It is a beautiful bright sunny morning, in the autumn of 2015, at Ballinasloe horse fair. The fair green is a virtual sea of horses and ponies, every size and colour, every age, thick manes, long manes, hairy horses, plaited horses, cobs, mares, stallions, colts, foals, show jumpers, leisure horses […]

Last month I talked about getting your dog to focus indoors so that he automatically listens to you outside where the distractions are greater. If you’ve fostered a good training relationship with your dog, he will be happy paying attention to you whenever and wherever.  Start as you mean to […]

I speak to a lot of parents who are worried that their son or daughter is suffering from anxiety. Their child may still be in primary school, or a teenager, and they have heard that anxiety is normal and that their child will grow out of it.  However it seems ages […]

For just over a year local staff and teams at the Irish Wheelchair Association in West Cork have been supporting members to cope and adapt to the restrictions and health concerns brought by Covid-19.  It has been a long year for people who are living with a disability. Since the […]

“When my head is full of all the things on my ‘to do’ lists and the kitchen is stacked with dirty dishes, it’s time to head to the beach. I take the new high path that looks out over Kilkerran Lake and onto Galley Head lighthouse. I see fresh leaves […]