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Clipping, why start now
Clipping training is very important for horses who find the act stressful and scary. If your horse kicks out during clipping, now is the time to begin training them. Take the pressure off and focus on small sessions during the week and follow along a case study of a difficult to clip horse.

Anna Kodíček
Jun 16 min read


Clipping preparation
Clipping is key to good horse welfare during the colder times of the year, but many horses struggle with it.

Anna Kodíček
Jun 1, 20234 min read


Nuisance fly prevention methods
Flies can become a huge nuisance and irritant for our horses from spring to autumn. Reducing fly irritation is key to good welfare.

Anna Kodíček
Apr 1, 20234 min read


Book review: The Racehorse who Wouldn’t Gallop by Clare Balding
How does fiction impact our understanding of horse behaviour, and how acurate is behavioural training in childrens books?

Anna Kodíček
Feb 1, 20237 min read


Are performative trainers fooling us into thinking problem behaviours can be trained away?
How a one-hour demo can distort your perception of behavioural problems and their solutions A large source of income for trainers is...

Anna Kodíček
Jan 1, 20236 min read


Sleep behaviour: what could it mean if my horse's knees buckle when dozing?
Sleep is often something we don’t get to see in horses, they are often working with us or eating (16-18 hour a day in the wild), but...

Anna Kodíček
Jun 9, 20223 min read


Editing photos, are we hiding our horses expressions?
Professional photo editing is a common requirement for quality photos, but might we be editing our horses to mask their behaviour and remove

Anna Kodíček
May 17, 20222 min read
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