Tag: Energy

  • Pain anticipation with Risada

    Pain anticipation with Risada

    Working with the reasons behind aggression to strangers… When we experience pain there will be an association that goes with that pain. It could be a wasp landing on us and we anticipate a sting because we were stung once before. We slipped down a few carpeted steps once and hurt our back, so now…

  • A horse that is nervous when eating….

    A horse that is nervous when eating….

    Timmy has come a long way, and is now sharing something new… I wanted to share today a couple of videos, one from 31st May 2022 when I was having to protect myself with a rope whenever I tried to get peaceful with Timmy, and one from this morning (09 August 2022), which shows how…

  • One step forward…A little celebration

    One step forward…A little celebration

    Timmy did not crib today after eating his bucket feed. I took the bucket feeds out to the herd and just observed this morning. (19th July 2022). When Timmy walked off after his bucket, I followed to see if he had gone to crib on his post, which is the normal behaviour. I kept well…

  • The cycle of habitual reactions

    The cycle of habitual reactions

    Patience and Persistence is a requirement.. This is a short post mostly for me to record two days of habituated reactions. (14th and 15th July 2022). The videos are long and are a record of the different reactions I am seeing in Timmy as we progress. There seems to be a ritual at times as…

  • Applying, and working with, the nicotine patch

    Applying, and working with, the nicotine patch

    A look at replacing the cribbing behaviour with something else…. A nicotine patch is something that helps smokers break their habit once they have agreed within themselves that they would like to give up the habit. Is this idea potentially something that could help with cribbing? I am not sure. It is something that I…

  • Timmy : letting go of shared experiences

    Timmy : letting go of shared experiences

    A few days ago I had a very interesting experience with Timmy. We have been working together to try and find some level of peace with his cribbing. This time I put his head collar and rope on and asked him away from his cribbing post. We walked slowly to the barn. I was considering…

  • Timmy really needed to heal today..

    Timmy really needed to heal today..

    In the last two days, and particularly after the session yesterday with his leg and back, I have not observed Timmy cribbing. Isn’t that wonderful? I did wake up sensing I would need to reinforce his ability to find a present moment to help him with any emotional or physical issues instead of cribbing, but…

  • The ‘healing cribbing’ intention is being supported…

    The ‘healing cribbing’ intention is being supported…

    This morning I go out to throw some hay out for the herd and find Timmy limping badly. He appears to have hurt his front right leg. He is picking it up as though the knee feels sore. I checked for stones first just to make sure but it wasn’t that. It was a good…

  • Going back to the future

    Going back to the future

    I have had a sense with Timmy that I need to go back to go forward so to speak. He did not crib when he was born. When we are all born all we know in those first few moments is love. Then bodily functions kick in. So can I take him back to those…

  • Another cribbing conversation

    Another cribbing conversation

    I shared this 7 minute video (of a 25 minutes session) with my Timmy who has never stopped cribbing and windsucking despite a good diet, good shelter and unrestricted grazing and hay with The Trust Technique Practitioners and it was lovely to share something like this in a group of people who don’t immediately judge…