In today’s podcast Kate goes solo (don’t worry Becky will be back next time!) with Annika O’Kane author of The Pretty Pony Once Said: A Heart-warming Rhyming tale about the Nature of Horses for Children - ideal Book for Kids who Love Animals! Kate talks to Annika about her 40+ years in the industry and where her inspiration came from for her book. We also chat about the importance of this book in the movement toward educating children and young adults to understand horse behaviour. We go...

In this episode Sarah and Becky continue the Agility Conversation and are joined by the fabulous Trudi Dempsey and Kate Blackmore. Don't forget Little Green Stables are hosting an Agility half day clinic with Trudi in May. Please mge to book. We talk Do's and Don'ts and so much more. You can find us all on Social Media Platforms and Don't forget to follow our training on Pateron/Littlegreenstables

Welcome back! It's been a while :) In this episode Becky chats to the fabulous Sarah Johnson one of Little Green Stables valued Patreons about horse agility. Sarah lives in Switzerland with Kenda her horse who is of a similar age to Becky's Rum. Becky has just started training agility with Rum and all this training and more can be found over on the Patreon site. Sarah and Becky discuss the obstacles, how beneficial they can be for both humans and horses and how agility training can...

We had so much to say about Sweetitch that we needed a part 2! We chat with the awesome Maisie and Vicki about how they manage their horses Skylark and Stevie with Sweetitich. We agreed that we all support our horses slightly differently within different environments. There doesn't seem to be one way, being supportive of each other and giving each other ideas, helps. Kate and Becky will be back monthly with podcasts but you can catch up with us in between on Social Media: Little Green...

Well Kate and Becky are back! We won't be weekly but we are back and on this podcast we are joined by the fantastic Maisie Wake and Vicki Honer talking all things Sweetitch. Both Maisie and Vicki have horses that suffer so we chat about how we manage our horses through the months where Sweetitch is so very tricky. We covered lots but ran out of time, so keep a listen out for part 2! It's great to be back. Don't forget you can find us on social media: Little Green Stables and...

Today we talk about the concept of personal space with our horses 🐎 Lots of discussion and rambles. We hope you enjoy! If you are enjoying our podcast please share, like and subscribe. You can follow Kate and Becky on social media: Little Green Stables and Equilogical positive equine partners. For all our training content join us: Patreon/littlegreenstables

Wow! 2 days spent on the Yorkshire Dales, riding & learning about Dales with the fabulous Jenny Major 💜🐎🐎💜Becky & Jenn chat about their weekend adventure & all about Jenn’s amazing horsey work 🙌 If you are enjoying our podcast please like, subscribe and share 🙏You can find Kate & Becky on social media: Little Green Stables & Equilogical Positive Equine Partnerships 🐎🙏🐎For all our training content go to: Patreon/littlegreenstables

Today we are joined by Immy, (a student of EquiScholars) and Claire, Thrive Practitioner and Immy's mentor from the Conquest Centre. 15 year old Immy is one of the original Equischolars and tell us about how she got into horses, how she learnt and then dealt with relearning! As an avid rider, a knowledge in equine behaviour has changed the way in which she looks at common behaviours and now asks what is happening, rather than an interpretation of the situation. Claire give us some great...

Today we talk about how we can further our training and learning with our equines when the weather is against us. This week in the UK we have been hit with snow, wind and rain which makes it difficult to spend time and work with our horses but do not fear, there are always things we can do. Maybe doing nothing is actually what you need to do with your horse right now, maybe some enrichment might be needed for a shut down horse or maybe some basic husbandry skills. Whatever it may be, take a...

For the first time in a while it is just Kate and Becky! It's been a long time since we have caught up properly as we've been busy bees!  We review our guests so far this year who have all been so fabulous! Becky talks about her recent holiday and the challenges we face when leaving our animals in the care of others and what happens when something goes wrong. Becky lets us know about the books she has caught up on and some interesting discussions on octupae/octopusses? It's a very light...

In today's podcast we are joined by the ever wonderful Trudi Demspey, Equine Behaviour and Training Consultant. We had decided to talk about planning, which we do at points throughout but there were a few tangents that we just had to discuss, staying motivated in our training, considering emotions during training, what to do if you are finding it difficult to get into your training sessions and so on. An open and honest conversation with lots of laughter. Enjoy!

If you haven't heard us talk about Gabriel before then where have you been? :-) He's a vet, IAABC certified (CHBC) and all round awesome person! Gabriel was part of an undergraduate research study in to create an AI system that can be used by vets to recognise if pain in present in the horse; Pain assessment in horses using automatic facial expression recognition through deep learning-based modeling. You can find the study at...

This week we caught up with the awesome Shawna Karrasch and her partner in crime Jessie Hillegas! These guys are doing so much work to raise awareness over in America and have hit the road. You've probably seen a lot of posts on facebook from them as their mission is to raise awareness in the competitive world which is no easy feat! Shawna and Jessie tell us about a really exciting project they have coming up with a big hotel (don't worry we'll be chatting to them again soon to find out how...

This week Kate & Becky talk to Ella Bartlett from Bristol University about her recent study into horse training. Ella is currently studying for a PhD at the University of Bristol, where the aim of her project is to better understand how horse owners decide which approach to take when training their horses.  The hope is that this knowledge will mean we’re in a better position to promote the wider use of evidence-based training methods in the future.  You may have seen the study on social...

In this week's podcast Becky & Kate are joined by the wonderful Emma Bettridge & we discuss her recent book: Goodbye Hobbs. Emma talks about the inspiration for her book & how writing it & being around animals has helped support her through coping with grief. A book aimed for children to help them through the journey of loss but Kate & Becky feel this book is for everyone, we all need a copy of Goodbye Hobbs!! It's a beautiful read, simple & needed with wonderful...

Launching into 2023 with Positive Vibes... Kate is very excited about the response to the recent Equischolars competition with some awesome winners: Congratulations Field Of Joy in Norfolk & Holly Ingham from North Dakota, receiving the fantastic Equischolar Curriculum. Kate has also been working with The Ranch in Weymouth & looking at all the fantastic activities they are providing.  We have been super impressed by the young up & coming Equine ambassadors. Both Willow & Ella...

A HUGE THANK YOU 🙏 to our podcast listeners & our Patreons for all your support this year! A short one from us & a quick round up 😁 We are looking forward to hearing from you in 2023 🥳 Soooo have a Wonderful Christmas 🎄 with your animal family & friends 🐴🐎🐕🐈🦜If you are enjoying our podcast please 🙏 share, like 👍🏻 & subscribe 🙏You can find Kate & Becky on Social Media: Equilogical Positive Equine Partnerships & Little Green Stables 🙂For our training content & so...

A different take on todays podcast! After publishing the "decide to dismount" short video on her fb page, Becky received a huge amount of comments both positive and negative. We decided that it was important to answer some of the many questions that arose and address some of the more negative comments. It can be so easy to comment on people's videos but are we being helpful? Are there better ways to express our feelings online? Trudi clarifies the fundamentals of the training; Did we use...

In this weeks podcast we discuss kids around animals! Are kids really safe? Is PPE enough? What's missing in the current mainstream equine education and ways in which we can better promote safety around horses for everyone! We touch on other species and the work being some to protect both animal and human and how in being animal owners we have a duty to represent them in a fair and unbiased way. If you are enjoying our podcast please subscribe, like & share You can find Kate &...

In this weeks episode we chat to Irene Perrett MA, Cert Ed., BHS IV SM from Drayford Equine Learning and Fun or DELF for short. Irene tells us about her latest distinction grade MA at Exeter University on  We discuss the human animal relationships around the world and how different cultures view and how animals fit into their society. Animals have different jobs all over the world and when it comes to equines there are some stark contrasts in how we view this in the Western world and how...

In this week’s podcast we chat about our meltdowns & how trigger stacking happens to us all not just our horses 🐴 Can you relate? 😬 We also discuss the exciting content on our Patreon Site & the very intriguing who decides to dismount question 🤨🐎If you are enjoying our podcast please 🙏 subscribe, like 👍🏻 & share 💕You can find Kate & Becky on social media: Equilogical Positive Equine Partnerships & Little Green Stables 🙏For our training content & so much more, join us...

In this episode we cover the practicals & more 🐎 we talk tack, vettings, food 🌱 & everything you need to consider 😉 if you are enjoying our podcast please 🙏 like 👍🏻 share & subscribe. You can find us on social media: Little Green Stables & Equilogical Positive Equine Partnerships. For all our training content & more: Patreon/littlegreenstables 🙏🐎🙏

In this weeks podcast we discuss motivation, the importance of food reward & expectations. We chat about Trudi’s latest podcast & how Becky has learnt from that (Lead A Horse to Water). Training, scent-work & how important it is evaluate & gather information from our sessions. We also chat about collaborating with other therapists, behaviourists & professionals & how it can be Fab to collab but sometimes frustrating & isolating….. we should all be working together,...

Apologies for our bad language from the start 😌 We talk lots, it’s been a while so a few rants & tangents 🤪 We discuss “No” & what that means - can we handle it when our horses say no? & what do we mean by the hierarchy of No?🤨 how the environment has a huge part to play & this includes the weather 💨Also our feelings & how we need to support & handle them when things don’t go as planned 🐴if you are enjoying our podcast please 🙏 Like, subscribe & share 🙏you can find...