What is normal in the world of horses is not necessarily right. Is our society accepting widescale animal abuse?

The magic of connection with horses. What is connection and how do we get it?

Attending to horse health before training is essential. When we have a behavioural issue we must look to possible health reasons first.

Making it easy for horses is not about settling for second best. It's about finding a solution that works for everyone, without stress.

Making the change to riding bitless opens up a whole new world between us and our horses.

The benefits to be gained from listening to horses are enormous, both for yourself and for the horses.

Whenever our horse does something that we've asked for, it's imperative that we give a reward to 'mark' the desired response.

When I meet a new horse we often go through what I call ‘the conversation’. This is where we check each other out and decide how we’re...

Sentience is the ability to perceive one’s environment and experience sensations such as pain, suffering, pleasure or comfort. An animal...

TRAINING/DETRAINING Everything we do with our horses is training them or de-training them. We call it training when the horse ends up...

This heading sounds a bit like a topic for a conference, not the horse paddock. But it’s a very important subject to be aware of when...

Recently my husband related a story to me of an experience he’d had that day. He was talking with someone when the topic of horses came...

Here is a great little exercise that will improve your feel for your horse and your riding skills, make your horse suppler, and increase...

I was very fortunate when I changed all my horses from being ridden with a bit to a bitless bridle. Without exception they all took to...

The use of food in training horses is a controversial topic. Many ‘horse people’ are against using food treats. With all other species of...

I looked up the definition of this word and came up with – ‘regard with deference, avoid degrading, insulting, injuring or interrupting...

A three part series, bitless bridles part 1 commences a talk given in 2016 at Nimbin Agricultural Show by Suzy Maloney.

A three part series, bitless bridles part 2 continues with a talk given in 2016 at Nimbin Agricultural Show by Suzy Maloney.

Bitless Bridles Part 3 is the third in a series of videos recorded at a presentation discussing bitless bridles.