Category: Connecting with a Cribber

  • Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better..

    Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better..

    Over the last couple of weeks I have engaged in some healing sessions, with the herd as a whole and, with individual members, around laminitis, and deeper into the digestive systems.  On the basis that sometimes things get worse before they get better, yesterday we have Chocolate with laminitis and mild diarrhoea, Risada with laminitis getting…

  • Some science on cribbing..

    Some science on cribbing..

    I am not going to write a whole post about some of the scientific finds around cribbing as it has already been written. There is a link below to HorseHead Info which gives a lot of the basic insights into the behaviour of cribbing and what may be happening in the brain. In summary terms…

  • Cribbing and Windsucking…what does it look like?

    Cribbing and Windsucking…what does it look like?

    The video shows briefly what cribbing and windsucking looks and sounds like. Although I have done some energy work with Timmy, and started trying to find who he is under the cribbing facade, it is not easy. I am now moving to using the Trust Technique to see if we can’t find any emotional cause…

  • Timmy ……… A brief introduction

    Timmy ……… A brief introduction

    Timmy is a thoroughbred gelding, the only male in my herd, and he was born on a racing stud in France. He is 16 years old now, and came to me when he was 9 years old.  We went through some health issues initially. He is a cribber and wind sucker. He lost a lot…

  • Inviting Timmy to relax

    Inviting Timmy to relax

    Timmy struggles to relax in human company and often reverts back to cribbing if asked to do anything. Here I just invite him into the arena to just be there with me. Not to do anything specific. He stays for a bit. This was July 2020. I was still finding my own way of being…