Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.
Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
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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Nancy Ellison-Murray
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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Nancy Ellison-Murray
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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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Sep 23, 20221 min read
Stopping the flight response: or teaching the flight response.
Commonly misunderstood ’trained expressions of flight’ used in the corrective approach to overwhelming, or overshadowing fear responses...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Aug 19, 20221 min read
'They should know better.'
“It’s been doing xyz for xyz length of time, The horse should know better, they should be doing better by now. ” Well. They do. At that...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
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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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Aug 1, 20223 min read
Rosie rules.
When Rosie came to me, & we began to unwrap what she had trained herself in over her first 4 1/2 years of life - there were 2 distinct...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
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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Nancy Ellison-Murray
May 26, 20222 min read
The Quad of foundation movement patterns.
The horse as a quadruped has a slightly different way of managing movement patterns to humans. This also pairs, with the horses very...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
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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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Apr 12, 20212 min read
Conflict Behaviours - How can they begin?
Conflict behaviours are responses shown by animals that are experiencing an inability to cope with mental, or physical discomfort. These...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Jan 21, 20212 min read
You are your horse's advocate.
Stand up, and stand strong in believing that your voice for your horse is often right. “Speak up even if your voice shakes.” Dolly...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Does your horse have a 'tell'?
Does your horse have a 'tell'? A 'tell' is often referred to in human behaviour, as an unconscious signal that a person many give when...
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