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Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.
Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.

Nancy Ellison-Murray
May 10, 20232 min read


Q+A of the day: Exercise timing.
Q: When is the best time to do the mobility exercises? before or after a ride? A: As most of the prescribed exercises are to take the...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Apr 14, 20231 min read


The bias of us, trainers.
The hardest thing in training any animal, to change, or encourage a behaviour is the human bias of what we feel about the behaviour. But...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Mar 17, 20231 min read


Directional predominance - forelimbs.
Horses show strong indicators of being predominant in forelimb directional influence - therefore, the forelegs tend to define the...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Sep 26, 20221 min read
'They should know better.'
“It’s been doing xyz for xyz length of time, The horse should know better, they should be doing better by now. ” Well. They do. At that...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Aug 19, 20221 min read


Stimulus will be followed by a response, we can define what that is.
The more a particular stimulus leads to a predictable outcome, the more likely cognitive relaxation (reduced mental & physical load) will...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Aug 3, 20221 min read


A sense of agency.
Agency is to have a physiological & cognitive sense of predictability & control over ones experience. This can be developed extrinsically...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Jun 8, 20222 min read


The Quad of foundation movement patterns.
The horse as a quadruped has a slightly different way of managing movement patterns to humans. This also pairs, with the horses very...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
May 26, 20222 min read


Baso-lateral Amygdala.
#BiologyMatters Not only does the horse have a larger comparatively sized amygdala than most mammals, that predominates it to have a...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
May 20, 20221 min read


Unclear is unkind.
“Clear is kind, unclear is unkind. Most of us avoid clarity, because we tell ourselves that we are being kind. When actually doing this...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Jul 28, 20213 min read


Conflict Behaviours - How can they begin?
Conflict behaviours are responses shown by animals that are experiencing an inability to cope with mental, or physical discomfort. These...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Apr 12, 20212 min read


Does your horse have a 'tell'?
Does your horse have a 'tell'? A 'tell' is often referred to in human behaviour, as an unconscious signal that a person many give when...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Nov 9, 20202 min read
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