their top priority. Look for someone who will tell you what they are doing as they treat your horse and explain what they are looking for or finding so you understand what is going on with your horse, don’t accept someone that turns up and just says yep he’s out and then only spend five minutes or so there and don’t even assess your horse properly, explain what was wrong or what they did, they are not doing either of you any favours. 12. Underlying issues - if you still have ongoing muscle soreness issues and have looked at each of the above mentioned topics and feel that they are not the main cause and that there could be more going on then please don’t hesitate to call your vet for an examination of your horse. Things like ulcers, sacroiliac issues, arthritis, pssm and overdue teeth also cause muscle soreness in horses and no amount of bodywork, correct riding or training will be enough to ease the discomfort until it is addressed. I hope this helps you to understand the many factors involved that could be causing muscle soreness and that it takes a team of committed professionals and owners to all work together to get your horse back to optimum performance and comfort.

13.01.2022 Buying the perfect horse... I see ads all the time where people are either wanting to buy or are selling a horse. Example: ISO well broke gelding. Must be betw...een 5 and 8 years old. Sound, no vices, not spooky, must not ever buck. Horse must be able to sit around for months at a time without getting fresh when I go to ride. Has to cross any obstacle on the trail. Must be broke to arena work. Must be able to be ridden alone and in a group without issue. Must be a palomino or bay roan. Absolutely no mares. Budget is $5000 max. Total unicorn horse. Pretty, level headed, and low maintenance. Sounds like the perfect spouse too ;) In reality though, horses for the most part reflect their environment, handling and most importantly, the person who owns them. My favorite phrase is "a quiet cowboy has quiet horses, while a nervous cowboy has nervous horses." Or something like that. Our habits, husbandry, energy, communication, etc. all play a role in how our horses behave. Exceptions certainly apply, but for the most part, this rule is concrete. In human relationships, lets say you marry the man/woman of your dreams... He/She is intelligent, good looking, educated, comes from a good family, they work hard, and they have a good head on their shoulders, you've hit the jackpot. But... if we stop there and don't invest in the relationship with our partner, we'll run into trouble. If we take advantage of their qualities our partner will soon get fed up with our limitations. If we don't actually possess good qualities ourselves, say we have a lack of emotional intelligence, we're not motivated, and we don't really take care of ourselves or anyone else, our dream spouse will likely get fed up with us as well. Congruence in relationships is so vital! Horses do the same. Horses and people will begin to match each other given time and circumstances both good and bad. When you take advantage of a horses good nature, they'll get fed up with you and slowly if not quickly unravel. This is where people will say they were cheated by the seller of the horse or the horse is just no good. A nervous rider who operates around a horse through insecurity, will typically make a horse feel insecure. Through our handling practices of using defense based tactics, i.e. we ride in a way to avoid the potentially bad things from happening, we'll quickly create a horse that acts just like us. Same goes with the opposite... if we are calm and confident, and disciplined, we can usually help a horse rise to our level. Now when it comes to price, color and gender, those are usually expectations based on shallowness. lol. If I only want a horse that is a certain color, I'll miss out on a lot of really good horses of another color. If I only want a certain gender because I assume one gender is superior, I'll miss out on a lot of really good horses too. Finally, I'm only willing to spend $x amount of dollars on all of my expectations... When it comes to money, expect to get what you pay for... especially when you buy from a reputable person who isn't just trying to sell a horse. Expecting a unicorn at rock bottom prices is unrealistic and will lead to frustration. To minimize frustrations when buying a horse, make a list of what you want and also make a list of what you are willing to do to keep that together. If you want a horse that is calm, confident, obedient, make sure you are working towards yourself being calm, confident and disciplined in yourself. Dreams are killed when we have a dream and we fail to take actions, make excuses or blame others for our misfortunes . Olympians always do the work to get their medals, no exceptions.

12.01.2022 Today a few of us like minded horsey peeps got together to practice some agility. We are about to embark on an online agility course..mostly for fun and an exc...use to get together on a regular basis. It's going to be an interesting journey for us all. The horse I have chosen for this is SCS Spudicus seen here in the last photo deciding all this organisational chatter is boring See more

12.01.2022 Good ol diet coke eh

09.01.2022 Emmett 4 Horses Short Course 27th September, Eden Valley The Emmett for Horses short course is designed to teach you how to relieve common muscle restrictions f...or the horse, handler & rider in a 6hr course. If you are interested signing up please contact me asap as only a couple spots left

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09.01.2022 Another bit of information connected to the clinic this past weekend from the rep of one of our Sponsors https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3300313090006331&id=100000830165470

09.01.2022 Another reason why saddle fit is so important.. extra pad and risers are only a very short term bandaid. Spend the $$ and get a saddle that correctly fits your horse. He will love you for it

07.01.2022 Here is your chance Highly recommended

03.01.2022 Anyone else interested in attending..I'm going

02.01.2022 UNDERSTANDING THERMAL IMAGES - AN EXAMPLE A friend recently asked if she could use this image in one of her exercise physiology classes. And it got me thinking.... We see thermal images used to sell all kinds of products or services. But understanding what a thermal image is showing is not necessarily that straightforward. Probably most important thing to appreciate is that these images show SURFACE TEMPERATURE only. We can't tell what the temperature below the surface is. For that in an animal with fur we would need to place a small sensor directly on the skin. The second important thing is that without a scale we can only draw limited conclusions. And you should never believe a comparison such as a before and after or product A versus product B unless BOTH images have a clear scale. So what can we see in this image below. Well it was taken out of direct sunlight on a day when the air temperature at the time was around 25C with a Flir One IPhone sensor. These would not be suitable for clinical diagnostic work but are fine for some purposes. 1) We can see that the dog is warmer than the surrounding floor 2) The head and legs appear warmer than the rest of the body. This is because the hair on the head and leg is finer and less deep than the hair on the body. So the body hair keeps heat in better and the surface appears cooler. The legs and head appear hotter because there is less insulation. 3) The nose is the coldest part of the body. This is because the nose is wet and water evaporates continuously keeping the nose cooler. A wet nose doesn’t contribute much to helping a dog keep cool but a wet nose allows better olfaction (smell detection) than a dry one. 4) The tail also appears quite cold. That's because despite being hairy, it doesn't have much muscle and therefore doesn’t have very high blood flow. Blood flow brings heat.

02.01.2022 Interesting article indeed https://thehorsesback.com/premature-dysmature-foals/

02.01.2022 Just waiting now for SA to do the same