Essentially EMMETT

09/09/2026

21/08/2026

Sharing from Scottish SPCA in hope they can find a forever home together 💙✨

20/08/2026

We’re hiring: Stable Yard Assistant

Do you have a passion for working with horses and a strong understanding of animal welfare?

We’re looking for a Stable Yard Assistant to join our friendly team at our Aberdeen Campus on a part-time, permanent contract.

You’ll be responsible for the day-to-day care of our equines, helping to ensure high standards of welfare are maintained. The role will also include welfare checks for our small herd of ruminants at Sunnybrae Farm Stables.

Our facilities play an important role in practical teaching at SRUC Aberdeen, so you’ll also be supporting the learning and development of our students.

If you’re looking for a role where you can combine your experience and passion for animal care with supporting the next generation of equine professionals, find out more and apply now 👉 https://buff.ly/VOUEwpa

05/08/2026

An incredible opportunity at Dick Vet Hospital for Small Animals 💙

We’re looking for experienced Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) who are interested in locum work at our Hospital for Small Animals - whether you’re available regularly or just picking up the occasional shift.

If you’re an RVN who thrives when working to a high clinical standard and enjoys delivering excellent patient care, we’d love to hear from you.

𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐑𝐕𝐍𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐨𝐟-𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫.

✅ Competitive locum rates
✅ Friendly, experienced team
✅ Great exposure to referral-level cases

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭?
Send us your details or arrange an informal chat with Seante Knight, our Head Nurse, to learn more about our current requirements and upcoming opportunities.

Email [email protected]

If you know an RVN who might be a great fit, feel free to tag or share.

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31/07/2026

28/07/2026

I love this! This is why I like to work with horse AND rider.

“I asked for a plan for my HORSE’S movement, not mine. It’s the horse that needs rehab, not me.”

A student said this to me after receiving feedback on her riding.

Her horse was hollow, crooked, and struggling to carry himself well. She had expected a list of exercises for the horse—a rehabilitation program to strengthen his body and improve his way of going. Instead, much of our conversation revolved around her: her balance, her posture, her awareness, and the way she organized her own body in the saddle.

She was surprised.

Like many riders, she viewed herself as the instructor and the horse as the student. From her perspective, the horse was the one with the physical deficits, so surely the horse was the one who needed the exercises.

The problem is that a horse cannot separate their movement from the person sitting on their back.

Our bodies become part of their biomechanics.

Every shift in our pelvis changes how the horse uses their back. Every collapse through one side of our torso influences how they load a limb. Every moment we brace, grip, lean, or become asymmetrical changes the information the horse receives about balance, direction, and weight.

In other words, rider and horse become a single athletic system. One cannot move independently of the other.

This is why any rehabilitation or gymnastic program is only as effective as the rider’s ability to perform it.

Shoulder-in, for example, is a brilliant exercise for improving lateral suppleness, engagement, and straightness—but only when it is ridden correctly. If the rider overbends the neck, collapses a hip, drives with the seat, or blocks the horse’s back with tension, the exercise no longer develops the horse as intended. It simply rehearses poor movement under a different name.

The exercise itself is not therapeutic.

The quality with which it is ridden is.

This is why the conscientious rider learns to balance themselves, control themselves, and understand themselves before asking the horse to do the same.

They understand that horses cannot separate our influence from their own movement. Every aid, every posture, every habit becomes part of the environment in which the horse learns to carry themselves.

The goal, then, is not simply to find better exercises. It is to become a better influence.

Because a horse can only move as well as the conversation we create with them allows.

In the end, horsemanship is not simply the education of the horse. It is the continual education of the rider.