CALL FOR HORSE PARTICIPANTS: KINESIOLOGY TAPING CASE STUDIES I am excited to invite you and your horses to participate in a Free Kinesiology Taping Case Study! I am in the final stages of becoming certified as a kinesiology taping practitioner and as a requirement I need to submit a series of taping sessions in order […]
The traditional picture Each time I have the privilege of getting a new horse I have made it a rule to get a photo of us together the day/night that they come home. Forest is no exception! He showed up after dark on Wednesday December 6, 2022 and I couldn’t be happier. All of the […]
I am sort of a nerd when massaging horses, I tend to spend a good 10-15 minutes massaging the tail and surrounding muscles, performing range of motion exercises and doing tail pulls. I have found that this routine has helped some of my client’s horse’s stop rubbing their tails. They have tried everything to make […]
By Lisa Turcotte, CEMT Our clients want to do the best for their animals, otherwise they wouldn’t be our clients. Often this leads to those same owners trying products they’ve heard about or seen on the internet or at other barns. One of those items is the percussion massage gun. These guns go by various […]
Currently I am reading a book entitled “Horse Brain Human Brain The Neuroscience of Horsemanship” by Janet L. Jones, Ph.D. Jones has taught the neuroscience of perception, language memory and thought. Additionally, she has a successful horse training business. The main thrust of her book is how similar and more importantly how different our brains […]
Working our horses this time of year is very hard on their body. The things we can do to minimize the effects of hot weather include limiting our time in the saddle, training in the early morning or late evening, restructuring our sessions and focusing on more work at the walk. We hose our horses […]
As individuals gifted with their presence and given the responsibility of their care, it is important that we recognize times when pain happens in our horses. Horses are very subtle in their interactions within the herd and humans; thus, it makes it very difficult to recognize signs of pain. Luckily all of Dr. Dysons research makes it easier for us to determine the severity of pain horses feel.