Valkyr Equine Services

06/05/2025

06/05/2025

Beautiful 14 year old registered pinto looking for his person. He is awesome in the ring and is proving to be solid on trails so far this year! I have too many projects to give him the time he needs! I hauled him last year to clinics and lessons he was great! We have done some trail and ring work this year and he is doing so great!

He is not a beginner horse but he is great!

He has some foot angle issues I have been working on and he has developed better feet over the past two years.

He cribs but it is food oriented. He is lower in the herd and wants to be everyone’s friend!

PM for more details!

Located in Slocan and ready for his person!!!

16/03/2025

April 14 - 18
Salmon Arm - Vernon - Cold Stream - Kelowna - Summerland - Osoyoos.
(There might be a Merritt side trip)

I have some space for new clients and you can PM me for details.

* Lazaris Nerve Release Technique
* Trigger Point Myo-Fascial Release
* Craniosacral Therapy
* Energy Work
* Sound Therapy
* Essential Oils
* BEMER
* SureFoot Pads
* Taping
* Trimming/ Composite shoeing
* Ground work with a major focus on the nervous system and helping you move through difficult areas of your riding and training.
* Lessons available

The main focus is on your horses nervous system (and yours) and to help them (and you) on the journey to reset and begin using the muscles required to carry a rider, and the rider able to carry the movement they are asking for.
Finding fluid movement, building correct muscles. Creating a stronger horse/ human partnership. The 2025 season is looking good!

I have been ber 40 years of experience with horses and have been on this journey of helping horses and riders heal and forge beautiful relationships. My first certification in 1996 for coaching and 1997 the journey of the equine body began.

15/03/2025

Two years apart. He is also part of the good boys club!
The top pics are from Jan 23 and the bottom from February 25.

27/02/2025

Have you ever tried to learn something new while totally overwhelmed? Like reading a book in the middle of a rock concert? 🤘🏻📖

That’s what happens when we push a horse past their emotional threshold… the learning stops, stress takes over, and the body locks down. 🔒

Fascia (that magical, spiderweb-like connective tissue that holds everything together) is designed to keep us safe. 🕸️

When a horse trains under stress, fascia tightens and restricts movement—kind of like shrink wrap.

Repetitive stress? That fascia pulls tighter and tighter until snap—we’ve got tension patterns, compensations, and eventually, injury. 🩼

The other day, my own horse was on high alert—the wind was howling, tarps were flapping, and honestly, I think he saw ghosts. 👻

I could’ve “worked him through it,” but that would’ve been forcing a body already in survival mode to go into protection mode even more.

Instead, I kept him under his threshold, which actually meant dismounting.

Instead of forcing him to be an obedient soldier, we worked on emotional regulation and Pillar 1 in-hand: breathing, connecting, parasympathetic posture, and softening. 🫠

The difference? By the end, he was settled, not shut down. His fascia
stayed supple, and he learned instead of just surviving.

The ego tells us we need to ride in order to progress our training, when the truth is we can get just as much accomplished in-hand. 🤝

If your horse feels tight, bracey, spooky, or reactive—maybe it’s not about more training, but about better regulation.

If you want to learn more, I can help! Book a virtual consult and let’s get you started on Pillar 1 from the Balance Through Movement Method.

www.primeequine.ca/pillar1

26/02/2025

19/02/2025

Both of these headsets are not suitable for building correct muscles to carry a rider and do athletic moves well! The head up is horrifically obvious. The lower head is also braced and terrible for correct fluid movement. I do often ask horses to go there for a minute for a specific reason in training but never to stay and build around that headset.
Let’s work towards finding the in between, training for fluid athletic movement and training our eye for correct posture!

14/02/2025

Having the ability to incorporate the feet into my practice has been a game changer!
Here are some
Before and after shots of a sweet boy who is very human reactive. I have done body work with him and we have made a connection. He was a champion for all 4 feet yesterday. He let me sit on a milk crate do his feet and did not take an insecure step while I was working on him! I will admit I was curious as to how he would be. But I did my work to set him up and he responded so kindly!