Litchfield Equine Wellness

06/02/2022

19/05/2020

❤️ Go Hokies!!!

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WSET) -- A staffer at Virginia Tech is getting recognized for hiscareer serving and supporting the university community. He's also sure to receive plenty of treats and a hearty 'Good boy! ' they said. Moose, an 8-year-old therapy dog at Virginia Tech’s Cook Counseling Center,....

09/04/2020

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Every morning in Frankfurt, Germany, you might catch a glimpse of Jenny, a horse who goes on a long walk every morning, all by herself. She has been taking the same route every morning for 14 years, ever since her owner, now 79 years old, became unable to ride. She enjoys greeting all of the familiar faces along the way, and she stops and gets treats and pettings from some of her favorite humans. The locals treat her like a celebrity and happily clean up after her. A piece of paper is attached to her halter that reads, “My name is Jenny. I didn’t run away, I’m just walking. Thank you.” But the police get calls frequently from people who don’t know about the arrangement. They are very familiar with the horse and the owner, and there have been no incidents in 14 years. A local veterinarian gives her routine checkups and continues to find her to be healthy and showing no anxiety about her unique lifestyle.

28/05/2019

16/05/2019

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10/03/2019

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10/03/2019

That is a whole lot of Donkeys!!!

14/02/2019

Happy Valentine's Day!

31/01/2019

Pure enjoyment!!

08/01/2019

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08/12/2018

Benefits of chiropractic care!!

Equine chiropractic care is a rapidly emerging filed among veterinarians due to increasing demand from horse owners for alternative therapies. It is an art of healing that focuses primarily on restoring the spinal column’s normal movement and function to promote healthy neurologic activity,...

17/10/2018

The website has been hacked., we are working to get it up and operational again.
If you got an email from "Priscilla" please be assured that had nothing to do with us.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

11/09/2018

We will never forget. 🇺🇸

Never forget 🙏

A beautiful tribute to remember the fallen by ELITE team member Natasha Nagawiecki of A Pampered Pony

09/09/2018

Isn't this the truth!!

06/09/2018

13/07/2018

This video makes me smile! Have a great weekend with your four legged friends!

19/06/2018

Odin loving his acupuncture treatment!

12/06/2018

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Thank you Paula Davis Monte from Litchfield Equine Wellness for keeping all of our horses at Lady Bug Stables happy and comfortable 🐞 Fell Pony Stallion Hinter really loved his adjustment today!! Lots of licking and big yawns

01/05/2018

The 2018 Kentucky Derby Post Positions!

07/03/2018

So important to have your horse adjusted. It affects their whole body!

02/03/2018

Hey, let me ride...

11/01/2018

We Love Animalss

Beautiful mom and son

29/11/2017

Litchfield Equine Wellness

22/11/2017

TheHorse.com

Spread the word! Happy Thanksgiving to my wonderful clients!

In last week's online poll, nearly half of the 475 respondents said they have had acupuncture performed on their horses. View the full poll results and comments at TheHorse.com!

16/10/2017

Chi Institute

Pretty cool!

Meet Sawyer, an eight-year-old three-toed sloth. Sawyer’s owner brought him to Dr. Donna Hein with frequent loose stools and a gastrointestinal problem caused by long-term use of antibiotics. After an examination of Sawyer, Dr. Hein began to use acupuncture and food therapy to treat him. During his first treatment, he visibly relaxed with his eyes shut and his mouth hanging open. Sawyer’s owner even said he looked drunk from the acupuncture! He has been showing improvement after each acupuncture session and is continuing treatments for a full recovery.

08/06/2017

My kids are so excited to welcome Farnley Jumping Jack to our family for a summer lease!

10/03/2017

Cool Photos!

There are available Limited Edition Prints 💛 https://getunderlook.com/collections/prints

Once I had a crazy idea to take a photo of a horse from underneath, today I have results from my most difficult photoshoot I have ever had. It all started with a project Under-cats. After it reach a high interest I decided to make a far bigger project. I looked for different examples of what was done on the internet and after no similar results I decided that I have to do it and be the first person to shoot a standing horse form underneath. As I started to organise the photoshoot of a horse I knew that all I needed is to get 600 kg horse on a glass, dig 3 meters in to the ground, put my camera under a big glass and take a shot. Even though it was the same concept as project "Under-Cats" it took two months to organise it all. I have found horse friendly environment and even made rubber horse shoes, to save the glass from scratching.

If last time I needed help from one person, this time I had more than 40 persons crew to make this crazy project come to life, which I could not make without them.

In the end we got these fascinating photographs that have never been created before.

I wish you to get inspired and believe in your ideas, as my team believed in this project.

Horses from "Tobulas žirgas" 🐴 💛

Thanks to our sponsors:
ARCLIGHT, Cyclopes, Creative And More, Avalynės, Galanterijos Taisykla - Aliaus Dirbtuvės, FOTORENT/Fototechnikos nuoma, Image Rehab, Jojimo Prekes, ProCentras Fotolaboratorija, STORENT LIETUVA, UAB “Vitrum Domus”, UAB "Scenos Darbai", Upartas, Valgykla "Žilva".

Special thanks to:
Andrius Vaškevičius, Augustinas Žukovas, Dainora Kašėtaitė, Džiugas Jagminas, Eglė Karbauskaitė, Elzė Hoogduijn, Gediminas Ryženinas, Gustas Čiuoderis, Ingrid Žiem, Jaroslav Petrulevič, Justinas Žvigas Justy, Karolis Balcierius, Karolis Bingelis, Kristina Vildžiūnaitė, Linas Midveris, Lukas Šalna, Lukas Šniolis, Žentalis Lukas, Milda Vičiūtė, Neringa Indrišiūnaitė, Norbe Daunoravičius, Rokas Baltušnikas, Romuald Jurgelevič, Šarūnė Katinaitė, Simona Enimenas Petraitytė, Titas Kaz, Vaiva Vainoriute, Vidas Midveris, Vilius Jurgelevičius, Žilvinas Žilinskas
.. and everybody who took a part in this project! Without you, it would have been impossible to make this project come to life.

More projects: http://www.underlook.org/
Backstage video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDUZnuGYKoA
Bored Panda: http://www.boredpanda.com/under-horse-i-photograph-horses-from-underneath/

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01/02/2017

Gwennaël Cadet

Great video on the movement of the hoof!

LES BARRES NE SONT PAS LE SEUL POINT COMMUN ENTRE UN PERCHISTE ET LE SABOT D'UN CHEVAL

Récemment, en me baladant sur un groupe fb pieds-nus, je suis tombé sur une discussion où il était question de la possibilité de flexion de la paroi dorsale lors de la mise en charge.

Ce phénomène connu depuis longtemps est d'une importance capitale car il permet de comprendre une partie méconnue du système d'amortissement/propulsion du pied du cheval.

Beaucoup de personnes connaissent ou du moins devinent le fonctionnement globale de l'arrière-pied (partie caudale) du cheval, mais peu de monde parlent de ce qui se passe au niveau l'avant-pied (partie frontale).

On désigne par flambage la courbure que peut prendre une barre rectiligne si elle est soumises de part et d'autre à des forces antagonistes suffisantes (enfin il me semble).

Lors de la pleine charge c'est exactement ce qui se passe pour la paroi dorsale du sabot, mais les raisons mécaniques sont un peu plus complexe et explicite pas mal de chose observées en anatomie.

En dehors des forces exercés sur la couronne et le bord le plus distal de la paroi, c'est surtout l'attachement de la troisième phalange à la paroi (par son engrènement podophylle/keraphylle) qui tire celle-ci vers le bas lors de la descente du boulet et du paturon.

On comprend mieux désormais la raison anatomique de la forme et du modèle utilisé par la nature pour construire le stratum lamellatum.

Revenons en à notre perchiste :) On peut donc voir plus simplement la paroi et P3 comme un arc recurve ou une perche, le couple emmagasine l'énergie lors de la charge et la renvoi lors de la propulsion de façon automatique.

La nature tend vers l'économie d'énergie, elle n'a donc aucune raison de créer des systèmes d'amortissements efficaces sans créer en contrepartie des systèmes de propulsion passifs, il suffit de lever les yeux du pied, pour voir ce qui se passe sur les membres :)

Video Credit : Equine Foot Studies by Dr. C.C. POLLITT https://vimeo.com/166900084

Pour en savoir plus sur la paroi : UPDATE ON THE ANATOMY OF THE INNER HOOF WALL
Dr Chris Pollitt. BVSc, PhD.http://www.equipodiatry.com/update.pdf

25/12/2016

Merry Christmas from my family to yours!