Paddocks Farm Equine Rehabilitation & Livery

23/08/2024

Apprenticeship Opportunity

We are seeking a new apprentice to join our team due to the expansion of the business. The post will involve being outside caring for animals and their environment and inside assisting in the Hydrotherapy Centre. This will suit a school leaver and give good preparation for a career in animal care or working with horses.

You will be:
- Hard working, tidy and keen to achieve high standards in animal/ horse care.
- Understand that animal care involves a lot of cleaning and is not fussing animals all day.
- Happy to be outside working in all weathers and understand that animal care is 365 days per year.
- Happy to work at weekends and flexible to work some evenings.
- Achieved English at Level 4 or above.
- Able to use a computer for basic admin tasks.
- Good at following instructions and able to be self-motivated.
- A team player with good communication and able to talk to clients.
- Confident with dogs, weighing, showering, drying.
- Happy with cleaning tasks in the hydrotherapy area.
- Have transport arrangements to reach Woodford Halse including on Sundays when no buses run.

The job will be 4 days a week - 30 hours and you will be able to take an apprenticeship course in Animal Care or Horse Groom at Level 2 or 3.

Experience with dogs and horses an advantage but full training will be given.

In the first instance express your interest
By email to [email protected].
Please do not message or ring because we will be busy in the pool and unable to answer.

01/02/2024

Fabulous to now have this as the legal requirement. X

The Highway Code has changed from today (29.01.22)

When driving, you should now pass horse riders and horse-drawn vehicles at speeds under 10 mph and allow at least 2 metres of space. Check the changes, let’s keep each other safe.


Find out more about the changes https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-highway-code-8-changes-you-need-to-know-from-29-january-2022

17/11/2023

Harley Black Friday Sale - don’t miss it !

16/03/2023

The changing weather of last week - crazy!

08/09/2022

Her passion was horses; riding, breeding and racing. What an amazing difference she made to the horse world where her influence over generations will live on. There will be so many waiting to greet her. Enjoy your rest in peace never has it been more deserved after your lifetime dedicated to self less service and duty.

14/08/2022

Ready for new homes. Safe away from main roads please. Beautiful with good temperaments. Well handled used to children. Two multi coloured, one dark tabby and one ginger. 07885547489.

24/05/2022

Molly and Cracker enjoying the evening sun.

12/04/2022

Few familiar scenes here. 😃

02/02/2022

Jan for Little Guy?

For owners of traditional show cobs, ensuring your horse’s hair is kept long, silky and conditioned is all part of the game. Arguably, Lacey Smith’s two traditional stallions, 10-year-old elite graded Domino Bad Boy (Tommy) and six-year-old dual graded Stanray Xr**ed (Tedd, pictured above) posse...

25/10/2021

Please see our post from the hydro page.

19/10/2021

It is starting to feel Autumnal so rugs on but horses enjoying the grass. They go out everyday because we believe they need social time. Lovely to see Mollie and Queenie are firm friends.

29/07/2021

Delighted to see TVC back at Blakesley Show. X

Great news - Blakesley Show is back this summer and we’re going to be there on our usual stand!

It’s on Saturday 7th August from 8.00 am – 5.30PM and it’s always a great fun day out for the whole family. We love the show as it’s a great opportunity for our Small Animal, Equine & Farm team to meet lots of clients for a chat and a cuppa (or something colder). Please pop the date in your diary.

Why not like and share this post if you’re going to come and see us on the stand?

02/06/2021

Apprenticeship Opportunity
We are looking for a new apprentice to join our team. You will be enthusiastic, hard working, tidy and know that working with animals is 90% looking after their environment and 10% with the animals. The role will be flexible including: groom duties with horses, helping to maintain the general site, looking after small animals, reception duties and washing and drying dogs. You must be prepared to work in all weathers including extreme heat and snow and at weekends or evenings. 30 hours per week with regular times but required to provide holiday cover for other team members. Apprenticeship course in Animal Care or Horse Groom. Minimum academic requirement English and preferably Mathematics level 4+ or Grade C+. Good with ICT or like setting up technology an advantage. Must have transport and able to be on site at 7.30 am. Please send an email to [email protected].

01/06/2021

Monty at his best.

"Good ground manners translate to cooperative behavior under saddle" – Monty Roberts






📸 Katy W

15/04/2021

We are closing during the afternoon at 2.15 pm-3:30 on Saturday so that we can pay our respects to the Duke of Edinburgh. He was an exceptional man whose drive and commitment to Great Britain, his family, his sport and of course the Queen will inspire generations to come. His extraordinary lifetime of helping young people, giving and sharing varied experiences and dedication to equine sports is an example to us all.

24/03/2021

Great day yesterday. The round pen is finished. This has been a long term project with many helpers. Thank you everyone it was amazing using it for the first time. Paddy was a super star. He is a lovely character, a sweet pony.

18/02/2021

Beautiful statue of Valegro unveiled.

Well the setting could not be more English to see the sculpture of Valegro in its permanent place in Newent. He changed so many of our lives and elevated our sport so this is a really proud moment for myself, Charlotte and everyone who has been involved with this very special horse. Thank you to the sculptor Georgie Welch and all involved who made this happen. We are delighted 😊

13/02/2021

Fabulous news horse welfare over ‘tradition competition practice’.

REMOVING horses’ whiskers is set to be banned at national level dressage and eventing. Following the FEI’s decision to ban the removal of “sensory hairs”, which comes into force this July, British Dressage (BD) included the following in its 2021 rule changes: “Trimming of the horse’s sen...

11/02/2021

Paul Thurbon you could buy me one.

29/01/2021

Great top tips from Anne.

29/01/2021

Great webinars

The membership organisation and the official home of Monty Roberts and Kelly Marks' equine study and IH accredited horse trainers in the UK.

26/01/2021

Kelly explaining how to touch a scared pony.

As people seemed to enjoy Forest the Exmoor pony on Countryfile so much I thought I could fill you in with a few more details of the morning at Adam’s . There’s a full write up in our Spring IH Magazine but this will fill in a few gaps in the ‘From Feral to Friendly’ story. So first we set up a safe area and she knows her companion is close by. Then I use body language and breath so that she starts to feel trust for me. Something that is scarey for her next is the ANTICIPATION of me first touching her (a bit like when you’re going to have a jab!) So best get on with it. By using a long stick with some pipe lagging taped to it or a stick with a glove on the end, I can reach out and touch her and NOT be worried about the hand getting bitten (!) and I’m out of the kick zone. More to follow!










Then she realises this touch isn’t so bad (especially if it scratches her itchy areas a bit) we can SLOWLY move up the stick and scratch with our real fingers

25/01/2021

Too brief a spot for Kelly on Country File yesterday but great! Our round pen is nearly finished!

The membership organisation and the official home of Monty Roberts and Kelly Marks' equine study and IH accredited horse trainers in the UK.

25/01/2021

Happy horses munching on hay in the sun. Beautiful but creates more work. Nice for a day but good to be gone by tomorrow.

25/01/2021

More snow pictures Daly and Paddy came over to say hello to Demo but our photo shoot failed when Demo took too long to sit in the right place. 😂😂

25/01/2021

Horses enjoying going out in the snow. What do you do? You have a rolling fest!

25/01/2021

Beautiful morning and the horses will enjoy going out later after a good munch on some hay.

23/01/2021

Who’s going to build a snowman tomorrow?