All about the horse’s 5 senses
Let’s deconstruct the horse’s 5 senses to try to understand what’s going through their heads. # Sense 1 : sight We had already written an article on the sight of the horse, so I’ll let you read it again if you want to know everything about it. It’s over here. –> 6 questions we all…
6 questions we all asked ourselves about the horse’s sight.
“My horse refused to jump another red obstacle… When I tell you he doesn’t like that color! It scares him! And he keeps seeing ghosts in the woods when I hack, I think he needs glasses!” Well, how do horses see? What if I tell you that horses can’t see red and that they…
How to break in your horse in 4 weeks
Breaking-in is still regularly associated with bucking. This is often the case, until one discovers that with an ethological approach, one can break in their horse in a calm and gentle way. To have some advice on this, I called on Sébastien Jaulin, ethologist and head of the Education Department at the Haras de…
7 Things you need to Prepare for when your Horse is going on Vacation
It’s well into summer now, and a lot of horses are going to spend the rest of the season in a pasture. This is something you have to be well prepared for, especially if your horse lives in stables all year round! Let me give you 7 things to prepare before your horse goes…
13 stretching exercises for your horse
The manual relaxation exercises for the horse are a great way to help the horse progress and to prevent musculoskeletal problems. They are perfectly complementary to ridden exercises and give great results, on the condition that you do them well and that you respect your horse! Here are all the keys to do it…
Sweet Itch: 6 Things to know about Summer Seasonal Recurrent Dermatitis (SSRD)
THE RIDER’S MENTAL PREPARATION
Here are a few general pieces of advice to learn and understand the crucial things in the search for performance and pleasure! By Jonathan Rougier, sport psychologist and hunter trainer 1️⃣ Set goals and achieve them! Setting goals for yourself allows you to structure your progression, and to assess your progress as the season…
Managing owners’ horses during the lockdown
If the riders are completely helpless in the face of these containment measures that separate them for several weeks from their horses, the coaches / instructors / stable managers / riders are overwhelmed in front of all these horses for which they have all of a sudden full day-to-day management. Don’t worry, you are…
Equisense joins Voltaire
Dear users, beta-testers, ambassadors, partners, you have been at our side since our beginnings. Your support and your enthusiasm made us grow and move forward! You have been and still are essential to the success of Equisense, so on behalf of the whole team, thank you! ❤️ Today, we are taking a major turn…
Coronavirus: What riders should do in case of a lockdown
A lot of riders around the world are confined to their homes not being able to see or ride their horses any more. Inevitably, questions arise and concerns rise over the management of this period. We have listed for you the essential elements to help you manage this isolation more serenely and to reassure…
