Revive Equine LLC

08/15/2024

Don’t forget to enter for The BLITZ !!

Our 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐋𝐋𝐂 derby side-pot will have a total of $𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎 added this year. This is open to horses that are 5-8 years of age.

To enter the derby side-pot you need to mark the box on the OPEN entry form. Please send a copy of the front of your horse's registration papers with your derby entry.

Here is the link to the entry form:
https://liproductions.us/The%20Blitz/Blitz%20Open%20Pre-entry%20Fillable%20(3).pdf

08/10/2024

08/07/2024

Rᴇᴠɪᴠᴇ Eϙᴜɪɴᴇ ᴍᴇʀᴄʜ!!

As we patiently wait for baby #2 to arrive, I figured we can show off some of our new RE clothing!! Stay tuned, and I’ll post what’s available in the comments below with sizes and prices!!

If you see something that you want but I don’t have your size, PM me and I can make a list to order exactly what you want!!

ι нανє тнє вєѕт мσ∂єℓѕ 😍

07/30/2024

The BLITZ is coming up!! One of our favorite races!!

07/22/2024

So fun to swim Lil Joe and then watch him and Zoey go get a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE! This team is on fire! Congratulations Zoey/ Lil Joe!!

07/22/2024

The horses sure loved DEEP water this morning! Going to be a hot week, stay cool everyone and get in some water this week!! 💪🏻

07/18/2024

Thank you Heim family for the BEAUTIFUL pipe pen to keep our horses safe as they run around, roll around and stretch out in some thick sand during their stay here!

We highly recommend the Heim family to do your next fencing project! They will be building our pens outside as well! Stay tuned!! 🤩

Charlotte Heim
Heim Cattle Company

Hay Chix we still LOVE our hay nets! Best way to feed hands down! You guys are amazing, thank you for all you do for us!!

07/16/2024

The horses LOVE coming into the barn for a cool bath and cool swim!! 👊🏻

07/10/2024

✨ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻 sᴄʜᴇᴅᴜʟᴇ ✨
The schedule is booking up, let me know if you are wanting to get your horse back in this winter/spring or maybe you’ve never booked with us before..

❕ Message me the month you’re thinking and I’ll give you date options of what I have open! 701-799-1681

✔️We offer the HorseGym Water Treadmill which gives us options of walking flat dry, in water at whatver height we want (up to 44inches), and we can also incline as well- which is a tough workout!
✔️24/7 surveillance camera
✔️The best of the best, stall mattresses in our 10x12 stalls (not your normal stall mats)
✔️Large area full of beach sand for horses to run around, stretch out, roll!

Thank you to Whitney Entzel for the beautiful custom designed calendar she made me!!! She is helping me stay organized as I prepare for the busy season coming ahead!

07/07/2024

The goal was to see 100 horses, but because God is so gracious and provides everything we need, we saw 158 horses in our first year at RE!!

Thank you to my amazing clients!!!! 👏🏻
Year 2, let’s go!!

“Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬ ‭TPT‬‬

07/05/2024

07/02/2024

(Found a ride)
Looking for a ride for a sweet gelding from Almont ND to northern Oklahoma❕

06/22/2024

Bunch of goodies!! We love AgCentral Solutions

SUMMER RODEO RUN GIVEAWAY!

How to Enter:
-LIKE this post
-FOLLOW US!
-TAG your Friends! (each tag is an additional entry!)

Winner will be announced on this page 7/1/2024

‼️🤠 PLEASE SHARE 🤠‼️

WHATS INCLUDED:
-Ag Central Solutions Cap
-Ag Central Solutions coffee mug
-2 Purina Koozies
-Gift certificate for 15% OFF for any pair of BEX sunglasses
-Bronco Horse Fly Spray
- Soft Horse Brush
- 2 servings of RepleniMash
-Purina Outlast Horse Treats
-Purina Outlast Gastric Support Supplement
-8QT Red Bucket
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06/18/2024

So proud of our NORTH DAKOTA cowgirls and cowboys!!! We wish the best for you all at ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟs!! Our barn is cheering you all on! 👊🏻

06/09/2024

701-799-1681 let me know if we can help you out! Limited pens available!!

06/07/2024

Good read!!

💁‍♀️ Let's Talk... Do Hot Walkers/Free Flow Walkers Help or Hurt Performance?

This topic came up this morning and it made me realize I don't talk about our free flow walker very often in conversation or our protocol for use at Superior Therapy LLC. If I'm being honest, it's my least used piece of equipment in my rehab (because we treat so many injuries and post-surgeries), but I also wouldn't want to be without it. Walkers are a double edged sword... They can create as many problems as they can conveniences. So let's discuss...

There are 2 types of walkers:
Hot Walkers - where the horses are tied to the arms Free Flow Walkers - where the horses move freely between hanging gates

For a walker to be considered appropriate for therapy use, it must be at least a 60 ft circle. Anything smaller puts added strain of soft tissue according the the vets I talked to when doing my original research. So for information on this post assume I'm talking about this size or bigger.

Walkers have been used on racetracks forever and are commonly seen at most training barns. There's a nice convenience to being able to put a free c**t out there and let them get out their energy before you swing into the saddle.... It sure beats taking chances with a cold backed one. They also provide a warm up and cool down period for horses before and after work. The industry has changed....

20 years ago a c**t breaker or trainer took 5 head of outside horses, rode pastures during the day, worked in the arena, and then hauled to jackpots during the weekend for exposure. The breaking process was allowed to be much slower. Now owners have paid a fortune on the horse, incentives, futurities... and they want that c**t ready to compete.... Tomorrow. Trainers have to take more horses to make a living, so you have to find some shortcuts somewhere to get through 10 or 15 head a day.
Look at the average horse owner. They work a 9 to 5 job, probably have a family, and life is always crazy-busy. I can remember barrel futurities in the 90s... It was a big deal to see someone running 3 or 4 horses. Only the elite trainers hauled that many. Today it's typical to see the average owner unload 3 off the trailer at a jackpot. They're still working that full time job, so again I'll say... You have to find a shortcut somewhere to get everything done in a day.

This is where the issues start to happen... It's not the equipment that's the problem. It's the choices we make while using it.

First, let's talk about how a horse moves in a circle. The hind end muscles and core engage which lets the back round and stay relaxed. At a walk the spine is the most mobilized and has the most movement. Walking can help correct tension, muscle weakness, postural issues, and alignment issues. It gives the horse time to extend the head and neck down and out which stretches the spine and soft tissue (the green ligaments in the picture). Working up to a short trot requires more core strength and also helps mobilize the hips and SI region.
Power for the turn comes from the outside hind and moves throughout the horse. The front leg can only extend as far as the hind leg can reach up under the body. This is true collection and allows a horse to maintain the correct leads at lope.
To encourage better posture, we added ground poles in our walker. It also breaks the habit of them dragging their back toes and causing weak SIs.

If you have a Tie-In walker, the horse doesn't have the option to lower their head and stretch the spine.

Repetitive motion leads to increased inflammation and added fatigue. Fatigued/tense muscles are not getting enough oxygen, so they start to lose their strength. Since the horse can't tell you they are tired... Especially if you "set it and forget it" and aren't out there watching your horse work... 😑... The body will create compensation patterns to continue working.

➡️ I encourage you to pull in your belly, engage your core, squeeze your glutes (not your psoas or hip flexors, cheater), and speed walk around for ten minutes without stopping or slowing down. Keep the exact same pace. Try it, for real... I bet you couldn't do it could you? Did you get short of breathe when your body started to compensate? Most of us can't hold our posture long enough to take a picture with our beasties, let alone hold up that intensity for continuous exercise. Most athletes can't hold correct engagement that long, so why do you expect your horse to? This is why one constant speed doesn't work unless it's a walk or light trot where they have a chance to relax a minute, disengage or take a deep breath.

When a horse can't "escape" a task that's too hard, they compensate to keep doing what you ask. The head comes up, which hollows out the back. That slack created in the spine allows the vertebrae to dip which puts the tops (spinous processes) in a position to hit or "kiss," which over time causes damage to the vertebrae. Back soreness is usually accompanied by tight hamstrings, sacral alignment issues and will lead to hock and stifle pain. These issues lead to the horse wanting to brace and travel extremely stiff in the rib cage. Each rib is attached to its partner vertebrae, so if you have restriction in one you will have restriction in the other. The hip, shoulder, and jaw work as a team, so when there's limited mobility in one.... You guessed it.

➡️➡️➡️ So now what started as simple fatigued muscle has created compensation patterns that will cause your horse to be stiff, high headed, pulling on the bridle and not wanting to use their hind end. You just created a barrel hitter and you'll be on Facebook later asking for drills and what bit to use to stop this... 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️
And the answer isn't to bit up your horse either... False collection and getting behind the bridle causes the same situation and will usually result in them starting the elevate the front end.

The original walkers didn't have a ton of speed or power. Today you can literally have a horse almost at a run on one. It's not like loping circles where you can put pressure on and urge that horse to move up into your bridle and then back off when you feel them strain or get fatigued. That motor applies the same intensity continuously and if you walk off from it, you have no idea how fatigued your horse is getting or how quickly. Your horse is at the mercy of hoping you don't get distracted or just trying to survive the programed settings on some units. The cardio aspect is great, but muscle tension will also lead to shortened, shallow breathing. You have to build stabilizing muscle first before you are concerned with cardio. If fatigued muscles are burning through oxygen faster than the body can provide it, you're fighting a losing battle anyway.

I have talked to MULTIPLE vets that have said barns that trot and lope a bunch on free flows have more soft tissue injuries on average. I believe it's a combination of muscle tension and change in hoof wear patterns.

➡️ Footing also makes a HUGE difference.... I'm totally ending this novel on this topic, I promise.... Working in sand increases the difficulty of exercise by 50%. So your horse will fatigue 50% faster. I'm all for using different terrains, but they have to condition up to that workload. Our walker is set up with sand on 1/4 of the circle and rest regular ground so they have a slight pull but immediately have a release from it.

Sand and rehabbing injuries doesn't work very well. I don't put any of the active rehabs on our walker and even our fitness horses don't go more than a short trot. My goal is to correct compensation patterns and as much as I love my job as a bodyworker... I'm not trying to make more work for myself and my staff by creating more muscle tension. 🤦‍♀️
I do love letting them walk and stretch on there and have the chance to feel how their body frees up with correct exercise. I also like using the ProSix balance system during a workout to encourage correct movement.

💁‍♀️ Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.... Conclusion: There is no BAD equipment... But lack of knowledge, improper use and taking shortcuts will cost you a lot of vet bills in the long run.

Image credit goes to Dr. Nancy Nicholson

05/29/2024

We are so grateful for you Hay Chix !!!!
This is the only way we feed our horses here at Revive Equine!! No waste! Slow eating! Keeps them busy all day! Our client horses have hay nets in front of them at all times, keeping them comfortable and calm! Less stress on horses, less stress on the owners!

Denim likes to “𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬” around here!

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05/26/2024

Big congratulations to Trey Bohmbach !!! We couldn’t be happier for you!!

05/20/2024

Monday blessings 🩷

05/15/2024

ѕwιм//мαѕѕαɢe….
What more can you ask for! 🤩