Down South Horsemanship

Kids working on respect and trick training.

Ezra wasn't in the mood to work with us today.....

Truth

Discipline. Is. Everything. #applythemethod

Yup.

Discipline. Is. Everything. #applythemethod

Mathew and Silver doing some trick training

And the horsemanship has begun. Some good progress from each rider and horse

And it's begun. Nelmari and Ezra working out the kinks and Disney teaching Victoria.

Nelmari and Hazel working on liberty

This mare has been diagnosed with having multiple issues by people on the internet, the very first diagnosis is she has cysts on her ovaries, after that she has a tumor and it’s probably the size of a basketball, she has ulcers, she has stifle injuries, she needs her teeth done, and oh it’s got to be poor saddle fit! She needs to be seen by a vet, but when I tell people she was seen and that’s who referred her to me for behavioral issues, “well you need a better vet”! “ you need a specialist in reproduction and lameness” yup that’s the vet that seen her….😂 I wish I was making this stuff up! How angry these people would get when they didn’t get the response they wanted from me is just insane! “I shouldn’t own horses”. “They’re going to post about me in horse groups because I’m not listening to them”! This mare has had her teeth done 2 days after being sent to us for training, she’s been dewormed, and she’s been shod! The issues with this mare was she’s spoiled, lacks education, and she thinks she’s the boss! She’s riding around great now, no refusal! Be careful on who you listen too, free advice is typically the worst advice especially when coming from a stranger! These narcissists will try and gaslight you into getting their way and they don’t care if you spend your life savings trying to find a medical issue that isn’t there, yes some horses are just as****es and if you don’t believe that you haven’t been around enough of them!

Hmmm. Guide dog or guide horse. Tricky one. Do both

Yip

TRAINING AIDS......
Q re: PESSOAS
NO I do not recommend these for rehabbing from a KISSING SPINE diagnosis.
Research so far hasn't proven them to be of any great help in some key areas.

😏 The pessoa aims to encourage correct “rounding” while collecting the hindlimbs with the most popular placement leading between the front legs to adjoin to a ring on the girth of the roller, designed to “stretch the topline” while engaging the hocks.
Hmmmmm
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Walker et al. found dorsoventral displacement (topline and core) increased with pessoa use when set at shoulder level, with greater lumbosacral joint extension during hindlimb retraction, suggesting greater back movement. However, the highest point of the horse changed from the poll to the crest, suggesting a high degree of cervical ventral flexion, which is not ideal for horses with neck pain and, is not indicative of a more uphill, engaged, and collected frame.

Other research noted the pessoa on setting 1 on a treadmill did not increase core muscle use, which also supports previous research finding no increase in long back muscle use with a pessoa, it does not assist with spinal stabilisation, and a horse should already have good back and core musculature prior to use for collection.

Additionally, Mackenchnie-Guire et al. found high pressures below rollers with a training aid such as a pessoa, thus indicating use during kissing spine rehab may be counter-intuitive when pressures are highest at T11-T12 which are key kissing spine locations.

So do your horse a favour and learn ground work from someone reputable.

👉🌟You can also learn some techniques to help start your horse off correctly on my 2 day horse owners course. June is full but JULY & AUGUST dates added on the events tab on my page.
It's not a course specifically for horse owners with ks horses but I may organise one for the end of the year, however you will learn some very useful information and techniques as a horse owner whether competitor or happy hacker that will be invaluable.

Links:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0737080618301035?via%3Dihub

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/comparative-exercise-physiology/article/abs/effects-of-training-aids-on-the-longissimus-dorsi-in-the-equine-back/7A61B5273E88DBFD9FC1FEB8FB7DEE33

https://animaltherapymedia.co.uk/the-effect-of-the-pessoa-training-aid-on-equine-rectus-abdominus-workload-on-a-treadmill/

https://facebook.com/events/s/horse-owners-empowerment-cours/216833067598885/

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