When you are riding you need to have an all round awareness of what your horse is doing and how you are responding. Thinking about what you are feeling and seeing is important but just as important is an what you are hearing as your horse moves. Even a barefoot horse feet make a noise […]
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The definition of proprioception is Proprioception, is the sense of the relative position of one’s own parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement. It is sometimes described as the “sixth sense”. In humans, it is provided by proprioceptors in skeletal striated muscles and tendons and the fibrous membrane in […]
How to take beautiful pictures of your dog No matter what type of camera you use to take photos of your dog, be it a ‘proper’ camera or your phone, the most important thing about dog photography is your subject, not your equipment. Whether you are using your phone, have a DSLR […]
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Buying horses is complex and very time consuming not to mention expensive especially if you make a bad decision.

Old dogs need love and contact

“Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again”. Watching a dog die is truly awful. We have the power to let them sleep. At this point I want to comment on all of those people who pat you on the back when your dog or horse becomes ill and then knowingly […]
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? We all know how things get very busy before Christmas and during the festive season we all have many preparations for events such as friends and relatives visiting, and we become busy with parties and social occasions, we set about buying food and presents, and decorations are…

I am feeling miserable. It is awful watching my lovely lurchers become older. Whats more one of them is ill. Every day I get up I wonder how he is, on Saturday morning I watched helplessly as he had a fit. It was only the second fit since August but he was so very disorientated […]
Shoulder fore in my opinion is one of the most important techniques the rider can learn