Cress Cottage Equine

15/04/2025

I love my job. I love my job. I love my job 🌧️ 🐴 🤣

30/03/2025

Magic sneaked out last night after lights out to buy me and my mum a lovely bunch of flowers! He’s grovelling for all the extra circular moves he’s been throwing out lately! 🥰 🌺

28/03/2025

FEELING FAB FRIDAY 🥰

6 months ago this boy was feeling pretty rubbish, he is a rescue from Malta, who just needed a little bit of a helping hand to get him looking and feeling fit and well….look at the transformation already.

24/03/2025

So lucky to have such wonderful clients/friends. 3 bunches of flowers, a bottle of fizz, choccies and a lovely card all in one morning. ❤️

21/03/2025

Routine Dentist visit today for a few of the horses.

20/03/2025

Theraplate day today. 🥰

20/03/2025

20/03/2025

Freshly levelled arena….so satisfying

18/03/2025

🚨LIVERY SPACE🚨

We have a pony full livery space available at our lovely quiet, friendly, family run yard based in Healing.

- Rubber matted stable with auto water and hay bar
- All weather floodlit ménage with jumps
- 2 Paddocks per horse
- Secure Tackroom
- Lorry park
- CCTV
- Owners live on site

Your horses happiness is our main priority. Please pm or text 07753885778 for more info

19/12/2024

Barneys feeling festive this morning! 🎄🎅🏻

07/11/2024

Today we had a visit from the lovely Theraplate Yorkshire & North Lincs, I highly recommend her services, horses loved it and are already feeling the benefits! ❤️

16/10/2024

First clip completed. Tia is always the most perfect customer. 🥰 💓 👸

21/09/2024

Welcoming Magic, our newest addition, filling our last Full Livery space. He’s settled right in to our routine and made lots of friends already. Happy and content, just how we like it. ❤️

19/09/2024

Busy morning with a couple of routine dentist appointments and our yard supervisor helping with the shavings delivery

14/09/2024

Welcoming Barney, our newest member to our little yard, settled in as if he’s been here years. 🥰

28/08/2024

LIVERY AVAILABLE
We have had 1 Full Livery Slot snapped up over the weekend and have another becoming available week commencing 16th September. This is a Full or Part Livery space only. We are a small, family run, friendly yard based in Healing. We have a 12x12 stable with rubber mats and auto water, x2 paddocks, flood lit all weather ménage, secure tack room and owners live on site. Please contact me for more information, packages tailored to suit. 07753885778.

01/08/2024

This little 3 year old really is the best. I took him out on his first hack under saddle today and he couldn’t have been any better! Such a superstar 🌟

21/07/2024

Please take a moment to read

☀️HEAT STROKE ☀️

I hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine! However, it is very important to also know the risks to equines with temperatures >25 degrees paired with direct sunlight.

Darker coloured Bay or Black equines are at greater risk due to the absorption of heat from their coat. Heat stroke is a common condition where the internal body temperature of the horse rises above 39.5 degrees C.

Watch out for some of these signs of your horse suffering from the heat:

- Sweat marks along Neck and Flank region
- Inappetance
- Muscle fascicultations (tremors)
- Walking 'drunk' and unable to place feet in a coordinated way
- Increased respiration
- Dullness and Lethargy

In severe cases:
- Collapse

Please feel free to contact us on our 24/7 emergency line 01652 240071 if your horse is showing any of these symptoms, and we have a vet available for advice and/or visits.

HOW TO KEEP YOUR HORSE AT LOW RISK:

* Keep horses in shade, inside a well ventilated stable, or a shaded field for the heat of the day (it is often cooler in a stable than outside!) and put them out at the end of the day/overnight.

* If the stable is hot, consider use of a fan

* Wash your horse with cool water for 10-15 minutes if you notice sweating/any symptoms.

* Ensure if your horse is turned out, there is areas of shade

* For darker coloured horses, a reflective fly sheet can
sometimes help reduce the absorption of heat from the sun.

* Lots of access to water, and can add in an apple into the water to encourage drinking (chopped up, to prevent choking hazards!)

* Rehydration/recovery mash provided at the end of the day. Often these have helpful electrolytes encouraging them to drink/rehydrate.

* Try to ride before or after the heat of the day, out of direct sun