"What is your Biggest 'Hot Take' on anything Equine or Animal Related?"

This episode starts with sneezing. Naturally. "I expect nothing less  from you lot ..."  #JellyfishDontSneeze which somehow becomes important enough to deserve its own hashtag.Then one of our listeners from Canada asked us: “What is your biggest hot take on anything equine or animal related?”Which immediately exposed the fact that Barbara didn’t actually know what a “hot take” was.  Or for us Irish/UK folks… “an unpopular opinion“.So Jen had to explain it to Barbara... And from there… honestly, things escalated.We got into: why travelling horses alone in single trailers might be far worse than we admit  why cribbing collars should probably be set on fire  why “moving the feet” is often punishment dressed up as training  why emotional regulation cannot be created through pressure and movement  why allostatic load is massively oversimplified in horse training  why behaviour is diagnostic information, not inconvenience  why cutting things out of bodies rarely “fixes” the actual problem  why separating the brain from the body makes absolutely no sense  why confidence and competence are very, very different things Also: Barbara says Beyoncé isn’t very good.   #YouAreCanceledThis episode goes everywhere, horse welfare, behaviour, medicine, Beyoncé, training culture, critical thinking, a dead rabbit (see bonus Ep.) and the very human habit of accepting the first answer we’re given because it sounds confident.Some of these opinions might annoy people. Good. Sure why not. The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. Got a question you are burning to asking us, nothing is off limitis, or do you have a behaviour issues you’re trying to figure out? Send us a voice note. Your voice, your question, your community is here.Real cases. Real answers. All madness (guaranteed, the madness bit anyway).Voice note your questions on WhatsApp to +353 85 143 8688 to have your questions answered on the Podcast. Meet Your HostsBarbara Hardman (Bright Horse Equiation)www.brighthorse.ie📧[email protected] ☎️+353 85 143 8688 Jen Nash (The Equine Method)www.theequinemethod.co.uk📧 [email protected] ☎️+44 7902920923