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May 10, 20232 min read

Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.

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Apr 14, 20231 min read

Q+A of the day: Exercise timing.

Q: When is the best time to do the mobility exercises? before or after a ride? A: As most of the prescribed exercises are to take the...

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Mar 17, 20231 min read

The bias of us, trainers.

The hardest thing in training any animal, to change, or encourage a behaviour is the human bias of what we feel about the behaviour. But...

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Sep 26, 20221 min read

Directional predominance - forelimbs.

Horses show strong indicators of being predominant in forelimb directional influence - therefore, the forelegs tend to define the...

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Aug 3, 20221 min read

Stimulus will be followed by a response, we can define what that is.

The more a particular stimulus leads to a predictable outcome, the more likely cognitive relaxation (reduced mental & physical load) will...

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Jun 8, 20222 min read

A sense of agency.

Agency is to have a physiological & cognitive sense of predictability & control over ones experience. This can be developed extrinsically...

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May 20, 20221 min read

Baso-lateral Amygdala.

#BiologyMatters Not only does the horse have a larger comparatively sized amygdala than most mammals, that predominates it to have a...

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May 11, 20222 min read

Relaxation installation.

Relaxation installation. I think one of the easiest trends to fall into with horse training is falling into the philosophy of the...

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Jun 10, 20201 min read

DME Central Forelimb Trace - Demo

🐴 🦴 Upper cervical, vertebral tissue adhesion and poor postural patterns can lead to an insidious reduction in the capacity of our...

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