KB Equine

24/10/2022

We are offering young stock appointments at a reduced rate of £20 per horse. This could cover anything from handling, catching, picking feet up, leading and socialising. The offer will run for November. For all horses upto 3 years old.

20/10/2022

As winter is approaching quickly, I’m able to help out on a regular or adhoc basis to cover for holidays or sickness. Turn outs, bring ins, mucking out, poo picking and exercising. Hours from 9 am.

11/10/2022

I hope one day you meet a difficult horse.

A horse that frustrates you and sometimes says no.

A horse that shatters your dreams and makes you feel hopeless because you cannot solve their problem with what you know.

Why would I wish this upon you?

Because this horse will show you the limitations of your understanding and challenge you to step up and learn.

Sometimes the lessons you will need to learn is to improve your knowledge, skills and self awareness and how you directly impact the horse and make the feel.

You will work hard spending hours in the dust, sun, wind and rain making yourself better to help this horse - and you will do it.

Sometimes the lesson will be one of acceptance that the horse you love and have poured so much time and money into is not sound.

Your heart will break as you now see your difficult horse was just telling you it was struggling.

This horse will teach you to see and know things about horses that you will never be able to un-see or un-know. You will see horses struggling and people (no different than you past self) blind to that struggle.

But this horse will make you a better horsewoman or man, and you will be grateful they came into your life and what they taught you.

The story of you and this horse will always be a hard story to tell. Sometimes when you tell it, you will get tears in your eyes. But it will be one of the most meaningful stories of your life.

You will share this story with others with the hope that it will help them with their horse. So that your horse, can help their horse too.

This is my difficult horse. His name was Skuda and I am grateful what this horse taught me...and if I have helped you with your horse.....well you can be grateful for him too ❤

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04/10/2022

A call from an owner who couldn’t get her mare near a mounting block to get on. This mare had reared and gone over backwards with the owner. This end result is not the ideal way to mount, and a further visit would be needed to extend the education to standing whilst we get on but the session had lasted over 2 hours and mentally the mare couldn’t deal with anymore, It was a massive step for to allow me on her back and if you have eagle eyes you will see that she doesn’t have a bridle on but a dually headcollar as she was uncomfortable in a bitted bridle. The important bit in the video is the horses head height. At the start her head is very high and she is reactive to everything around her. As her confidence grows on the groundwork her head lowers and she listens to what is being asked.
No whips involved.

04/10/2022

A client has asked for help in dealing with her 2 youngsters, both fillies a 1 yr old and 3 yr old. Both have lived in a herd and haven’t received much human contact. I shall be working with them on a weekly basis to increase there confidence in humans. Neither of them have been into the stable since arriving so after working with Sunday the 3yr old in the field I decided to give the stable a go. The video is of the owner walking Sunday into the stable, calmly and respectfully. A very different experience to how the previous owners loaded them into the trailer with whips and shouting to get them to their new home.

07/09/2022

Who doesn’t love a grey thoroughbred?
Pippa is an ex racer. She has recently been purchased and her new owner was doubting her ability. We are regularly working on leadership skills, whilst also retraining Pippa for a riding horse life. Pippa is a people pleaser and just needs the right information to be able to please her very accommodating new owner. Lots of people would have said her owner was over horsed, or that Pippa was dangerous. In truth her owner has gone above and beyond to become the owner that Pippa needs. Hats off to her, she will be rewarded with an amazing horse who will be confident in her mum, which will enable Pippa to be a relaxed and happy horse.
This video is of Pippa and her owner working together⭐️

04/09/2022

Trish always struggled to load, particularly when at shows to come home. We worked with her owner to create a positive mindset with a black and white attitude, with loading being the only option.

26/08/2022

Here is a video of my boy “Socks” he’s a 6 yr old thoroughbred who the vets couldn’t keep sound and ran out of insurance money. He has had many surgical interventions. Positives are he is the kindest, loyal boy who puts a smile on my face most days. Negatives are he is a bit of a cut and shut horse, left hand side does not correspond with his right 🙈and never will due to his club foot. However nobody is perfect and he hacks out daily with my dogs and show jumps for fun and more importantly we know each other inside out and make each other smile and for me that’s what it’s about.
Currently his tummy is larger than it should be and due to this our top line has suffered, however he still knows how to please.
Apologies for the length of the video 🙈

25/08/2022

I saw a cracking pony yesterday. Bear. He had decided he knew best and flat refused to load. He had lots of excuses and used them all to make sure he wasn’t going on the lorry. By the end of the session even his jockey was able to load him.

18/08/2022

Jimmy:- hesitant to load and once onboard would spin and come off. Before and after my groundwork session. Such a lovely sought after horse. ⭐️

13/08/2022

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08/08/2022

Arianna was rescued along with 2 other ponies in a sorry state. She could not receive dentistry treatment as couldn’t be caught. Her owner had done a lot of work building her trust but couldn’t touch her head to get a headcollar on. Before video of trying to be caught and photo of afterwards with headcollar on.

08/08/2022

First session with Skyfall, before and after groundwork session. No repeat visit needed

08/08/2022

Yesterdays session with Maddie. A one off visit to help with a loading issue. Before groundwork and after.

03/08/2022

For anyone whose horse struggles travelling in a trailer.

28/07/2022

A short video of my horse Socks. Socks is an ex racehorse and Is 6. He has been with me for nearly 3 years and has had some medical issues that have needed to be dealt with. This meant a lot of boxrest for him. It was important to keep his mind active, even though his legs couldn’t do much. He also had to move his back, which is where the idea came from for this step. As you can see he loves it and is such a performer. The step is still used to keep him as flexible as possible.

27/07/2022

I work with horses who are behaving negatively in our environment. This has included:-
Loading issues
Horses that wont settle in a stable
Catching issues
Lack of manners on the ground

I have also rehabilitated horses following injury, to include:-
Inhand work in school and hacking
Lungeing
Long reining

I work alongside owners to help with any behaviour that is deemed inappropriate. This can be achieved at your horses home. I can also accommodate horses at our yard should that suit.

My approach is never about beating a horse into submission, first and foremost I watch them and pick up on their body language. A horse never explodes without showing subtle signs of discomfort before the explosion. It’s about picking up on those subtle signs and removing the need to explode. Horses get confidence from a confident owner, they like rules and structure.

We all want our horses to be happy and relaxed, but sometimes they struggle with their environment. I offer an initial assessment, when I can observe your horse and identify problem areas and help to provide solutions. You will receive a recommended plan that you can follow and build a relationship with your horse. This can include feeding, inhand work, ridden work, stretches or environment changes.it will also include any referrals to other practitioners who could help your horses wellbeing. Following the initial assessment telephone support is provided along with further visits as and when you need them.