Toch een stap in de goede richting, lijkt me.

Door Jill Willis geplaatst op de Paddock Paradise Facebook-pagina:

"Press Release on some exciting news from the Dutch Equestrian Center and NHB Deurne

NHB Deurene Starts Cooperation with Jaime Jackson

The American natural hoof care specialist Jaime Jackson – a former farrier, now known in the equestrian world for his visionary studies on holistic horse care, which includes creation of the “Natural Trim” and the natural boarding concept called Paddock Paradise (written about in his books The Natural Horse, Paddock Paradise, and the forthcoming, The Natural Trim) – has agreed to form an alliance with the Dutch Equestrian Center aka NHB Deurne, which is the home of the European Federation of Farriers annual educational fair. School administrators visited Jackson in California this month to discuss the agreement and also to see the Paddock Paradise model Jackson has in development along with the horses belonging to he and his business partner that serve as a model to demonstrate the effects of Jackson’s studies, principles and practices.

The new curriculum, which begins in September, will be mandatory for students in some programs and available to all students in the school’s Health, Wildlife, Farrier, Sports and Business Studies programs at NHB Deurne. Lectures on Jackson’s holistic view on boarding and management, nutrition, behavior, the importance of a naturally shaped hoof and the process of the natural trim method will be topics of the course. Detailed and thorough information about his ideas, research and findings will be incorporated in the new course Horses & Wildlife Studies as well as the existing farrier course. His landmark book, The Natural Horse, will be used as the course textbook. As a special project, students of the Horse & Wildlife Studies course will implement Jaime’s ideas on natural boarding and, in conjunction with students from Landscaping Studies, will build their own Paddock Paradise (a natural boarding concept) on the campus grounds where some of the school’s horses 50+ will live. Currently the school is also working on a 10-day course on Natural Hoof Care, using the AANHCP Trimming Guidelines, which will start in the near future. At a later date, the school plans to transition the 10-day course to the development of a full three-year vocational course.

Change of direction
The cooperation with Jaime Jackson fits ideally in the change of direction of NHB Deurne, in which among other things, has been decided that alliances should be formed with equine businesses to incorporate their ideas in the curriculum of the school. Furthermore the school will develop other alliances with professionals from the ‘alternative’ equestrian scene, which should result in better equipped students and a better integration between school and work field. Finally NHB Deurne is developing new curricula and specializations to create a broader spectrum of opportunities with new employees and staff members.

Background information on NHB Deurne can be viewed at the following link:

http://www.helicon.nl/mbo/​Scholen/NHB_Deurne/NHB_Deurne/​Information_about_NHB_Deurne "