Saltwater Creek Clydesdales and Sport Horses

Saltwater Creek Clydesdales and Sport Horses Breeding Versatile sport horses and Heavies since 2005. Standing Stallion is Benns Jimmy Registered Clydesdale

Dawn spam she is unscrunching beautifully
02/12/2024

Dawn spam she is unscrunching beautifully

After darkness there is always light. Announcing Saltwater Creek New Dawn Bay Filly born 29 November. Out of Saltwater C...
30/11/2024

After darkness there is always light. Announcing Saltwater Creek New Dawn Bay Filly born 29 November. Out of Saltwater Creek Elenor by Woodlands Park Julius Ceasar. Thanks to Maryann and Ollie from Rainbows End Clydesdales for being friends and supporters. First time Mumma Elenor is Diana’s daughter by Benns Mr Mack so we keep Diana’s and Mack’s bloodline moving forward. ❤️❤️❤️

It is with a very heavy heart that we let you know of the passing of our beautiful mare Diana and her perfect filly foal...
25/11/2024

It is with a very heavy heart that we let you know of the passing of our beautiful mare Diana and her perfect filly foal from birth complications. Thank you Emily from Gympie vet for doing what you could to try to save Diana. Sadly she passed yesterday afternoon. We have her two daughters Elenor and Penny with us still.

15/11/2024

Ringos floor gymnastics routine.
10/10 for control and routine 😂

19/10/2024

SWC George was bred here and has come back for agistment.

I wanted to get a video for his owner this morning and Georgie boy understood the assignment. 🩷

We have a small flock of wild ducks on the property and snapped this picture this morning while feeding the horses
24/08/2024

We have a small flock of wild ducks on the property and snapped this picture this morning while feeding the horses

Young Jimmy is developing into a lovely boy
24/08/2024

Young Jimmy is developing into a lovely boy

Jimmy is looking so amazing I tried to get photos of him today but he followed me around like a puppy dog so not great s...
18/08/2024

Jimmy is looking so amazing I tried to get photos of him today but he followed me around like a puppy dog so not great shots

01/08/2024

To all of the horses on the property , Nipper, Pippa, Goose, George, Ringo, Zorko, Cash, Fidgit, Lenny, Daisy, Elenor, Penny, Diana, Zena, McCartney, Fergus, Ringo, Jimmyand Sierra Happy birthday to you all 🎂

12/07/2024

How much weight can a horse carry?

In my experience, a horse can carry an infinite amount.

They can carry the weight of broken hearts, broken homes, and broken bodies. Countless tears sometimes comb their tangled manes. Moments when parents and friends cannot be there to help and hold a person, horses embrace and empower. They carry physical, mental, and emotional handicaps. They carry hopes and dreams; and they will carry the stress from your day when you can’t carry it anymore.

They carry graduations, they carry new careers, they carry moves away from everything familiar, they carry marriages, they carry divorces, they carry funerals, they carry babies before they are born, and sometimes they carry the mothers who cannot carry their own baby. They carry mistakes, they carry joy, they carry the good and they carry the bad. They carry drugs and addictions, but they also carry the celebrations.

They will carry you to success when all you have felt is failure. They will carry you, never knowing the weight of your burdens and triumphs.

If you let them, they will carry you through life, and life is hard, life is heavy. But a horse will make you feel weightless under it all.

Interesting read
10/07/2024

Interesting read

"New Home Syndrome"🤓

I am coining this term to bring recognition, respect, and understanding to what happens to horses when they move homes. This situation involves removing them from an environment and set of routines they have become familiar with, and placing them somewhere completely different with new people and different ways of doing things.

Why call it a syndrome?

Well, really it is! A syndrome is a term used to describe a set of symptoms that consistently occur together and can be tied to certain factors such as infections, genetic predispositions, conditions, or environmental influences. It is also used when the exact cause of the symptoms is not fully understood or when it is not connected with a well-defined disease. In this case, "New Home Syndrome" is connected to a horse being placed in a new home where its entire world changes, leading to psychological and physiological impacts. While it might be transient, the ramifications can be significant for both the horse and anyone handling or riding it.

Let me explain...

Think about how good it feels to get home after a busy day. How comfortable your favourite clothes are, how well you sleep in your own bed compared to a strange bed, and how you can really relax at home. This is because home is safe and familiar. At home, the part of you that keeps an eye out for potential danger turns down to a low setting. It does this because home is your safe place (and if it is not, this blog will also explain why a lack of a safe place is detrimental).

Therefore, the first symptom of horses experiencing "New Home Syndrome" is being unsettled, prone to anxiety, or difficult behaviour. If you have owned them before you moved them, you struggle to recognise your horse, feeling as if your horse has been replaced by a frustrating version. If the horse is new to you, you might wonder if you were conned, if the horse was drugged when you rode it, or if you were lied to about the horse's true nature.

A horse with "New Home Syndrome" will be a stressed version of itself, on high alert, with a drastically reduced ability to cope. Horses don't handle change like humans do. If you appreciate the comfort of your own home and how you can relax there, you should be able to understand what the horse is experiencing.

Respecting that horses interpret and process their environments differently from us helps in understanding why your horse is being frustrating and recognising that there is a good chance you were not lied to or that the horse was not drugged.

Horses have survived through evolution by being highly aware of their environments. Change is a significant challenge for them because they notice the slightest differences, not just visually but also through sound, smell, feel, and other senses. Humans generalise and categorise, making it easy for us to navigate familiar environments like shopping centres. Horses do not generalise in the same way; everything new is different to them, and they need proof of safety before they can habituate and feel secure. When their entire world changes, it is deeply stressful.

They struggle to sleep until they feel safe, leading to sleep deprivation and increased difficulty.

But there is more...

Not only do you find comfort in your home environment and your nervous system downregulates, but you also find comfort in routines. Routines are habits, and habits are easy. When a routine changes or something has to be navigated differently, things get difficult. For example, my local supermarket is undergoing renovations. After four years of shopping there, it is extremely frustrating to have to work out where everything is now. Every day it gets moved due to the store being refitted section by section. This annoyance is shared by other shoppers and even the staff.

So, consider the horse. Not only are they confronted with the challenge of figuring out whether they are safe in all aspects of their new home while being sleep deprived, but every single routine and encounter is different. Then, their owner or new owner starts getting critical and concerned because the horse suddenly seems untrained or difficult. The horse they thought they owned or bought is not meeting their expectations, leading to conflict, resistance, explosiveness, hypersensitivity, and frustration.

The horse acts as if it knows little because it is stressed and because the routines and habits it has learned have disappeared. If you are a new human for the horse, you feel, move, and communicate differently from what it is used to. The way you hold the reins, your body movements in the saddle, the position of your leg – every single routine of communication between horse and person is now different. I explain to people that when you get a new horse, you have to imprint yourself and your way of communicating onto the horse. You have to introduce yourself and take the time to spell out your cues so that they get to know you.

Therefore, when you move a horse to a new home or get a new horse, your horse will go through a phase called "New Home Syndrome," and it will be significant for them. Appreciating this helps them get through it because they are incredible and can succeed. The more you understand and help the horse learn it is safe in its new environment and navigate the new routines and habits you introduce, the faster "New Home Syndrome" will pass.
"New Home Syndrome" will be prevalent in a horse’s life until they have learned to trust the safety of the environment (and all that entails) and the humans they meet and interact with. With strategic and understanding approaches, this may take weeks, and their nervous systems will start downgrading their high alert status. However, for some horses, it can take a couple of years to fully feel at ease in their new home.

So, next time you move your horse or acquire a new horse and it starts behaving erratically or being difficult, it is not being "stupid", you might not have been lied to or the horse "drugged" - your horse is just experiencing an episode of understandable "New Home Syndrome." And you can help this.❤

I would be grateful if you could please share, this reality for horses needs to be better appreciated ❤
‼️When I say SHARE that does not mean plagiarise my work…it is seriously not cool to copy and paste these words and make out you have written it yourself‼️

Elenor, Diana snd Penny
06/07/2024

Elenor, Diana snd Penny

06/04/2024
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