Lisa Pinno
Lisa has been around horses from a young age. She has completed a Bsc(Hons) in Animal Behaviour Science and is about to start her Phd in Equine Behaviour. Her main area of interest is in human-animal relationships. Alongside this she has had practical field experience, tracking wolves in Poland and completing a UFAW scholarship study into “Feral ponies' perception of, and response to, human interaction and handling”. She also runs a consultancy business called Pet-Match, which specialises in matching owners to the type, or breed, of animal that would most suit them.
Lisa has been around horses from a young age. She has completed a Bsc(Hons) in Animal Behaviour Science and is about to start her Phd in Equine Behaviour. Her main area of interest is in human-animal relationships. Alongside this she has had practical field experience, tracking wolves in Poland and completing a UFAW scholarship study into “Feral ponies' perception of, and response to, human interaction and handling”. She also runs a consultancy business called Pet-Match, which specialises in matching owners to the type, or breed, of animal that would most suit them.
Emma Tarrant
Emma has been around horses most of her life attending Pony Club, riding racehorses throughout her teens and early twenties, show jumping and managing competition yards. Emma is a founding member of The Good Horsemanship Society and a qualified Positive Horsemanship Trainer. Emma has spent time abroad and in the UK observing and working with wild horses and believes that studying the behavior and interactions of horses in their natural environment allows us a much clearer insight into the true nature of the horse. Emma finds wild horse work invaluable in her day to day work with domestic equines presenting 'problem' behaviours.
Emma has been around horses most of her life attending Pony Club, riding racehorses throughout her teens and early twenties, show jumping and managing competition yards. Emma is a founding member of The Good Horsemanship Society and a qualified Positive Horsemanship Trainer. Emma has spent time abroad and in the UK observing and working with wild horses and believes that studying the behavior and interactions of horses in their natural environment allows us a much clearer insight into the true nature of the horse. Emma finds wild horse work invaluable in her day to day work with domestic equines presenting 'problem' behaviours.
Meet the Team
Philip Osborne
Philip was brought up on the edge of Dartmoor with a succession of ponies that turned up in the market and were cheap so his mother brought them home for her children to ride out on the open moor. It was here that Philip learned that even domestic ponies have no idea what humans are saying and that in a fear situation they would always default to the flight response! After turning to motorbikes, which he seemed to understand slightly better, he returned to trying to understand the equine language on retirement and is happy to spend those hours that used to be in the workshop outside learning to understand the native language of a pony.
Philip was brought up on the edge of Dartmoor with a succession of ponies that turned up in the market and were cheap so his mother brought them home for her children to ride out on the open moor. It was here that Philip learned that even domestic ponies have no idea what humans are saying and that in a fear situation they would always default to the flight response! After turning to motorbikes, which he seemed to understand slightly better, he returned to trying to understand the equine language on retirement and is happy to spend those hours that used to be in the workshop outside learning to understand the native language of a pony.
Vanessa Bee
Vanessa spent part of her childhood in Africa where she watched zebras for hours as her mother filmed them with a handheld cine camera. Although she was already ‘pony mad’, having seen the wild zebras interacting she began a lifelong fascination of equine communication. While in Australia as a teenager she discovered how to tame and train wild horses using The Jeffery Method which she now promotes worldwide. Vanessa believes that the key to being good with horses is understanding their language not them understanding ours.
Vanessa spent part of her childhood in Africa where she watched zebras for hours as her mother filmed them with a handheld cine camera. Although she was already ‘pony mad’, having seen the wild zebras interacting she began a lifelong fascination of equine communication. While in Australia as a teenager she discovered how to tame and train wild horses using The Jeffery Method which she now promotes worldwide. Vanessa believes that the key to being good with horses is understanding their language not them understanding ours.
