FINDING HAPPINESS WITH PETS - PART 2

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 6th Jul 2016

In Part 1, we discussed what happiness actually is and then touched briefly on how pets can help. In Part 2 lets discuss how pets help with happiness shall we? Psychologists from the Miami University in the United States have found that pets help people in a number of ways. 1.Give us better Self-Esteem. They do this by showing us their unequivocal love for us. Hence, no matter what happen …
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BENEFITS OF HORSE OWNERSHIP

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 23rd Mar 2016

We are always hearing about the benefits of owning a pet. And in all reality, I think we can safely assume that the majestic horse is now considered a pet for all intense purposes! However, I think horses can provide certain benefits like no other pet can. And I want to highlight in this blog why you should feel good about owning a horse, or if you are thinking of owning a horse why it is a good i …
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Horses Learning to Understand Humans

Horses Learning to Understand Humans

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 11th Mar 2016

There has been some talk recently about the fact that horses can indeed read, and interpret, facial expressions in humans! This is a very exciting development. I suppose one shouldn’t really be surprised at this at all! Especially when you consider an intelligent animal such as the horse has been around humans for more than 5000 years! Imagine how this could affect both the experience one h …
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Horses are Beautiful

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 23rd Jun 2015

Horses are such beautiful animals. The sheer number of breeds are nothing short of amazing. Check out the link below to see some of the most amazing photos of breeds of horses. It is because of the differences in breeds that Huds and Toke make such a wide range of Horse Treats and Horse Treat flavours……..because horses are not all the same….. It’s not just the type of br …
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HONEY - AND HEALING WOUNDS ON HORSES

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 1st Jun 2015

This is one for the horse lovers in the Huds and Toke family……but I suppose this could be applicable to any other pet as well??? A colleague, and friend, of mine recently had an incident with her horse where it sustained a gash on it’s leg. As a passing comment, she asked if I knew anything about using Honey to heal wounds? Now, I understand that this seems irrelevant to p …
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