Kendal Hills Equine

Kendal Hills Equine Kendal Hills Equine offers boarding for all types of horses. We specialize in customized services to cater to each individual horse's needs.
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Kendal Hills Equine offers boarding for mares, geldings, stallions, and youngsters. With over 30 years of international experience. We specialize in customized services to cater to each individual horse's needs.

- Our horses are turned out daily in well matched groups, whereby individual turnout can be happily accommodated.

- 10 x 12 Stalls are cleaned daily, bedded on shavings, and all have au

tomatic water bowls.

- Our 60x120 indoor arena is directly attached to the stall tract and has a heated tack and viewing room.

- 60 x 180 outdoor ring with jumps

- Indoor wash stall with hot & cold water

- Outside coaches, vets, and farriers are always welcome

- We have direct access to the beautiful Ganaraska Forest for cross training

- A holistic feed program that can be personalized to meet your horses' needs

- All our horses are fed unlimited amounts of hay, and offered more during late night checks. Contact us for a tour to see if Kendal Hills is the right home for your horse! We also breed quality Canadian Warmbloods from German, US and Canadian bloodlines!! Please contact us for information on our available youngsters!!

08/23/2024
09/23/2023

Horses and Deeresโ€ฆ.

05/04/2023

๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

๐˜ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฉ, ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด

Checking a horse's bridle fit is as important as checking his or her bit fit and saddle and girth fit. It is something diligent riders and especially horse pros should be quite fanatical about as it acutely affects a horse's health.

It is important to do your due diligence and check and adjust nosebands, flashes and browbands carefully, making sure that no strap is uncomfortably tight, buckles do not push into joints (TMJ) or nerves - or are too close to the eyes - and that the poll strap does not push against the horse's ears (and of course check bit fit).

Bridle leather should be cleaned, conditioned ans checked for cracks or unraveled stitching that can irritate the skin, routinely.

No tack should be adjusted so tightly that it prevents the horse from moving its jaw and tongue comfortably, presses on its gullet or the base of his/her ears. Some horses require custom sized bridles or browbands and nosebands.

Regarding nosebands, you must be able to slide two stacked fingers between the leather and the nasal bone easily. The ISES recommends a gap of 1.5 to 2cm and you can purchase a "noseband taper gauge" online to help you if need be. Do not go by tools alone however, do what is comfortable for your individual horse based on conformation, history, preferences.

A quick look at what cranial nerves control reveals how important their health is and why properly fitted tack is paramount.

There are twelve pairs of cranial nerves. They have a role in:

โ–ถ๏ธ Balance
โ–ถ๏ธ Sensory and motor control of viscera including heart, lungs, and bowel
โ–ถ๏ธ Heart rate
โ–ถ๏ธ Gastro-Intestinal peristalsis
โ–ถ๏ธ Hearing
โ–ถ๏ธ Smell
โ–ถ๏ธ Vision
โ–ถ๏ธ Eye movement
โ–ถ๏ธ Neck muscles that move the head
โ–ถ๏ธ Sensation from the face
โ–ถ๏ธ Motor to the muscles for biting, chewing
โ–ถ๏ธ Facial expression
โ–ถ๏ธ Taste from the anterior 2/3rds of the tonque
โ–ถ๏ธ Taste from the posterior 1/3rd of the tonque
โ–ถ๏ธ Tearing (lacrimal gland)
โ–ถ๏ธ Salivation from the parotid gland as well as not from the parotid gland (different nerves)
โ–ถ๏ธ Sensation and some motor to the pharynx
โ–ถ๏ธ Swallowing (motor to the muscles of the soft palate, pharynx and larynx)
โ–ถ๏ธ Vocalization (motor to the muscles of the soft palate, pharynx and larynx)
โ–ถ๏ธ Tongue movement

Artist Diane Schell created this useful illustration showing the 12 pairs of cranial nerves and where they are in relationship to bridles potential pressure point. Thank you Diane.

Source: HorseAdvice.com and the Merck Veterinary Manual and an in-depth online article from Tuft university which is unfortunately no longer available (http://www.tufts.edu/vet/sports/neuro2.html)

PS: There is an important nerve Diane did not highlight in red. It comes out on the side of the lower jaw. If you look at the skulls we posted earlier this week, you can see it quite clearly on both side. It is a general sensory nerve for the skin of chin, and lower lip.

Image ยฉ Diane Schell

3/12/2013 - VETERINARIAN Massimo Da Re Follows up with More Insights on CRANIAL Nerves, the Brain and Limbic System

The head of all vertebrates is one of the most important parts for the life of the individual: It is home to the brain that has the delicate task to process the information that comes from the body and from the outside world and return to the various parts of the body with essential indications for life.

The brain encodes what the sense organs perceive and organize the existence of the individual. The brain also reads the feelings of the heart which is the true center of life.

In the head are located vital organs: hearing, smell, sight, taste, touch. ( and breath)

Think for a moment about your horse, observe how important its highly mobile ears, his large nostrils, his very expressive eyes are for its essence.

Finally the mouth. The horse lives with his mouth: eats, vocalizes, works, relates to the outside world. It contains more than 4 billion nerve endings and is closely associated with a portion of the brain called Limbic System, responsible for the control of emotions and learning: think about this before acting with your hands on your horse's mouth.

There are no horses "deaf" or "hard" in the mouth, pain receptors can not be deleted nor go out: horses fight oral pain in different forms: some rear, others pull on the reins, while others seem to be resigned and have a heavy mouth.

Study well this beautiful and useful image and use the equipment on your horse with awareness and respect : avoid too tight nose-bands, make sure briddle and bit fit well.

Be careful with the halter, especially if it is made in rope or fabric that are too thin: they can lead to excessive pressure on the nerves of the face; always remove the halter when the horse is free, in stall or outside in the field. Be gentle with your hands, both when you lead the horse and when you ride.

The subject is vast and deserves full days of discussions!

Thank you Massimo! and Tellington TTouch Cavalli Italia.

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04/21/2023

Get a look at the breeding philosophy of Maryanna Hayman, breeder of Serenade MF, the only US-bred at the FEI Dressage World CupTM Final.

04/09/2023
Lots of Horsepower todayโ€ฆ ;)
02/23/2023

Lots of Horsepower todayโ€ฆ ;)

12/16/2022

Hi Everyone we are still without power so no lights in the barn in arena however our generator is working all horses have water It is expected the power comes back on tomorrow at 6 PM

12/15/2022

If you can't make them part of the Family then don't have one!!!๐Ÿ˜ฅ๐Ÿ™

12/15/2022

Christmas around the world Andre Rieu with the Little Angels of Nagasaki

12/11/2022

๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’“๐’…
Everyone likes to talk about the harm caused when a horse is ridden behind the vertical... but have you ever wondered why?

One (of the many) problems with a BTV position is that encourages incorrect flexion in the neck. In a healthy horse, the head will flex up and down at the first cervical vertebrae. This bone is known as the atlas or C1.

In an effort to avoid excessive pressure caused by a harsh bit, rider or gadgets (especially draw reins) many horses will begin flexing at the 3rd vertebrae (C3). "Broken at the 3rd" creates incorrect movement throughout the body and will quickly lead to pain and damage. Once a horse begins moving in this manner, it is extremely hard for them to unlearn and they may continue this harmful posture even when at or above the vertical.

08/09/2022

Just when you thought you couldnโ€™t love nature any more ๐Ÿ˜€

08/08/2022

Well this doesnโ€™t fit the narrative does it

08/08/2022
08/06/2022

Welcome to Gentle Jake's
๐Ÿšจ MOST UNWANTED ๐Ÿšจ

An unfortunate post series that we will be highlighting this week.

3rd we have Boone. This handsome redbone has been posted for a few months now. He needs a very special home to call his own.

Here's his link : https://www.petfinder.com/dog/boone-55720847/on/guelph/gentle-jakes-coonhound-rescue-on143/

*reminder- the first step in the adoption process is to fill out an adoption application, be sure to fill out EVERY SPACE or it will not submit *

Welcome to the farmโ€™s  newest family member SNOOPY. He is a 1 year old cat adopted today from  . Currently he is living ...
08/02/2022

Welcome to the farmโ€™s newest family member SNOOPY. He is a 1 year old cat adopted today from . Currently he is living in the lab room while he is acclimatized to his new environment. Please keep the doors shut at all times and if you wish to visit him use the door from the courtyard as itโ€™s easier to open and close quickly.

04/03/2022
02/22/2021

Edited - February 22 7:30pm

EHV-1 PREVENTION UPDATE: With the onset of new provincial EHV-1 cases we will not be accepting any new horses at our facility for the time being. We also ask that if you visit/work at any other equine facilities that you either have a second set of barn boots/clothes/tack when visiting Kendal Hills or that you properly disinfect/sterilize them between. We appreciate your co-operation to keep our horses healthy!

EDIT: If you require a Ferrier they must also abide by these same guidelines and speak with Annelies prior to coming on the premises.

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9661 Trew Road
Port Hope, ON
L0A1B0

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