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Wendys Whinnies

Wendy‘s Whinnies is the podcast from Wendy Murdoch, creator of the Murdoch Method, teaching riders how to do what great riders do naturally, and the SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program. Wendy is also the host of Webinars with Wendy, ongoing Zoom Webinars with equine professionals sharing their knowledge for the benefit of the horse. To register for Webinars with Wendy go to murdochmethod.com/shop.
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Episodes

No. 168. Wendy Murdoch and Sue Smith discuss SURE FOOT case studies.

Wendy Murdoch, creator of the SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program and Sue Smith 2 HOOF SURE FOOT Practitioner talk about a couple of horses Sue has been working with using SURE FOOT. One is an anxious TB off the track and another is an older horse.

Nov 02, 20221 hrEp. 166

No. 167. Sally Batton Intercollegiate Equestrian Programs - PARENTS THIS IS A MUST WATCH!

Sally Batton was the Director of Riding and Varsity Equestrian Head Coach at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH for over thirty years and led the team to five Ivy League Championships and six IHSA Zone I, Region 2 Championships in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association(IHSA). Sally served as the IHSA National Steward for fifteen years and was recognized in 2013 with the IHSA Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2019 was inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame. Sally is also a Level III cert...

Nov 02, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 165

No. 166. Kim Bauer - Equine Meridans

Kim Bauer is a well-known expert and educator in the field of Animal Acupressure and Massage. She began her coursework in Animal Acupressure and Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1999 and then in January of 2005 after fourteen years as a Middle School and Elementary School teacher, Kim created her business, Animal Ease Therapies. She creates individualized, integrated bodywork sessions for each animal that combines her knowledge of Acupressure, Massage, Temperament Typing, and numerous other modal...

Oct 05, 20221 hr 25 minEp. 164

No. 165. Wendy Murdoch, SURE FOOT Equine Pads- working with the anxious horse

Wendy Murdoch, creator of the SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program and SURE FOOT Equine Balance Pads talks about working with anxious horses. We also announced the winner of Week 3 5th Anniversary Give-A-Way Contest. Be sure to sign up on Facebook for an opportunity to win a full set of SURE FOOT Pads!

Oct 05, 20222 minEp. 163

No. 164. Catherine Wycoff - Tips for Aging Women Riders

Catherine Wycoff, PT, DPT, GCFP, CERP, is a physical therapist for humans and for horses, with an undergraduate degree from Liege University (Belgium) and a doctorate from Des Moines University (US). She is also a Feldenkrais® Practitioner and a Certified Equine Rehabilitation Practitioner, in Lovettsville, VA. For over 30 years, she has helped her patients go from fearing that aging would be the end of their riding career to having the tools they needed to continue riding and taking care of the...

Sep 29, 20221 hr 18 minEp. 162

No. 163. Nahshon Cook - The Golden Rule

Nahshon Cook was thirteen years old when he took his first riding lesson on an old professor named Willy at the Urban Farm at Stapleton, where he was a student in their Embracing Horses riding program for five years. During that time he was introduced to the art of Classical Dressage: a scientific system of equitation based on the mental development of the saddle horse proceeding greater physical demands. He has since been a devoted practitioner to this method of building partnerships with horse...

Sep 29, 20221 hr 4 minEp. 161

No. 162. Sue Smith, rehoming off the track Thoroughbreds

Sue is the Executive Director of CANTER PA. CANTER PA is a non-profit organization dedicated to rehoming retiring racehorses through a free listing service offered to race trainers and owners. We strive to create a bridge between the race industry and the sport horse industry to assist in placement of ex-racehorses into quality sport and pleasure homes. CANTER PA is based out of Penn National Racecourse, but also lists horse at PARX as well as various farms throughout Pennsylvania.

Sep 21, 20221 hr 35 minEp. 160

No. 160. Heidi Blackman - yoga for riders

Heidi started practicing yoga in 2003 while pursuing her degree in International Studies and UC San Diego. She dabbled in many different types of yoga but eventually found her silver slipper with SmartFlow yoga and Annie Carpenter. She is also an avid equestrian and co-founder of Equisol Retreats, a horseback riding and yoga retreat business in Nosara, Costa Rica. She loves to explore how the physical and philosophical aspects of yoga can enhance riding and life in general.

Sep 15, 20227 minEp. 158

No. 159. Anna Twinney, Animal Communication

Anna Twinney is the founder of Reach Out to Horses®, based in Mills Spring, NC. She travels the world teaching the art of creating a trust-based partnership between Humans, Horses, and all Animal Companions. Anna brings decades of knowledge and combines it with intuition and keen observation to her students; this allows for the break down of personal barriers as well as the betterment of equine/human relationships.

Sep 15, 20221 hr 8 minEp. 157

No. 157. Dr. Joyce Harman: Equine Ulcers

Dr. Harman has returned for another webinar. This time she discusses the cause of ulcers in horses and how to manage stress.

Aug 17, 20221 hr 27 minEp. 155

No. 151. Tami Elkayam: Bend, Rotation & Gravitational Pull

Tami is an equine bodyworker. Helping horses and horse owners is her passion. She uses different modalities such as Craniosacral Therapy through Upledger Institute, myofascial release therapy, Masterson method certified practitioner and I am currently a student of equine osteopathy at the Vluggen institute. Over the years, she has used my knowledge and observational skills acquired through art school and her practice of different modalities to developed an intricate system of assessment using as...

Jul 20, 202238 minEp. 149

No. 150. Gracie Herring, Infra-Red Imaging for Horses

Gracie Herring is an equine infrared imaging consultant with Vet-IR, horse lover and photographer. She shares with us the history of thermography, it's uses and applications and its importance as a tool in veterinarian diagnosis for a wide range of issues concerning performance horses.

Jul 13, 20221 hr 18 minEp. 148

No. 149. Octavia Brown, The Range of Equine Assisted Services

Born in England, Octavia emigrated to the USA in 1964. She earned her Master of Education degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1971 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2008 by Centenary University. A founder of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (now PATH International) in 1969, she served four terms on the board of directors. She is a PATH Master Instructor and has chaired numerous committees for PATH, including Standards & Education...

Jul 13, 202257 minEp. 147

No. 147. Robyn Hood, TTouch® Trainer talks about using the Balance Rein

In 1982 Robyn became involved full-time with the Tellington Method that was developed by her sister Linda. She has been the editor of the monthly Newsletter for more than 30 years. Since 1986 she has been teaching Tellington TTouch® Method on a full-time basis in Canada, the US, Europe, South Africa, and Australia and spends about 160 days a year traveling. Robyn has given demonstrations and lectures at various venues including Spruce Meadows; Equitana USA and Germany; Western College of Veterin...

Jul 06, 202254 minEp. 145

No. 146. Ida Hammer - The Frog and Digital Cushion

Ida is a graduate and former member of the AANHCP. She has worked directly and indirectly with Pete Ramey and has several CE hours in conference time with Dr. Robert Bowker from Michigan State University, Dr. Deb Taylor Auburn University, the Late Dr. Kerry Ridgway. Ida also completed Dr. Eleanor Kellon NRC Plus and Nutrition as Therapy. She founded The Applied Whole Horse Hoof Care Program with over 62 graduates nationwide and hundreds of students trimming and going through the program. She tea...

Jun 22, 20221 hr 9 minEp. 144

No. 145. Wendy Murdoch, talks about SURE FOOT

Wendy Murdoch, creator of the SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program and SURE FOOT Equine Balance Pads shares her experience with the Feldenkrais Method and how the influenced her thinking in creating SURE FOOT.

Jun 22, 20221 hr 3 minEp. 143

No. 143. Dr. Joyce Harman and Steven Maclin discuss CO2 treatment for equine illness and injury.

Dr. Joyce Harman, a regular on Webinars with Wendy is a holistic veterinarian. She has been using the AirJector-Vet® to treat horses for a variety of conditions. In this webinar, Airjector-Vet representative, Steve Maclin and Dr. Harman will discuss case studies. Medical therapy through the skin is a well-described practice. Transdermal applications of patches containing medicine for treating pain, nausea, heart failure, and dementia are commonplace. All these regimens permit the prolonged trans...

Jun 16, 20221 hr 24 minEp. 142

No. 142. Kim Bauer, TCM 5 Element Temperment Typing Case Studies

Kim Bauer is a well-known expert and educator in the field of Animal Acupressure and Massage. She began her coursework in Animal Acupressure and Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1999 and then in January of 2005 after fourteen years as a Middle School and Elementary School teacher, Kim created her business, Animal Ease Therapies. She creates individualized, integrated bodywork sessions for each animal that combines her knowledge of Acupressure, Massage, Temperament Typing, and numerous other modal...

Jun 16, 20224 minEp. 141

No. 139. Shari Goodwin, Laura Plunkett and Wendy Murdoch - putting information into practice.

Laura has been working intuitively with people and their animals for over 20 years. She is constantly amazed by the ability and eagerness of animals to have conversations and give specific details about their health, relationships, emotions, histories, desires and life purposes. Animal communication can be learned by anyone and Laura’s passion is to help people develop their own skills as well as to do individual animal sessions. Laura’s lifelong love of horses has led her to barns across the co...

May 26, 202244 minEp. 138

No. 138. Rebecca Gimenez Husted, Trailering Safety - or how you can prevent a trailer accident.

Rebecca Husted published the first textbook on Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (Wiley-Blackwell) in 2008. She is a decorated combat veteran, retired Signal Officer, US ARMY, holds BS (Biology) Wofford College, PhD (Animal Physiology) Clemson University. She provides training in Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAERTM ) techniques across the US and internationally. She has published numerous critiques, techniques and journal articles on a variety of technical subjects in large an...

May 26, 20221 hr 30 minEp. 137
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