The importance of creating an environment for our horses, that let them be happy horses: movement and socialisation.
So, I’ve attended The Equine Edge conference, organised by Move2Ride the other day, and this is what stood out, hooves! Experts in their field, underlining their wisdom referring to studies, drummed home the importance of free daily movement for our horses to develop and maintain their bodies for soundness, mental health and performance. Sue Dyson,…
Oh, oh.. that sight of an empty paddock, or, hang on, didn’t I release five horses into the field this morning? I count four; where is the fifth!? I do spot something chestnut in the distance…how on earth did he get out? The detective work and catching the mischievous pony is kind of fun when…
We all dream of having the space to let our horses run wild over endless fields. Well maybe not always, considering the time it would take to find them. But you get my drift. Living in a herd allow horses to well be a horse. Just because we can’t provide them that same luxury, it…