Equiliberta

10/07/2025

It's never too late to start learning 😉

🧰 ISNHCP Step 2/3 Clinic – UK (Near Solihull)

📅 2–7 September 2025

📍 6 Days of Cadaver Trimming & Sequencing
🎓 Led by Edyta Jackson ISNHCP Instructor

📣 It’s not too late to sign up! Join us this September in the UK near Solihull for an in-depth, hands-on clinic that brings together the art and science of Natural Hoof Care.

This 6-day course will immerse you in the core principles of the Natural Trim, with a focus on producing sound, naturally shaped hooves — without force, gadgets, or compromise.

What you’ll gain:
🔹 Cadaver Trimming – Practice applying the Four Guiding Principles of the Natural Trim with expert supervision.
🔹 Workstation & Tool Caddy Use – Trim smarter, not harder, with purpose-designed tools and an ergonomic setup.
🔹 Hoof Plexus & Mapping – Understand hoof geometry, measure hoof balance, and observe mass migration with precision.
🔹 Dissections & Notching – Reveal internal hoof structures and the environmental factors that shape them.
🔹 Natural Horsemanship – Build trust and cooperation through kind, effective hoof handling techniques.
🔹 Sequencing – Discover the safest, most efficient way to trim all four hooves, even in horses that are challenging to handle.
🔹 Thought-Provoking Lectures – Connect theory with practice and walk away with insights found nowhere else.

📩 Spaces are limited. Message us today to reserve your place or find out more.

For more information or if you have any questions, feel free to email: [email protected]
Visit: https://www.isnhcp.net/pages/overview

To learn more about this clinic and to contact your instructor directly, visit:
https://equiliberta.com/cadaver-sequencing-clinic/
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10/07/2025

Another set of metal came off, hopefully forever 🙏 ❤️

Transitioning barefoot can be very tricky. It does require trust in the process, and patience. Especially if the hoof growth patterns show pathologised, unnatural growth. Given enough time, reasonably natural diet, and natural hoof care, the hoof capsule is restored.

07/07/2025

I am looking forward to receiving new clients in the coming weeks. It's all paced out well to make enough time to meet the horses, and let them relax. To get to know the owners, their concerns, their aspirations, and make a positive contribution to their shared journey.

There are few that are troubled, these will always have a special place in my heart. Misunderstood, mistreated, and wronged for no reason.

06/07/2025

Charlotte took an initiative to create a water buffet. Boys are new to flavoured water, but nothing is too unfamiliar for Sid! He's in his element 😍 he'll have anything 😆

Our new enrichment corner is here 🙌

05/07/2025

Can you tell we have been desensitising?
The work that mever ends 🤠

02/07/2025

After trim scratches for Stan are a must! 🤗
It appears he loves it more than food 🥕🥕🥕

02/07/2025

We are bathing in the evening sun 🌞

01/07/2025

The unexpected happened!

Who'd have thought I'd be trimming in 35°? Zac and Mo did great on their first trim. In fact, so well that I am embarrassed to say these horses are a rehab case. Yes, there was a lot of technical conversation, and some hands-on training the owners received to fine-tune some of the handling that will also translate to other spheres of training.

If it wasn't for the weather and us talking, we'd have gotten done in no time. Our previous training session definitely set the scene for a success, but I didn't expect things to go as well as they have on the first visit.

Yes, both horses had some initial resistance—yes, there was snatching and even threats of a kick—but everything resolved as we moved through the trim. I really did think this was going to be a long and laborious rehab process. Last time Mo literally collapsed under her own weight. There's a story behind her hinds too, but I want to respectfully leave some for the owners to keep private.

To reinforce my previous statements: the horse owner plays such a pivotal part in the whole process. What they are able to reinforce between my visits truly makes a difference.

I'd love to post some more about both Zac and Mo. They are such interesting characters—so different in many ways—and yet no one was able to trim them without sedation. It is apparent that Zac has a will of steel, he needed comparatively larger doze of sedation to get the job done. We watched his cheeky horsenality come out since he was right in his element, testing the ground. Mo on the other hand stole my heart with her gentleness and very lady manners.

I know the owners had celebrated today's achievement. It was a good day 🫠

More to come in the following days.

28/06/2025

Please check this out! PB Paddock Paradise Livery is hosting their 6th Annual Open Day, and it is going to be great! Not because of me or Jaime, although I'm sure he'll steal the show, but because of the people that make PB happen!

Not long after I connected with Jaime in 2021, and no one knew me, I had the pleasure of attending PB's Open Day in 2021. What stood out for me very much was Alyson's personality. Her dedication to horses’ welfare, and trying their best to replicate the wild horse model in the UK's non-adaptive environment.

They have endured many challenges over the past few years, but are still standing strong in their mission to preserve the truth about horses’ natural environment.

Back then, the Paddock Paradise term was somewhat marginalised and replaced with the term track system (it probably still is). The whole movement diverted into different segments that would not identify with the original model. However, PB stood the course and still carries the flag for the Natural Horse Care movement, which in part originated the barefoot movement.

Back then, I had an advantage of being able to see people for who they really are. Because when you're nobody, no one knows, nobody cares. Or do they? This is exactly what stood out to me — that this woman (and her beautiful family) cares! Not just about horses, or humans. She cares about the truth. About getting it right. She carries a level of integrity with her. This is what stood out.

I know my appearance at PB in 2021 made Georgie Harrison from Hoof Matters nervous (since she knew 😉), she was giving a talk! She didn't expect to see me there, but I do want everyone to know that Georgie too was there for me, when I was nobody (still am). She's a caring woman! Paying attention to how people treat you when you're insignificant, when no one is watching, means the world to me. I held my tongue for years about the good, the bad, and the ugly. Now the truth is slowly coming out — less and less people will be able to hide what's hiding underneath, because humanity is waking up to heart’s intelligence.

And what you're seeing here is a woman on a mission who's surrounded by like-minded and like-hearted people who have stood by her side for a long time. I truly am grateful that NHC has a voice in the UK that is sounded by these people. That they have found the courage to speak their truth against the odds. Paddock Paradise is a part of NHC, not an isolated concept. So I am honoured to be a part — for at least part — of their journey.

So please come along, I'm sure the day will be filled with laughter and a lot of good information ❤️

28/06/2025

Someone's got a watermelon face today 😂

26/06/2025

Turn Your Paddock Into Paradise

Are you stuck for ideas? Is there too much conflicting information to sieve through the Internet and forums? Or perhaps you've never heard of Paddock Paradise and natural boarding?

With six years of hands on experience of running my own Paddock Paradise system and educational background in building and design I can help you with the following:

🌟 Design and layout of your track system
🌟 Adapting to the type of facility (private and commercial)
🌟 Forage and daily feed
🌟 Optimising distance between feeding stations water hole
🌟 Width of your track
🌟 Surfacing options
🌟 Electric fencing design and materials
🌟 Setting up best management practices
🌟 Hoof care advice
🌟 and much more...

Natural boarding system is the best insurance policy for horses!

Your Paradise will grow together with you, it doesnt have to cost an arm and a leg.

Book a free pre-visit consultation today, or contact me for more information.