Tonka’s legacy - lesson’s from my heart horse
Tonka was quite literally the horse of a lifetime. He was the reason that Kelly started training to become a Horse Behaviourist. He felt unsafe when she put his saddle on and even though Kelly had ruled out all of the usual problems, by having his saddle, back and teeth checked, he continued to demonstrate pain grimaces and obvious discomfort when she tacked him up. So off she went to the Natural Animal Centre to learn about equine body language, how to apply Behavioural Science to train horses and how to help them meet their species specific needs, e.g. how to live their best horsey lives.