Training Horses with Kindness
Building Deeper Bonds Through Positive Reinforcement
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She's Helped Horses in 26 Countries With Tape
The Woman Rewriting Equine Rehabilitation 30 Years, 26 Countries, & Rolls of Tape.
Wild horse behaviour: what 20 years of research reveals about domestic horses.
When Bonny Mealand first started working with wild horses, everything she thought she knew fell apart. Anna Louise asked how that felt. Bonny paused. "It was devastating, actually." She'd grown up like most of us, believing horses existed for our purposes. To ride, to compete, to
Swapping hay? Horse nutritionist explains why it takes 7-10 days
But Claire’s advice was practical. She calls it the "Overlap Strategy." It means keeping just three or four bales of the old batch back, specifically to mix in when the new load arrives. It is a tiny logistical change that protects the gastric health we spend a fortune trying to fix.
The native ponies we are losing
I have always found heavy horses a bit intimidating. They are huge. And honestly, I wouldn't know where to start with handling one. I assumed that because we see them at county shows, these breeds were doing fine. A bit niche perhaps. It turns out I was wrong.