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 […]

Thousands of people across Ireland have missed out on vital eye tests during lockdown, potentially putting their eyesight and wider health at risk, warns local opticians Specsavers Bandon. Specsavers optician and Bandon store partner Marie Burke says: “Fifty percent of sight loss is avoidable with early detection, however, during the […]

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 […]

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