Hot on the heels of my first yr2 shadowing day, today I'm out with Debs.
One of my fellow students, Charlene is also coming out shadowing today, plus I know Debs from a few years back as she was the first EP to trim my own two ponies when I initially decided to go back to using an Equine Podiatri…
Having completed my first two shadowing days in yr1, I now have an additional four to book if for yr2 and today I went out again with our tutor, Jayne Hunt.
We had a busy day, visiting five for routine trimming and then back to Jaynes yard to take a look at the couple of laminitics Jayne had been…
In all the excitement of covid lockdown and finally being able to get going again with the course I've noticed that I hadn't done a post on my Trim1 Assignment.
I found this one quite challenging as we had to compare various other trimming methods and the literature on some is definitely not so e…
Day 2 of the laminitis module saw us once again visiting Richards yard and a demonstration on how to apply a trim to a horse who has previously had laminitis and is currently growing out the damage caused at that time. This felt familiar as the same landmarks were used as I've seen applied for my li…
I've been looking forward to the laminitis module as I have a little lami prone pony myself and have always known that his trim had to differ slightly to Sallys and now I was going to start understand why in more detail (the EP I had been using has always been great for explaining things as she went…
Sunday PM we met Nick Vincent, an experienced equine podiatrist who is also passionate about safety.
We spent the first hour in the classroom to ensure we fully understood safety and how it needs to be applied in the environment we will be working in, including creating a safe environment and loo…
Finally here we are, in Chard for the delayed Behaviour & Handling module with Ben Hart and farrier holds on day 3(pm) with Nick Vincent
The first two and half days are all about behavior and not just the horses but ours and the clients too. It was really interesting to learn about the different …
So, quite a but has now happened since my last post and that can only mean one thing......we are once again able to start staying away and can continue with the course.
I also received back my marked nutrition and environment homework and again, very pleased to have passed and pleased with the co…
My record keeping and assessment homework has now been marked and I'm very pleased with a pass and the comments and suggestions made.
We had to design our own forms for when we are out, initially doing our case studies, and later trimming Clients horses.
Completing an assessment also includes ta…
Coronovirus update - Last weekend would have seen us visiting Chard for the Horse Behaviour and Handling module, with Ben Hart - http://www.hartshorsemanship.com/
Unfortunately of course this and all of our coming modules have had to be postponed until we are in a safer position to start mov…
This morning I got to retake my Stage 1 exam and am pleased to say I've now passed.
We continued today by looking at environmental impact on horses health and how this is reflected in the condition of their hooves.
There are so many factors which will affect the feet - such as exercise, feed, …
We continued this morning learning of the different nutritional requirements of certain groups of horses and the dangers of under feeding an obese or laminitic horse or pony.
For example, feeding less than 1.8% of their total body weight in forage (1.5% in extreme cases, at an absolute minimum an…
So here we are, back again in Melksham for the next module on the course - Nutrition and the Environment.
Our tutor for today and tomorrow morning is Clare MacLeod, an independent registered equine nutritionist. https://equinenutritionist.co.uk/…
We've been discussing what constitutes a b…
A few other highlights of Anglesey included Richard's delightful cat Teasel and of course his horses, dinner at the Inn on the Bay at Trearddur Bay, our full english breakfast for Charlene's birthday (and cake at lunch time), the hilariously fun social evening organised by Jayne and Richard and walk…
The final days of Trim 1 were spent trimming lots of cadaver legs, scoring the various structures to work out the usability score and then cutting open to measure lateral medial balance and the angle of the pedal bone.
We were able to see the impact seedy toe has if left untreated, tracking right…
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