Have you booked your place for the next BHS Ireland Horse Health Days?

Enhancing the human-equine bond and providing more information and insight

Aug 30, 2024

Following on from the success of the BHS Ireland Horse Health Days in 2023 and Spring 2024, they are delighted to offer the opportunity for horse owners to attend more days in 2024!

The British Horse Society has the welfare of the horse at the very centre of everything that they do! And they are delighted to be able to offer passionate horse owners the chance to find out and learn more things that could change or enhance their relationship(s) with their horse(s).

BHS Ireland has arranged three more Horse Health days for 2024.

Mark Robinson

Mark Robinson is a BHS I, BHS Stage 5 Performance Coach.

Mark looks at bits, bitting and bridle fit and overall tack fit and explains the conformation of the horse’s head and mouth, where the nerves lie on the horse’s face and where the pressure points are. The aim is to enhance the comfort of each individual horse and therefore enhance harmony in the relationship.

Dr Helen Spence

Dr Helen Spence is a clinical animal behaviourist specialising in equines, based primarily in Northern Ireland. She is an ABTC registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist specialising in equines (http://www.abtcouncil.org.uk/clinical-animal-behaviourists.html)

What are the subtle communication indicators that our equines are unhappy, confused or uncomfortable?

Helen explains what she sees and what it is telling us. Time is provided for each owner and their horse, so each individual is considered.

Helen also gives a guide to how to break down communication within our training to enhance understanding and gain a willing and happy partner.

Dr Esther Skelly Smith BVMedSci (Hons) BVM BVS PCAC PgCert (WVA&CPM) MRCVS

Learn more about pain identification and what you can do. Esther shows what to look out for on a daily basis. Observation, rhythm and sound are key. And she demonstrates modern technology, which is a useful aid.

CAFRE Enniskillen Campus

CAFRE Enniskillen Campus educates on worms and the worries over resistance to wormers currently on the market. A free worm-count is carried out for your horse, which gives you an indicator as to whether you need to worm.