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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 1, 2018
- 3 min
Considerate Horsemanship
For quite a while I have been trying to work out exactly what it is that I do with horses. I have called it Natural Horsemanship, and in ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 6, 2018
- 3 min
WHAT IS NORMAL?
Humanity has come a long way in terms of respect for animals. We now have animal rights written into our government policies and animal g...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jun 1, 2018
- 3 min
HEALTH BEFORE TRAINING
Lately I've been thinking about health and training. Recently I was working with some horses and noticed one had an enormous bean at the ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- May 1, 2018
- 3 min
MAKE IT EASY
Here’s a good question to ask. When I am with my horse am I making it easy for my horse to succeed or difficult? Sometimes I see people m...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Apr 1, 2018
- 3 min
MAKING THE CHANGE
I was recently talking with a lady who understood that animals are sentient and should be treated with respect and kindness. But even tho...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Mar 1, 2018
- 3 min
CONNECTION
I’m sure you’re familiar with this word being used in relation to horses, but what does it mean and how do you get it? A dictionary trans...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Feb 28, 2018
- 3 min
Desensitisation
So what is desensitisation? Well the opposite of sensitisation! And that’s the tricky bit, you must be very clear of what you’re doing as...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Feb 1, 2018
- 3 min
HORSE TALK
For most of the history of horse domestication, we've tended to have communications between humans and horses that are unidirectional. Hu...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 1, 2018
- 3 min
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE REWARD
Whenever your horse does something that you've asked for it's imperative that you give a reward. This reward lets the horse know that the...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 1, 2017
- 3 min
THE CONVERSATION
When I meet a new horse we often go through what I call ‘the conversation’. This is where we check each other out and decide how we’re go...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 1, 2017
- 3 min
Sentience and Horses
Sentience is the ability to perceive one’s environment and experience sensations such as pain, suffering, pleasure or comfort. An animal ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 31, 2017
- 3 min
THE PASSENGER GAME
This is a great game to play with any horse that has a rusty ‘go button’. It develops forwardness in the horse, gets snappy responses to ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 1, 2017
- 3 min
TRAINING/DETRAINING
TRAINING/DETRAINING Everything we do with our horses is training them or de-training them. We call it training when the horse ends up doi...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Aug 22, 2017
- 3 min
PREPARATION AND CONFIDENCE BUILDING
This heading sounds a bit like a topic for a conference, not the horse paddock. But it’s a very important subject to be aware of when wor...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Aug 1, 2017
- 3 min
THE BIG SECRET
Recently my husband related a story to me of an experience he’d had that day. He was talking with someone when the topic of horses came u...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jul 1, 2017
- 3 min
EXPAND AND CONTRACT
Here is a great little exercise that will improve your feel for your horse and your riding skills, make your horse suppler, and increase ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jun 1, 2017
- 3 min
THE TRANSITION TO BITLESS
I was very fortunate when I changed all my horses from being ridden with a bit to a bitless bridle. Without exception they all took to th...
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