The Horse’s Voice Haven

25/10/2024

Dakotah likes to help with clipping 😆 she likes the vibration on her nose 🥰

22/07/2024

19/06/2024

A visit from our wonderful equine dentist Paul Waudby.
Dakotah was very interested in everything he was doing 🥰😛
Benji and Denzel were keen to offer Rocko some moral support ❤️, however Rocko being the brave leader he is wasn’t keen to accept it 😆🙈
Tosca provided lots of reassurance to her best friend (Dakotah), following her around nickering as she had her teeth done ❤️

16/05/2024

Shout out to this special boy who looked after his 5 year old jockey impeccably even though this was only his first time being ridden.
When Denzel arrived he was scared of his own shadow which was exacerbated by problems with his digestive health but with correct species appropriate diet, individualised herbs, natural lifestyle and support from all his friends, he is thriving.

A massive well done to his Muma Sue, who puts her absolute heart and soul into everything she does with him even when he is being extremely challenging 🥴😆
And well done to Eli (the 5year old jockey) who we have nicknamed the horse whisperer 🥰

15/05/2024

Cutest dudes having a snooze together 😍

04/05/2024

Denzel was very tired after all the fun 🤣

03/05/2024

Shiloh, Tosca, Dakotah and Benji having a lay down in the arena. Rocko being the perfect leader on lookout at the entry to the arena 😍

01/05/2024

Dakotah having a little snooze in the arena this afternoon 😍 Denzel being her look out 😆

28/04/2024

A few pictures from this weekend, Spring has finally arrived ❤️

08/04/2024

The lovely Stan back home with his mama on his very own little track ❤️
Stan came to us to retire due to arthritis in his hocks and problems with stifles. He improved so much that he can now be ridden again and will be a great role model/support for his owners youngster.
We will miss Stan on the track but it’s so nice to see him happy still living the natural life. He adores his mama so we know he’ll be ecstatic to be seeing her every day again ❤️

03/04/2024

Tosca, Dakotah, Denzel and Shiloh taking advantage of our smaller shelter in the awful rainy weather. Shiloh has camouflaged himself 😆

30/03/2024

All the horses here at The Horse’s Voice Haven get extra vitamin E daily

21/03/2024

2 years ago today Shiloh arrived at The Horse’s Voice Haven. Rocko was so pleased to see his old friend, we all cried tears of happiness as they were reunited 😍

12/03/2024

Sharing is caring 😍🥰❤️

14/02/2024

It was hoof spa day here at The Horse’s Voice Haven today 🥰 They all had a Milton soak to help keep the bacteria away and dry their feet out in all this warm wet weather 🙈

The biggest pro awards went to Rocko and Tosca, closely followed by Shiloh and Dakotah ❤️

Least patient award went to Stan who couldn’t stand still long enough but was still a good boy 😆

Bravest boy award went to Denzel who thought the buckets may kill him but tolerated them anyway 🥰

Most improved award went to Benji who last time I tried to soak his feet kicked me across the limestone 🤣 not one kick at all today 🥰

Strangest horse award goes to Dakotah who tried to drink the Milton 🤣 (don’t worry I stopped her 🙈)

05/01/2024

Fantastic news for this gorgeous girl 🥰❤️

Repeat XRAYs taken yesterday show no rotation in left front hoof and ‘negligible’ rotation in front right hoof, previously there was 4 degrees in her left and 10 degrees in her right.
Her insulin has also reduced from 86 to 16 and her liver has improved from moderate level of damage to showing as having no damage at all.
The vet reported that the new horn growth was excellent and there is fabulous thickness of sole.
The vet regarded the improvement as ‘remarkable’ within the 3 month time frame.

All of this was achieved without orthodox medication or shoes.

Tosca has access to correct diet of ad lib meadow/timothy hay, individualised herbs and supplements (forage); friends in our small quiet herd and freedom of 24/7 turnout on our part surfaced track with access to shelters .

Boots and pads were used in the early stages to keep Tosca comfortable and moving freely.

Massive shout out to our fabulous trimmer Cat Redwood Equine Podiatrist who has helped to get Tosca’s hooves back to tip/top condition 🥰

03/01/2024

Your horse can't escape ground reaction forces -

When moving across the ground, your horse's hooves impart force into the ground to propel themselves along.

Not only that, but the floor also imparts force onto the horse's body.

This is Newtonian Law - for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

The way your horse interacts with the ground and as such, the force generated back at the horse, will influence your horse's muscular development hugely.

If your horse's toes are long, you are increasing the duration that their limb retractor muscles are under load - and this is going to have huge consequences for their posture.

Your horse will have tension around their shoulders, their back will bias towards extension and you're going to irritate their suspensories and flexor tendons.

And you can prescribe a million and one exercises to remedy this -

But if you don't remedy the hoof balance you are making life a lot harder for your horse - as well as possibly creating more tendon and ligament irritation!

-

3 months between photos for this lovely horse:

Notice how his back has lifted?

How his shoulder angle is not as steep as it was?

How angulation at the base of his wither has neutralised?

Notice how his pelvis looks rounder?

The primary change in this horse's management? His hoof balance was significantly altered.

❤️

01/01/2024

Saturday groom needed ☺️ 3 hours every Saturday morning, start time as early as you want or anytime up until 10am. Job includes poo picking, hay net filling etc. £11 per hour. Please message for more information. Person needs to feel comfortable/confident working amongst a small herd of horses. Possible future opportunity for extra hours to cover holidays.
Picture of beautiful Dakotah, just to catch everyone’s attention 😍

30/12/2023

🙏🏻🤞🙏🏻🤣

06/12/2023

Our fabulous groom Ellie made us this super cute collage of the track ponies 😍

06/12/2023

This 👏

Please stop looking for ‘enrichment ideas’ for entertaining your unhappy and bored horses who are locked up in their stalls for 12+ hours a day.

Instead, look for a way to get them out of the stall and into a PP track system where they are free to move 24/7 while living with other horses in an environment that somewhat simulates their natural, adaptive habitat.

With the holidays approaching, if you are reading this, please consider giving the gift of 'health and happiness’ to a horse by giving a copy of the book, Paddock Paradise, to a horse owner, a pony club, a boarding facility owner or manager or your local library. Help someone find out about a whole new way of life for their equine companions. 💕- Jill

Photo taken by

04/12/2023

Tosca’s weight loss journey so far 😍

03/12/2023

No duvet days here. Lovely pic of Rocko and Benji sharing hay together taken by one of our liveries, Sue. Rocko and Benji are strongly pair bonded 😍

26/11/2023

Congratulations to our fabulous body worker Laura, well deserved. Laura goes above and beyond to keep all our horses happy and comfortable ❤️

OMG!!!! EQUINE THERAPIST OF THE YEAR 2023!!! Lost for words but long post to follow when I find them! But for now dreams do really come true ❤️❤️❤️

Equestrian Business Awards

28/10/2023

Benji giving Sue a shock the other day, sleeping deeply on his own in the shelter 🤣
Before living on the track Benji had quite significant separation anxiety, now he spends hours chilling on his own 🥰