The Little Horse Big Conversation Podcast

This week Amy and Ross were excited to sit down with the lovely Lauren Johnson, the founder of Graveney Equine, one of the world’s earliest track livery yards and an award-winning equine facility in Kent.

 

Lauren joins us and walks us through her journey and experiences that led her to the creation of Graveney Equine, and alongside the multitude of benefits of track systems and species-specific management, the conversation expands to a larger discussion of rethinking track system design from the horses perspective and moving beyond the basics of welfare.

 

Opening up some of the bigger questions that may challenge established thought processes, this conversation explores how we can do better for equine welfare, management and training, not just with the evidence we have, but the requirements from us, the humility to do so and curiosity to seek it.

 

 

To find out more about Lauren's work, educational resources and Graveney Equine Track System, visit the website at https://www.graveneyequine.co.uk or https://www.horsetracksystem.co.uk

 

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We ask our horses to carry different kinds of weight, from the saddle to the rider, yet is your horse also carrying the weight of your expectations?

Expectations can weight heavy on our horses just as they can on ourselves. This week, Amy and Ross explore expectations, where they originate, how you can liberate and just how deeply this somewhat overlooked aspect of the human psyche can have on the relationship between you and your horse.

 

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Joining Ross and Amy in conversation this week are registered Osteopaths, Sara Farina and Dr Ross Johnston, founders of The Johnston Farina Method®, and the Johnston Farina Academy.

In her practice, Sara Farina combines advanced osteopathic principles with a clinical approach founded on a deep belief that every animal deserves thoughtful,
individualised care, whilst Dr Ross Johnston, a research-active osteopath and educator and is an internationally recognised pain specialist with more than two decades of clinical and academic experience.

With individual backgrounds in their respective professions within human and animal osteopathy, Ross and Sara share each of their pathways into osteopathy, discussing how we can look at manual therapy in more compassionate ways by accounting for the horses lived experience through a neurodynamic and bi-directional approach, working to be less mechanistic and more holistic; creating a relationship with the patient, regardless of species, is at the heart of the creation of the Johnston-Farina Method®

To find out more about the Johnston Farina Method at The Johnston Farina Academy, including future courses and educational resources, visit the website at https://www.johnstonfarina.com/

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Whether you travel your horse in a trailer, box or lorry, there are a multitude of factors that we as humans too often overlook when it comes to travelling our horses.

 

Join Amy and Ross for this weeks episode when the duo discuss a number of the important factors we need to consider, whether introducing or rehabilitating. With professional tips, insights and explanations directly relating to honest accounts and questions from Amy.

Offering more than a topic on 'how to load your horse', this is a conversation that emphasises and explore the changes we can make in our perspective and awareness that always lead to the better outcomes.

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This week Amy and Ross were pleased to be joined by sixth generation horseman, doctor of veterinary medicine and author of the book 'Insight to Equus', Dr. Tomas G. Teskey.

 

Among his many accolades as an equine dentist, hoof care professional and veterinarian, Dr. Teskey is one of the few professional holistic veterinarians that truly looks at the whole horse to promote real health and healing.

 

In a conversation sure to challenge thoughts and change perspectives, Dr. Tomas talks of what first drew him towards a career in veterinary medicine and his continued professional progression in a multitude of complementary areas, before discussing the importance of healthy environments to promote true healing within the horse, how this looks in the face of a changing climate and the collective hope we can achieve together for the future.

 

From practical information to philosophical conversation, this is one for both the horseman and philosophers.

 

To find out more about the work of Dr. Tomas Teskey and his educational resources, visit his website at https://www.insighttoequus.com/

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