Jec Ballou chats with Daniel Dauphin, a trainer in Louisianna, a Best Horse Practices Summit presenter, and an expert in horse mouth anatomy and bits. They talk about setting back, pulling back, and trials with tying.
Maddy Butcher and Jec Ballou meet for the ongoing segment called On the Fence, in which the two discuss horse-related musings. In this episode, Butcher and Ballou chat about experts, open-mindedness and how to keep things fresh if you're a learner, teacher, or both.
Source: Research Radio by Equine Guelph | with Dr. Jeff Thomason
Senior anatomy Professor and Research Coordinator at Equine Guelph, Dr. Jeff Thomason discusses the relationship between track surface and injury in the performance horse.
Jec Ballou and Dr. Stacie Boswell discuss horse stress: How does stress manifest in horses? How can we help them?
Podcast host Jec Ballou (bio below) and Ben Longwell of True West Horsemanship respond to a listener question about bitless options: my question is about ‘bitless’ bridles, side pulls, or the bosals or any other type of ‘bitless’ bridle that you may have had experience with. Which would be most suitable for what horse, temperament, type of exercise or work. I am in the process of starting a horse. We are in first rides with rope halter and rather than bit him for our first rides, I thought maybe I could just train him to a more subtle bridle.
Professor of Pathobiology at Ontario Veterinary College, discusses what is being done to fight the dangerous Rhodococcus equine bacteria, and how are they progressing.
In this segment, we kind of continue - tangentially anyway - with our Gender Gyrations project to talk about mare/gelding bias in the horse world.
Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster. It is a cha-cha.
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology at Ontario Veterinary College discusses eye care in the performance horse.
I’ve often heard that people choose pets that look like them. And while I’ve never actually decided whether my friends’ dogs look like them, I can attest that their pets do eventually act like them. With enough time, a pet will take on the characteristics of its owner, for better or for worse. Horses have proven this repeatedly to me over the years.
