On our return home we contacted Morag Higgins at Ross Dhu Equestrian, based in Hamilton, to gain some experience working with her.  Morag was the Intelligent Horsemanship’s Recommended Associate for Scotland for four years but has now developed a complete system, Equido, that builds on those principles laid down by Natural Horsemanship and takes it to the next level.  We were so impressed by Morag's ethos that we enrolled to study her system too.  As recently reported in Equi-Ads, we are Scotland's first students to complete Equido Level 4.  This achievement gives both of us the qualification of Professional Trainers in the Equido System which is recognised by LANTRA as a national customised award.  This in-depth and diverse training system allows us to look at the horse as a whole to help get to the bottom of any issues you are having.  We look at, and take into account, feeding, husbandry, work-load, past history, training, tack and equipment, experience of the owner etc to try and build a clear picture and identify potential areas of concern.  It is essential that we are able to distinguish between bad behaviour that is caused by pain and fear or learned behaviour.  Morag has been, and continues to be, a real inspiration to us. We have had amazing results working and helping horses - and you can too!