An Equine Conversation

I’m not sure about you, but I’m pretty sure that more often than not, my horsie ducks have waddled off to a rave party, even with my horses that have been with me for many years.

In fact, I’d go so far as to say it’s rare that my ducks are in a row – in the row I actually want them in. Sometimes they’re in a row in aisle 3, except I’m in aisle 5 and wanting them there.

This can be a frustrating experience, having our horsie ducks waddling off. It can feel like we’re taking 3 steps forward then 2 steps back.

In this episode, we’re going to discuss why getting our horsie ducks in a row is a challenge, acknowledging that this is happening for us all, and look at what we can do about it.

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In this episode I’m talking with Dr Lizzie McCready who has taken her profession from on the road Equine Veterinary practice to working with horse owners to improve their emergency response skills. Find out some top tips to improve your own skills & be better prepared for those inevitable emergencies that arise when we have horses.

Dr Lizzie McCready:

Dr Lizzie, an equine vet based in Melbourne is bringing invaluable vet-taught education to the horse owner world. She started Empowering Equine Education in 2021 after seeing first-hand how the majority of horse owners are poorly prepared to take action and care for their horses when an emergency strikes. Drawing from her veterinary experience she has developed The Equine Emergency Response Training to help equip owners with the knowledge and hands-on skills to feel confident and competent in dealing with any emergency they encounter. Her mission is to raise the current standard of horsecare owners can provide and pass on her valuable veterinary expertise to passionate horse people. 
Qualifications: Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (with Honours) from the Royal Veterinary College

In this episode we discuss:

2:05 - The discussion begins with a look back at Lizzie’s journey to get to where she is now.

12:24 - Emergency situations horse owners/carers can be better prepared for and why being better prepared can impact outcomes.

16:58 - Essential equipment for a First Aid kid.

21:46 - Emergency response training for horse owners/carers.

36:18 - The future of First Aid for horses.

37:18 - What you as listeners can go and do right now, in the next day or so.

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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/empoweringequineeducation

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/empowering.equine.education/

JOIN THE HORSE HEALTH HUB FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehorsehealthhub

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EQUINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING: https://equineemergencyresponsetraining.com/2022

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The prevailing dogma for humans working with horses for 1000’s of years has been that the horse is there to serve us and fulfil our needs – from horses going into battle, to ploughing the fields, pulling the cart and working in mines. Despite the industrialisation of the Western World to a place where horses are now not so much a necessity as a luxury, a fun hobby, and us knowing that they are a sentient being, the dogma of the horse being there to serve us and fulfil our needs has, in a large part, continued.

 So then, why should we now start to listen instead of pushing through when the horse says ‘no’?

In this episode we’re going to explore why it’s okay that our horses say no, how our horses are saying ‘no’, why we should listen to and respect the ‘no’ and what to do when the horse says ‘no’. We’ll also touch on when it’s okay to override the no.

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This podcast aims to help you, the horse owner, improve your knowledge by giving you access to top quality information that will help you be the best horse owner you can be so that you can give your horses the best life possible.

Through An Equine Conversation, I’ll share my expertise with you along with helping you connect to and hear from some amazing experts in their own fields – because while I have a lot of knowledge, I am by no means the expert in all of the things. We’ll also be talking with horse owners about their journey with their animals.

We’ll explore ways our horses can be physically and mentally healthier through topics around training, horse-health, enrichment, emergency preparedness, history, our own mental wellbeing and physical health and more. We’ll be giving you practical actions you can implement with your horses and information to explore, consider and further investigate.

These podcast episodes are absolutely designed to be thought-provoking and they may bring you some ideas, approaches or information that you haven’t come across previously.

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