Exploring the Basics
No hoof no horse they say …
Over the years Ivanhoe has had issues with his feet, we never seem to get past his separation. I tried on several occasions to trim his feet myself under guidance of other professional hoof trimmers, I bought books and watched video's. It is very daunting to start...
Foraging and the ability of horses to self-select botanicals
My trainer Jossy Reynvoet from Bittles Art of Riding (BAR) asked me a question in regards the Debono Moves, what I think was a great question and answer to share with you all. Jossy:“How do you know when a movement is healthy or not? What do you base this on. The...
Movement Education Continues
My trainer Jossy Reynvoet from Bittles Art of Riding (BAR) asked me a question in regards the Debono Moves, what I think was a great question and answer to share with you all. Jossy:“How do you know when a movement is healthy or not? What do you base this on. The...
Movement Education
Mary Debono has created a concept what she calls the Debono Moves. The Debono Moves is Movement (Re)Education and is influenced by the Feldenkrais method. Mary is a Feldenkrais practitioner (for humans) and has also been working on dogs and horses (and other animals)...
The steps
I was pleased to see so many people sharing my post on Skeletal Maturity. If you haven’t read it yet here is a link: https://janniesmit.com.au/skeletal-maturity/ As for most, riding is the main goal with their horses but if we can’t ride them before they get close to...
Skeletal Maturity
I am disappointed to see that still horses as young as two years old are started under saddle, despite the clear information on the detrimental effects on starting horses too young is readily available. I am very aware there are many different opinions on when to...
The start of a movement
When I am doing my Feldenkrais sessions I try to focus on the start of the movement. This goes as far back as just the thought of that movement as all movement comes from our brain. It is quite amazing what you can feel when you really focus. It made me think about...
“Ivanhoe the Great”
I was recently watching a lecture by Bent Branderup where he said that he hoped that every student would have at one stage a difficult horse in their life. Ivanhoe came into my life just over 10 years ago and our journey has for sure been a challenge in many ways. It...
Beautiful Paradox
It has now been over 22 years ago that this girl surprised me. We have been through a lot together. My part of our journey has been full of the most wonderful moments but also filled with many mistakes (at least I recognised them later as mistakes) and huge learning...
The Voice
Exploring the BasicsI am currently working on a documentary for the Atherton Herberton Historic Railway. Marty is “the Voice” for this doco and this weekend we did the last recordings. I had the feeling that I had not enough commentary with the footage but as a visual...
“In the most obvious, lies the greatest lesson”.
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