Animals can be a hugely positive influence in our life. Open-hearted and joyous, animals help us to remember our open-hearted and joyous self making the world a little brighter. However, just like us animals can experience trauma and stress resulting in stress-behaviours and health issues. Whilst veterinary medicine is always a first port of call, there is much as humans we can do to support our beloved pets that doesn't cost the earth and will deepen the bond between us all. One such...

It is common for us to be asked if we offer equine therapy, so I thought I'd take a moment to answer it here because I appreciate the range of offerings with horses is confusing if you are new to exploring their benefits for mental and physical wellbeing. Gemini defines therapy as: "...the structured treatment of mental or physical illnesses, injuries, or disorders aimed at improving health, functioning, and quality of life..." Here at HorseSense UK we do two things that clearly mean we...

Healing - to make whole - is a important benefit we experience when around those that are calm. All body systems have an inbuilt ability to return to a resting state of normal, given the opportunity, it's how we can survive injury and illness. Being calm is the physical and mental state for healing to happen - the benefits of which are many. Calmness is one of the core benefits horses offer humans. I'm sure a lot of this is because they don't have the same stressors as humans. The pets in my...