It is February in 2023 and I find myself in the grip of a frenzy of sorting and editing many things in my home and my life! As our dear Teressa (fellow director and manager of the sales side of BALANCE) will testify, I am, by nature a hoarder. She, by contrast is not, and would happily order a skip and have a high old time filling it up with everything that had been gathering dust for a couple of years. In fact, in 2020, when I took the decision not to renew the lease on the...
A story about a nice, but ordinary horse, who finds himself in a bit of a pickle because his person gets led astray by a fancy saddle and an ambition to ride like an Olympian. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we will begin.... If we create a fictitious recreational rider it will serve to identify and discuss some of the common problems that saddle ‘fitters’ have to contend with when juggling the needs of the horse and the desires of the rider. In fact I am going to use other fictitious characters in this story to illustrate...
Joey’s Story, in which Chrissie Mason works her ‘magic’ again. Author: Teressa Pickford Editor: L. Taylor-Brett You might be interested in reading about examples of how Chrissie Mason Phd. has helped me to help my horses over the past few years. Most recently with my husbands horse, Joey. Lesley posted a Blog a few months ago about Chrissie if you are interested in knowing more about the way she works. Odd behaviour was linked to nutritional deficiency! I first used Chrissie when I purchased my skewbald cob some 6 years ago. His behaviour was odd to say...