O.C Equine

18/11/2025

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Hello everyone,

I just want to take a moment to thank all of you for your ongoing support in 2025. It means so much to me that I get to help you and your horses on a daily basis - and it's my job!

I have been quite honest with you all this year... I've documented the lows and the highs! This has been the hardest summer to date, but I have come out the other side having learnt so many lessons. It's really highlighted where I need to improve; both in my business and in my personal life/health journey.

As you may have seen in a recent post I've just completed a Lantra awarded Faecal Worm Egg Count qualification (I'm hoping to offer this as a service in the future), plus I have just enrolled in Rachael Maxwells Innate Botanical Selections Practitioner Course, and I am about to start a Level 5 Diploma in Equine Nutrition soon! I'm super excited to start this new journey and expand my business even further and help more horses (and their owners) in the process.

I am passionate about continued professional development, and I like to think it makes me more useful to my clients! (But you can be the judge of that!) 😆

Additionally, I noted I needed to up my game in the reporting department! So I have taken the plunge and invested in Equigate a digital reporting app, that should allow me to communicate more effectively to you all. It is still taking a bit of time to get everybody set up on there - but I hope by the new year we will be fully acquainted with technology! I still want to continue to grow and improve my services wherever possible, so please if you have anything you would like to see - please do give me your feedback.

It's difficult surviving as a small one-lady business - the prices of everything is skyrocketing. Which unfortunately does mean my prices need to increase from January 1st 2026.

I really hope you would like to stay with me, and I pledge I will always continue learning; and do my best for you and your horsey companions 🫶

13/11/2025

So far the weather has been really good to us! But ☔️ is on the cards… which means more mud! I appreciate not all of you have hard standing to trim on, or mud-free areas. However, we can adapt and overcome!

Behold the towel pony parking space! 🤣 please bring AMPLE towels with you to your appointment if you don’t have any hard standing/mud-free areas. If your horse needs to put their foot down, this way they can and it won’t mean I have to start all over again, ruin my tools or injure myself or your horse.

Please make sure you prepare your horses as much as humanely possible. Pick their feet out where possible, towel off the mud/wet.

Anyone who doesn’t make any attempt to make my working environment safe may be refused and charged the full fee. Likewise, if you ruin my rasps due to a lack of effort on your part - I will be adding the cost of the rasp to your visit fee!

I only had a few people last year let me down, please make it possible for me to do a good job. Your horse deserves the best job ♥️

29/10/2025

Oh Apollo! 😱

27/10/2025

There’s so much noise online regarding the laminitis topic at the moment, I’m sure you’ve all seen the commotion as you’ve been scrolling through your feed. 🧐

I personally don’t follow said group or page(s) affiliated with said group. But a lot of my clients do - and of course it comes up in conversation.

However, I’ve been doing a lot of inner work recently. With thanks to EquineCoach (Michaela) who has helped me with my self-awareness. Part of this work is recognising how certain stimuli make you feel, and to ascertain if it’s a positive feeling or a negative one.

I decided to unfollow these groups and pages a while ago, because it made me feel lousy as a person. Like I wasn’t good enough at my job, that I could never make a difference to the lives of horses and their owners. It made me feel frustrated, impatient and angry - all the things I’m not.

I recognised the time I had spent dwelling, arguing my case in the comments section. For it only to make me spiral mentally. It’s not healthy, and the social media algorithm rewards engagement - but remember it cannot distinguish between positive engagement or negative engagement. So it continues to poison your newsfeeds, and you consume it (often without realising it). Sometimes, you just have to be your own moderator in your own life - and take back control of your own happiness.

This goes for what you read, watch, listen to. Who you spend your time with. You have to create an environment that is healthy and sustainable for you. I encourage all of my clients to advocate for your own self-worth. You know your horses well, you seek guidance when necessary and you’re all doing a wonderful job. Please don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

For a sprinkle of happiness here is me grinning like a clown on my best boy this weekend. ⭐

21/10/2025

Apologies if any of my clients received several text messages from me this evening. I was trying to message on mass the below message 👇

Dear clients, I am now using a phone app called EquiGate for reports/record keeping, management of my diary/appointment reminders. I would be grateful if as many of you could use this app as possible, as it will help me streamline my services and to make sure I can effectively communicate to you about your horses hoof or bodywork health. I have created report templates for both my equine podiatry and equine massage clientele. Eventually I will upload a resource library 📚

I truly think this app will help my clients gain a better understanding of their horse, as they can access their reports and resources at any time! There is also a messaging function (please only use for non-urgent enquiries or out of hours enquiries) anything urgent that requires a speedy response please still contact me via my mobile!

Please could all of my clients download the EquiGate app and add their horses profiles. It will take me a few months to get uploading reports/photos etc. but hopefully once set up it will be a good investment. 😇

If for any reason you can't/don't want to use the app please prompt me at your next appointment.

Please follow these 2 simple steps:

Step 1 - Download Equigate for FREE and create a client account
Step 2 - Come back here and click this link

Download Equigate on iOS or Android.

21/10/2025

Whoops did a thing. 😬🤭

12/10/2025

Hi all 👋

I’m back from holiday! Officially servicing my clients again on Tuesday 14th! 🥰

Whilst I was away I also received my certificate for completion of a FEC worm count course. I take pride in ongoing continued professional development, and I’m hoping to add this on as a service in the future. I would like to do my SQP training so I can legally recommend anthelmintics - but I do need to do some more research on this. In the meantime I’m going to keep putting some savings away so I can invest in a centrifuge and a microscope 🔬😇

I’m fascinated with paristology and the gut microbiome interconnection, and the interplay with whole-horse health (and of course hoof health!) I will be looking at expanding my knowledge on this subject. I’ve become a bit of a gardener this year, and stumbled upon several podcasts about soil degregation and the impact on mineral and vitamin availability, as well as the disturbance to the microbiota, parasites and the soils general ecosystem. It’s exploded my mind!!

Which brings me on nicely to announcing my upcoming training with Rachael Maxwell in innate botanical selections. A diploma all about offering herbs/essential oils to animals for their complementary health benefits. It also covers reconnecting with nature, and identification of plants and other horticultural knowledge. I start in January, and I can’t wait!!

In addition, I will also be enrolling in a level 5 Equine Nutrition course and hope to start this by the end of November! I might be a little crazy deciding to do these two courses simultaneously, but they sync so nicely and it is an area I am wildly passionate about.

I absolutely love being an Equine Podiatrist and whilst I have no plans on slowing down soon, I would like to integrate nutritional practices into my business to help mitigate some of the wear and tear on my body. So that I am able to continue trimming for the next 10-20 years (if I’m lucky!) 😅🍀

But I have had the hardest summer in podiatry yet. My holiday was a really good opportunity to sit with myself, and be reflective. I want to balance some of the physical aspects of my job, so that I stay healthy in both body and in mind. So I’m super excited to branch out in 2026, and learn something fresh, which hopefully all your horses will benefit from. I will be looking to you all for case studies, and would be grateful if any of you would like their horses to participate 🩷

Looking forward to seeing you all real soon ✨

Olivia x

28/09/2025

Me and Skye have finished work for the next 2 weeks! We’re off to the Lake District. I will not be answering any messages until I am back working on the 14th October (slight lie, I’m back covering Cara’s clients on 13th but won’t have time then to sort enquiries!!)

If it’s an emergency call your vet
If it’s a non urgent hoof related question, please visit www.epauk.org to find the nearest EP who can answer them for you.

Look forward to seeing you all mid-Oct where hopefully I’ll be all refreshed 😇

23/09/2025

Client update 🥹

So I took a nasty kick this morning - hoping to be able to continue working as usual this week. But just wanting to let you all know that my right arm really, really hurts!

In the event it gets really unbearable, I will go to the walk in centre - and let you know asap if I need to cancel.

Currently, I can bend it so don’t think anything is broken, but it does hurt to rotate it. I still have 4 working days until my holiday to the Lake District next week. So I really don’t want to cancel! As I am away 29th Sept - 14th Oct. ❤️‍🩹

Please note I am a bit behind on texts/ enquiries etc. If these don’t get answered before I go. Then I won’t get chance until I’m back off holiday- as I’m very much wanting to switch off for a fortnight 😇

16/09/2025

Hello everyone 👋

So I have decided to trial Equigate for my business reporting/client communication and diary organisation. I had a brief play with it last year and overall liked the user experience. Over the past year they have brought out new features, and gave a specific “podiatrist” option - which is great! On top of that I can also develop and save report templates for the other services I offer/will offer in the future.

This app will allow me to upload a library of resources for you, aid in more effective communication between you and myself, and most importantly it will enable us to monitor your horses progress and wellbeing every step of the way. It will make it easier to share information with any paraprofessionals and vets too. You will have access to all of your reports - and are able to ask questions directly within the app. It’s a bit of a splurge investment wise but I think it could really enhance my service. ⭐

You can message me directly on the app - and this would be my preferred choice for non-urgent enquiries.

To enable me to have a good trial at this, I am asking all of my clients to please download this app. If you don’t have a smart phone please let me know.

I will be sending out a text message in due course to try and get everyone onboard the app. Once you have followed the instructions below, please upload your horses on to the system and fill out any of the relevant information. 🥰

Please follow these 2 simple steps:

Step 1 - Download Equigate for FREE and create a client account
Step 2 - Come back here and click the link below 👇

Download Equigate on iOS or Android.

15/09/2025

Big thank you to Georgina for hosting a trim day for us all yesterday! As part of entry into our membership (and to make sure we are keeping our skills tip top), we have to participate in trim days with other EPs. It’s a good opportunity to talk with others, get some useful tips and tricks and make sure our quality is 👌

I pride myself in taking part in extra CPD… and with that in mind I have a few announcements to make later this month. 🥳

13/09/2025

I’ve been making sure I have pony time with my own boys over the last few weeks. Nemo has a rider coming to visit him 2-3 times per week, he’s doing really well. I’m also managing to take him in the school 1-2 times per week to do some ground work.

Apollo has his first walk over to the school on Friday. He’d never walked over to the school hire before, so just kept it simple. I’m teaching him “hind quarters towards me” as this should help for the mounting block. Eventually I want to be able to have a hand gesture cue - and phase out the flag. But he’s an intelligent little fella. Absolutely love working with him, one of my clients has kindly been popping over and doing some work with him too (she gave me this exercise idea!) 💡 what are you all getting up to this weekend? 🥰