Sentience and horses - sentience is the ability to perceive one’s environment and experience sensations such as pain, suffering, pleasure or comfort. An animal that is sentient receives internal sensation and information from their environment, and interprets this as an emotion.

Playing the passenger game with horses is fun, remember it's a game, don’t get too serious, just relax and enjoy the ride! Here's step by step instructions on how to get started.

Training and detraining horses is happening all the time, and by being aware of this we can make positive moves forward with our beloved horses. Everything we do with our horses is either training them or de-training them.

Preparation and Confidence Building in Horses - in order to feel confident horses need to understand and accept what is currently happening and be fully prepared for upcoming events.

This is a great little exercise that improves our feel for our horses and our riding skills, makes our horses suppler, and increases safety when riding. When we expand and contract our horses gaits we reach a whole new level of connection and understanding with our horses.

The transition to bitless riding can be instant, or can take some time and training. But the end result is the same in both circumstances, a happy horse and rider.

Looking at the difference between bribery and reward with horses to promote their training and promote positive steps forward.

Spending more time being in the happy place with horses will change both their lives and ours. How can we do this? Read on...

A well balanced, centred torso is fundamental for the effective use of all the other body parts and the seat.

Training the horses brain is much more effective than training their body. Looking at effective training methods for the modern equestrian.

A three part series, bitless bridles part 1 commences a talk given in 2016 at Nimbin Agricultural Show by Suzy Maloney.

A three part series, bitless bridles part 2 continues with a talk given in 2016 at Nimbin Agricultural Show by Suzy Maloney.

Bitless Bridles Part 3 is the third in a series of videos recorded at a presentation discussing bitless bridles.

Discover how Learned Helplessness in Horses affects behavior and welfare. Understand its impact on training and performance in horses.

Do we really need a bit to stop a horse? Or is it possible that the bit is actually causing the problems we want to solve? Lets explore...

Discover the importance of Head and Neck Position When Riding Horses for better balance and communication. Improve your riding with proper h