Franklin Rehabilitation NZ

24/03/2025

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27/05/2023

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07/03/2022

This!

Oxymoron—A Nervous Supple Horse

The point of warm up is to create elasticity, flow, range of motion, a gradual channeling of supple energy.

That’s the physical part. What we might call the “emotional” part of warm up is equally important, getting the horse to feel comfortable in the activity, so that it CAN be loose, supple, flowing.

So we might want to think of some positive and negative opposites, the positives are those states and feelings that we are trying to achieve in warming up our horses, and the negatives are those that we want to avoid.

Some positives---Elastic. Supple. Stretchy. Buoyant. Free. Confident. Calm. Relaxed.

Some negatives---Rigid. Tight. Restricted. Inverted. Constrained. Nervous. Anxious.

It logically follows that there are several truths---

We can’t force relaxation. Sure, we can bludgeon or exhaust into submission, but that is the opposite of the cooperation required in a true partnership.

Anything pain or force related will trigger anxiety. Anything that takes a horse past its anxiety threshold will create all those negative opposites.

These are simple truths, but many humans reject them in daily training, either because of impatience, lack of education, intense competitiveness, lack of empathy, an absence of horsemanship.

So we should maybe all think through our training methods, because a horse is simply a vulnerable animal, and we can CHOOSE to do right for horses, or we can choose not to, and the lives that our horses lead will depend on our choices, and it is “that simple.”

08/07/2021

Why our horses need Humic + Fulvic in their diet

23/12/2020

Ultimate Assistance for the Grass Affected Horse Encouraging a Calm Focused Mind, Helping Maintain a Balanced Body pH. Eco-Protect™ has been formulated for grass and grain fed horses. It helps protect horses against magnesium and thiamine deficiency. Eco-Protect™ helps horses to maintain a healt...