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About This Week’s Lesson

Equine touch

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jackiemo

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2012-Jan-08 at 01:57PM

Happy new year to everyone on this forum! I must say I am thrilled that this topic is being covered on the university. So sorry to hear that Jock had passed away, I didn't know that. A friend of mine used this technique on her horses with amazing results, I can't wait for the follow up session

Gen (Queensland, Australia) 2012-Jan-09 at 04:07AM

Yes, this series has got me excited too :-) i have never heard of equine touch till now, so i am very curious to see more.

Horse addict (From the good old USA) 2012-Jan-11 at 10:53PM

It's sad that Jock passed on.

pollard545 2012-Jan-12 at 07:04AM

Thank you so much for sharing these videos of Jock and Ivana. Jock will be greatly missed. Equine Touch is such a gift. I have been an Equine Touch Practitioner for 3 years and have it to be a wonderful bodywork for horses.

Ruth 2012-Jan-12 at 06:06PM

I thoroughly enjoyed this second part of Equine Touch. I am as I mentioned last week a Practitioner and it gives me great pleasure to see this work presented on the University.
I actually first found out about Equine Touch at one of Monty's demos in the UK as there was a stand at all UK venues. It was great because people could see the connection between Monty's work and Jock's attention to pain that horses often suffer, usually in silence.
As I hope you could see by this week's lesson it did not look as though this horse was in any discomfort at all but clearly had issues, possibly only minor but if left unattended could have caused problems for the owner. I canot say exactly as each horse is different but the minimum might just be slight behavioural changes and if not addressed can only escalate.
As just mentioned it is a wonderful thing to give to horses and as can be seen on the lesson horses really love this bodywork.

Dennis 2012-Jan-13 at 01:16AM

Ruth
I too enjoyed watching Jock work on the horse I noticed that at the end of the presentation the horse was almost asleep my riding partner had a gelding the had back problems that were genetic She got a chiropractor to adjust the horse after wards the horse slept for two days!

Horses suffer silently because if they show pain they are vulnerable to a preditor if you know your horse and touch him all over every time you ride it will be easier to detect when the horse is hurting. Because my saddle usurps a crupper his tail is touched every time he is saddled the rear of the horse usually does not get the same attention as the front. If the rear is off it will eventually show up in the front. But it is better to touch your horse all over not joust where you put the saddle

Cheers

cristina 2012-Jan-13 at 09:05AM