Paw Inspiring Equine

25/11/2025

🎁 Black Friday & Christmas Offers for Horse Lovers 🎄

Compassionate behaviour support for you and your horse 🐴

I’m Jessie — a qualified equine behaviour consultant (Full Member of the APBC) here to help your horse feel safer, calmer and more confident using a kind, horse-centred approach.

I specialise in supporting fearful or traumatised horses to begin thriving again, and I also work under vet referral (at no cost to you).

✅ Tackling issues like:

• Aggression, fears and phobias

• Separation-related distress

• Leading, loading & handling challenges

• Support for unhandled or young horses

• Behaviour plans tailored to your horse

✨ Special sessions from just £30:

• Spook-busting & Novel Object Sessions

• Equine Scentwork Tasters

• Body Language Lessons (group options too)

• Vet-referred Box Rest Support

🎁 Seasonal packages available — including 10% off 90 day behaviour bundles for ongoing support.

📍Serving the South East and London area. I can work with your horse while you’re unavailable and guide you through the next steps.

📲 Message me on WhatsApp or call Jessie on 07763 317464 to book or find out more.

05/11/2025

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗴𝘀?

Why is it so hard to acknowledge in some facets of the animal behaviour world and even in mental health care for people simply training an alternative behaviour does not necessarily always mean that root cause has been addressed ? Yes this is true for mental health services too !! Behaviour does not occur in a vacuum. Where is looking at the individuals WHOLE life including the support needs and capacities of caregivers, owners and for ridden horses their riders

🦠Health
🦚 Living conditions
💫 Enrichment
🍃 Diet and nutritional health now and earlier in life
🐴🐶 Relationships and attachments with other animals and people
🐴🐶 Early life experiences
🔴 Past trauma and chronic stress exposure
🔴 Attachment ruptures
✅ Learning - education and life experience
🐴🐶 Genetics
🐴🐶 Epigenetics
🐴🐶 Breed traits
🐴🐶 Personality
🐴🐶 Preferences and dislikes
🧔‍♀️ Caregiver capacity , capability and support needs

Our Horses and Dogs live as part of wider societal and “family” systems among others within our domestic world (Luke et al, 2022, Smith, 2025) allows for all these moving parts to be integrated and better understood including emerging patterns, feedback loops and monitoring over time (Smith,2025). Understanding this can help us better support horses , dogs and their humans.

🐴🐶 Full APBC member and ABTC-CAB specialising in fearful , traumatised horses and dogs or those with complex needs. and their families . 📍South East. WhatsApp 0776 331 7464

References

Luke, K. L., Rawluk, A., & McAdie, T. (2022). A new approach to horse welfare based on systems thinking. Animal Welfare, 31(1), 37-49.

Smith, S. (2025, May). Systems Thinking in Dog Medication [Preprint]. ResearchGate. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36431.80803

14/10/2025

𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀

First out of hospital Starbucks !! Off to have a back to work practice run and hang out with Prince :

My first new horse client Saturday. Regulars I will be contacting you to book your sessions or please contact me . This is a phased return so sessions will be a bit shorter ( roughly 1 hour) for the next few weeks but these will be made up at a later date for you.

Thank you all for your kindness, patience and support.

🐴🐶Supporting Horses and Dogs who are fearful, overwhelmed, traumatised or who struggle to cope in the human world. Helping you to help them. Full APBC member & ABTC registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist 📍South East WhatsApp 07763317464

03/10/2025

🥄𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆

How is everyone today? It has not been the best start to the week physically for me. It has reminded to be careful of my spoons.

How do you manage your spoons?

Our animals also have spoons.

Spoon theory was created by Christine Miserandino a blogger who has lupus, as a metaphor for explaining living with a chronic health condition.

She explained spoon theory by selecting twelve spoons. People (and animals) who live without physical or mental health challenges start their day with an almost endless supply of energy meaning they can navigate their day without needing excessive amounts of planning or needing to rest. It does not mean that they never experience stress or even overwhelm, just that their capacity to cope physically and emotionally is less compromised.

Spoon theory is also relevant to our animals. Help your horse or dog to not run out of spoons by managing their lives to minimise stress. This will look different not just depending on the individual but also on any given day and their recent experiences.

For example

🐴🥄 Being turned out in the wind one 🥄

🐴🥄 They have undiagnosed ulcers or a low grade lameness three 🥄🥄🥄 ( response may vary dependent on the individual)

🐴🥄 Their friend is removed from the field four

🐴Supporting Horses who are fearful, overwhelmed, traumatised or who struggle to cope in the human world. Helping you to help them. Full APBC member & ABTC registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist 📍South East WhatsApp 07763317464

©️ Jessie Sams Animal Behaviour and Trauma Recovery Service

05/08/2025

Love this boy ! Fun day going some enrichment

05/08/2025

We need to be so aware of this

03/08/2025

This is a great post on reducing the risk of gastric ulcers

HOW AND WHY DO HORSES GET ULCERS?

Equine gastric ulcers can affect any horse of any age. Up to 90% of racehorses and 60% of show horses, as well as non-performance horses and even foals are affected by equine gastric ulcers. Gastric ulcers result from the erosion of the stomach lining due to a prolonged exposure to the normal acid present in the stomach.

Unlike ulcers in humans, bacteria do not appear to cause equine gastric ulcers. Instead, this condition is often a man-made disease. Stall confinement alone can lead to the development of ulcers. A horse’s feeding schedule and high-grain diets can also contribute to the development of ulcers.

Stress, both environmental and physical, can increase the likelihood of ulcers, as can hauling, training, and mixing groups of horses. Strenuous exercise can decrease the emptying of the stomach as well as the blood flow, thus further contributing to the problem.

The treatment and prevention of gastric ulcers is directed at removing these predisposing factors, therefore decreasing acid production within the horse’s stomach. Prevention of ulcers is the key in helping your horse, as neutralizing the production of stomach acid is nature’s best antacid.

Please note that the only way to definitively diagnose ulcers is through a gastroscopy. An equine veterinarian should always be consulted in any case of suspected gastric ulcers to determine the best course of action and treatment for the individual horse.