Broadholme Equine Retirement & Rehabilitation Livery

28/01/2024

‼️ Sunday help required ‼️
EVERY Sunday.
7.30am - 11.30am
(sometimes an extra hour or two)

You need to be:
⭐️ Strong, reliable, efficient, able to turn up when you say you will.
⭐️ A dog & horse lover.
⭐️ Patient with animals, empathetic, kind, vigilant.
⭐️ Experienced with horses (this is a MUST)

💥 We provide snacks & coffee.
💥 We are a non smoking, non va**ng premises.
💥 Good hourly rate for the right person.
💥 Days off are booked one month in advance

20/12/2023

Sometimes it’s the small things in life - like a new rug hanger! 🤣🤩👌🏻💪🏻 thanks to Rob The Builder 👷‍♂️

13/12/2023

It’s been a busy day here weigh taping, checking under rugs, grooming and inspecting feathers and heels for mud fever.

01/12/2023

Fleur the Quarter Horse getting her training wheels this afternoon with H.B Horsemanship UK. Henry provides rehabilitation support, training and handling to some of our residents and his approach is perfectly in keeping with our ethos here at Broadholme Equine.

Training & rehabilitation spaces will be available from January 2024.

25/11/2023

Chloe covers our herd and she’s very kind and patient with the horses, fitting right in with our values 💪🏻

Happy Black Friday Offer 🖤

I will be offering a huge 25% off any appointments that are booked in today!!!

Message the page directly to book your discounted appointment in 📅
Please note - does not apply to area days/yard visit as I already offer discount

Share and tag your horsey friends to let them know 🫶🏼

11/11/2023

Buy Local 🐮💪🏻

🥩Time to fill the freezer with tasty beef?
🐾Time to treat the family to healthy grass fed meat?
📦Time to get the taste the difference of proper home reared native breed beef?
🛻Time to call us on 07731739616

08/10/2023

We have updated our pricing structure 2023-2024. We have spaces for winter due to recent expansion 🤩💪🏻

- Retirement
- Rest & Recovery
- Natural Horsemanship Starting
- Specialist Rehabilitation
- Winter only grazing
- Short term rest breaks

16/09/2023

Exciting developments at the farm this weekend! Our barn is finally being finished and will soon be able to accommodate an undercover turnout / training area. Stay tuned for more updates as to what’s next!

01/09/2023

Our Irish Wolfhound event is at the farm tomorrow. All welcome. In aid of the IWCT and improving health in the breed.

Parking, food, refreshments and lots of Irish Wolfhounds. Come and say hello!

24/08/2023

What a relief! 2023 Crop bailed and wrapped. 😮‍💨 😰 🌾 ☀️ 🌧️ ☔️

18/08/2023

Support local ! 🐮🚜🐑

Tyre Flippin heck!!
Our Beltie Boxes are selling up
Please contact us soon to reserve your order
Ready next weekend 🤤 🍖

08/07/2023

29/06/2023

Fencing for days! Thanks to Jon Walker Timber Products Ltd for the posts & rails

28/06/2023

Fencing project made possible by some local legends. Thank you SG Plant Services & Lester Lowe Ltd

18/06/2023

So true and so well put. ⬇️

Trigger stacking

I think we have all seen instances where horses seem to "explode" out of nowhere. But if we take a closer look, it wasn't out of nowhere at all.  But is usually small instances that started influencing each other to cause a major response. This is called trigger stacking.

Tigger stacking is defined as ‘Stress accumulation due to exposure of multiple triggers, either simultaneously or close enough in time that the horse’s reactivity has not returned to normal.’ (Grisha Stewart, BAT 2.0, P. 276)

For example, a horse that is dealing with undiagnosed ulcers and his rider wants to go out on a hack. The horse is uncomfortable but his owner has not seen his signs of discomfort. Usually they go out on a hack with a friend but today they are hacking out alone, horse starts feeling nervous about going out alone and starts being fidgety and displaying seperation anxiety behaviours, the rider ignores the signs because it has never bothered the horse before.

The horse now feels uncomfortable, stressed and a bit fearfull about being alone and being in pain due to ulcers. The rider sees nothing wrong (bc the signs are not obvious). Suddenly a cyclist passes by and the horse spooks and is in the beginning stages of a flight response. The rider urges the horse forward with a kick or other form of pressure or punishment, not thinking much of it bc the horse never spooks. And then suddenly a plastic bag just moves wrong and the horse bolts, in full flight mode.

The rider might think that the trigger was the plastic bag, but in reality it was multiple triggers all stacked on top of each other.

Knowing what triggers stacking is and how it applies to horses is not only beneficial for our horses welfare and wellbeing but also to our safety as riders and trainers.

17/06/2023

🌞🐴 Putting the second hay bale out on the 1km track

29/05/2023

The meadow fields are getting ready for hay making & the horses are getting to grips with their summer track system. This year we have installed a 1.2km track over 10 acres. This initially began as an experiment for the horses that are prone to laminitis. It worked so well, we decided to extend it several months ahead of schedule. For the winter months, horses will then free graze the rested paddocks.

19/05/2023

Some of us need hay, some of us need a bit more grass and some of us do well on the track.

We try our best to find a suitable routine for your horse.

“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape” 🌻🌾

05/04/2023

Dog food formulated for giant breeds and those with sensitivities:

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10/03/2023

We love the snow ❄️ A little bit of extra work for the Hoomans, but that’s what they are here for right ??

24/02/2023

🌟Retirement & Rehabilitation Livery🌟
Spaces available due to recent expansion:

🐴 24/7 grazing. (in all seasons)
🥕Specialist cushings & laminitis care.
🐴 Rehabilitation packages available.
🥕 Forage tested meadow hay, fed ad-lib in all seasons.
🐴 Tailored balancer, herbs & joint supplements.
🥕Herds managed to suit horses needs & personalities.
🐴 Optional 1.2km Track available 8 months per year.
🥕 Stabling in winter if required.

Prices inclusive of farrier, vaccines, dental, worming program & feeding. No extra charges & no hassle.

We also provide short term spaces for horses needing a 3-6 month timeout.

Prices can be found on our website. Viewings are by appointment only.

Please feel free to get in touch.

www.broadholmeequine.com

19/02/2023

Our neighbours enjoying the mild weather 🐶 🌞

18/02/2023

Makes a lot of sense ⬇️

// Article Recommendation 🐴

Researchers have created a new, mobile device that detects brain waves in horses and can help them detect their feelings, which could eventually be used with other species.

Already producing interesting results, Cousillas and Hausberger teamed up with Rennes ethologist Mathilde Stomp to take EEG recordings of 18 horses. Half lived in individual stalls in a classic, confined stable, whereas the other half roamed with herds on open pastures.

The two groups had very different EEG profiles. Horses in stables showed an average of 2.5 times more right-hemisphere "gamma" waves than those in open fields. In people, such waves are often a sign of anxiety, distraction, or depression. The horses that spent most of their time out in the open, meanwhile, showed twice as many left-hemisphere "theta" waves on average—generally a sign of a calm and attentive mind, the team reports this month in Applied Animal Behaviour Science. "What's really exciting about these results is that they give us a rare measure of ‘happiness,' so to speak," Hausberger says.

The headband has been called a "real breakthrough" by Katherine Houpt, a veterinary behaviourist at Cornell University who was not involved in the project but highlighted the benefits of getting into animals' minds with objectivity and less guesswork.

It's an exciting step in the world of equitation science and bettering the welfare of horses.

Read the full article here: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-horse-feeling-new-mobile-brain-wave-reader-could-tell

10/12/2022

We aren’t the cheapest, but you get what you pay for 🐎 💚

A "barrage" of unregulated and poor-quality yards offering cheaper rates are causing well-run yards to be left out of pocket.

30/11/2022

100% worth a 👀 David Stuart can teach us all something.

It is the end of the year and the final screening for this online horse fair in 2022 is December 10 & 11. If you have not seen go take a look.

06/11/2022

Looking for part time help in the Irish Wolfhound Kennels here at the farm. Please get in touch if you love dogs and don’t mind going home from work smelly and muddy 🐾 💩 🐶 💚 🐾

04/10/2022

Existential crisis warning ⚠️👇🏻

What’s important in the arena applies outside or it’s not real. - Buck

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Photo of me and Guapo by Nicole Poyo Photography