Chapelwood Equine - fitness,rehabilitation and training facility

08/08/2024

Opened up her stride, lifted her back and released through her neck

06/08/2024

My eventer throughly enjoys the hydrotherapy track to cool down 😍

21/06/2024

Yet again the hydrotherapy track speaks for its self, 5 days in to Dexters get fitter routine and he’s lost 8kg

He’s done 3 sessions in the track, I have also taken him to the canter track and hacked him.

Dex is in a very good amount of work event fit but the lbs where pilling on. At least using the track I’m using an additional source of exercise with out putting strain on throws joint and ligaments

He still lives out at night, still has a feed and a small net when he’s in during the day.

Already his body shape has changed.

Today I Incorporated Trot work in the water.

As Dexter is prone to bruising from hard ground in his front feet, I can’t do much trot work on the roads.

Why Water Workouts Are Good for Your Joints
Think of the water track as “nature’s body weight support system.” It can unload up to almost 90 percent of the horses body weight.
That buoyancy makes moving in the water easier on the joints. “It allows horses to perform movement with an arthritic joint that would be painful on land, which then helps improve strength and flexibility in that joint.
Water exercise puts less stress on your joints
Exercise in the water removes the impact stress of ground reaction force fact.
It’s the same for humans 😜

20/05/2024

Equine hydrotherapy has proven to help horses like Jess who have arthritis and are prone to laminitis.
Jess is smashing her stay here. We even have her living out at night with the girls. So she’s leading a normal horsey life 🥰

16/05/2024

Storm has been with me for 6 weeks, when he came it was obvious he was very weak, had no core and his back had no muscle at all, uneven muscle tone over his top line. Despite having a slight lameness issue behind, he’s built up and is now like a little bull. And all this was done with no strain on the ligaments and joints. He feels as light as a feather in the water. Not only that the cold water is amazing for any inflammation

16/05/2024

Lamantic prone pony - hydrotherapy is the way forward, not only does is help loose weight, but it builds muscle, core and lenghens the horses stride and to top it up it fitttens them up!

This Jess who’s in for 10 days 😇

16/05/2024

Does anyone have a full limb foal red boot

They are special boots to help foal’s limbs
The vet has advised Bambi needs a set for her front legs each boot is near £800

I was wondering if anyone has one or set I could borrow to give premature Bambis’s legs the best chance

Bambi is doing really well her igg level is 829 after two ltrs of plasma and her white blood cells 9 which is amazing as it was 0.9.

She really is a miracle to fight through this and come out with results like this she really has proved that some premature goals who where technically being miscarried can survive.
She is that 1 in 25% who being a month early can do it with the right care and fighting attitude.

She has been off all fluids through the night and her glucose level was at 6 this morning. Premature babies struggle to maintain glucose levels hers kept dropping to 4 and below

She is now getting up and down her self to feed

Please share

https://gofund.me/726d8f77

https://www.podoblockusa.com/product/redboot-corrective-foal-boot/

Corrective Foal Red Boot for use in all fetlocks to correct limbs of foals that are born with different deformities. One size fits all.

14/05/2024

https://gofund.me/726d8f77

After all the comments of which I’m am completely overwhelmed and emotional about, the kindness and positive vibes from everyone, my liveries at Chapelwood Farm Livery have set up a good fund me page to help Bambi.
So to everyone who has requested you comments weren’t ignored and thank you all so much.

I’m going to see Bambi later so will post some pictures. 😇😇

14/05/2024

Bambi is a miracle foal

She needs one more bag of plasma to get her igg levels with ina safe and normal range and needs to stabilise with her glucose, she will be weaned off fluids over the next 24 hours and one more night in hospital.
Purely down to financial reasons I will then bring her home, she will then have to be nursed around the clock with restrictions on her getting up and down. because they said she is very very premature approximately 3-4 weeks her bones aren’t formed properly yet.

She is one of the 25% who actually against all odds is showing massive improvement.

She is not a dummy foal, is fully aware of what to do in regards to feeding etc.

Having rescued Lily her mum for a very small fee of money, who came to me pretty feral having all ready had a foal at the age of two years and has just carried another and given birth only aged 3 I want it be good for her too. She’s be ana amazing mum has allowed me to milk her every hour even lay down next to me at one stage so I could pull Bambi to her. She is a wonderful horse.

We aren’t out the woods but the gut feeling I had when I was put in a difficult situation was the right one.

Having had a lot of bad luck with foals I’m hoping my luck has changed

13/05/2024

Early hours Sunday I delivered my mares premature foal . We fed her every hour via bottle or getting her up. She took a turn for the worse 24 hours old and is now in hospital. So apologies for no recent track updates

Bambi is in the best place for any chance. Her survival rate is less than 25% but I have to give her one chance. She has 0.9 white blood cells, suspected sepsis which vets believe was contracted in the womb. I couldn’t put her to sleep with out giving her 24 hours having, fluids, antibiotics and a plasma. Despite being so poorly Bambi doesn’t have a temperature and still wanted me to give her a little bit of milk in a bottle.
I’m having to be realistic and set a spending limit as I can’t get in debt. We are hitting her hard and I have everything crossed as I truly believe she is a fighter.

Bambi is 3 weeks premature so is doing amazing

06/05/2024

Beautiful Beau getting her beach body under way!
With her breed type shes a good doer! She. Reds a strict diet and work routine. When she’s not ridden she hits the hydrotherapy track for up to 15mins
Stunning mare isn’t she 😍

05/05/2024

In just 7 days Jimmy has lost 10.5kg

02/05/2024

Using hydrotherapy for weight loss has various benefits, including the following: horses like humans can burn more calories per minute than with land exercise since water is generally more resistant than air. Cold water soothes sore muscles, which decreases pain. Water resistance increases strength and mobility.

As you can see Jimmy is enjoying is hydrotherapy weight loss sessions 🙌

01/05/2024

Storm 😍 he’s looking like a little bull now. I’m so impressed with how his neck, core and hind end is building up. He really is feeling good 😊

29/04/2024

Welcome Jimmy the beautiful stallion in for some hydrotherapy

28/04/2024

My beautiful Teddy. First hydrotherapy session in months. This boy has such a fantastic walk. He naturally pushed from behind lifts and stretched his neck out. He finds working in water very easy. He becomes to fit with regular sessions 🤣 I love the sound of them in the water. As you can see the water is now cloudy this is purely because it’s stirred up. The water is full of natural minerals and has a constant flow of fresh water. Teds favourite thing is to drink it because it’s full of millions of good bacteria 😍

28/04/2024

The lovely luna doing her last hydrotherapy session today of her two week rehabilitation here at Chapelwood. Her muscle has doubled as has her core strength. Fingers crossed the vet give her the go ahead for a ridden career