Living Equine

23/11/2023

Hi all, I’m offering a 30% discount over December for equine massage 💆🏽‍♀️ so treat your horses to a nice little Christmas treat 🎄 and message to book in ! ❤️

18/10/2023

Last minute availability tomorrow for massages 💆🏽‍♀️ to include full assessments and recommendations based on findings 💫 give your horse the treatment they deserve at 10% for tomorrow only 🙏🏼 message to book!

19/09/2023

Finally I can announce I am a fully qualified equine practitioner!! 😁✨💆🏽‍♀️ and now opening my diary for October !

What to expect from a session 🐎….
- Thorough discussion and evaluation of horse
- Full assessment of your horse to include static and dynamic evaluations and palpations
- Therapy techniques based on findings
- Recommendations for management, training, tack and other therapy, recommending other professionals if required.

Also able to watch and assess ridden work / current training and make adjustments and recommendations to optimise the therapy session and prevent muscular dysfunction persisting. This is something I believe is really important as therapy is only as effective as the aftercare and training that follows!

So, what’s on offer-
• 1h massage therapy session
• 1h 30 therapy session to include ridden/ training assessment

Please don’t hesitate to message me or call 07793916645 to further discuss and book in!

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11/04/2023

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31/03/2023

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠…

I’ve never seen a more misunderstood animal more than 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞…

I’ve been trying to tell you that I am in pain, but you don’t seem to listen.

I show you that I’m in pain by not being willing to work but you just call me 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 or 𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐲. Instead of helping me, you just 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫.

I show you that I’m in pain by rearing when you try to ride me, but you enjoy showing people you can sit to a rear. Instead of getting off and listening, you just say “𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭!”

I show you that I’m in pain by throwing my head in the air, but you just say it’s one of 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. Instead of helping me, you just buy 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 so that I can no longer 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫.

I show you that I’m in pain by bolting, but you just get scared and decide I’m not the one for you. You sell me and I still remain as 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

It’s our responsibility as animal owners to do right by them, horses can’t speak, they communicate through their actions. So we need to listen!

9/10 times “negative behaviour” is caused my pain, the rest is learnt behaviour. Either way I always check for pain first.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, deserves the world. The amount of tolerance, loyalty, patience and trust the hurting horse has, is something I can only dream of having.

Written by - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫

Artist - Ruby Campbell

27/03/2023

Good afternoon all ☀️
I wanted to share a quick clip with you of a pony I’ve been working with. This was the first session I tried to load him after some difficulties loading previously. After focusing on groundwork patterns in the previous week, I was able to calmly encourage loading in less than five minutes!
No force, no anger just patience and understanding between the two of us.
This just goes to show how important and fundamental groundwork is and how it translates to so many other aspects!

If you want to make you and your horses life easier and less stressful please don’t hesitate to get in touch!…. Currently taking bookings for April for all things groundwork and ridden 🐴

20/03/2023

😂 !

15/03/2023

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Horses don’t understand human accomplishments. They would rather be eating grass in a safe paddock with their friends.

“Horses are made to be horses” ~ Franz Mairinger

13/03/2023

And don't forget - pain.

10/03/2023

Happy Friday everyone !
Here’s some food for thought which every equestrian needs to hear !!! It does not matter who you are, THIS is not only crucial to understand for performance purposes, but for our horses welfare 🤎

If anyone, anywhere tells you to pull the horses head down (or uses leverage and gadgets to do so) they have no knowledge of healthy horse biomechanics or of correct training.
The horse's nose must always lead, with the poll highest and the gullet open. The base of the ears mustn't be lower than the withers. The jaw must be mobile. If the horse cannot chew and swallow, the hindlegs cannot operate correctly. If the hindlegs cannot operate correctly, the horse will not be able to jump, or stay off the forehand, or stay sound.
"Don’t be obsessed with the head and neck, learn to feel what the hindquarters are doing." ~ Glenys Shandley

03/03/2023

This!!

also want to add, whilst it's so important to let your horse mature, it's just as important to appropriately condition them. There is no point leaving your horse till 4/5 years of age if you're going to have them broken in and jumping a course of jumps in 6 weeks. I almost think its worse to do this! We can still start the fundamental groundwork patterns from a really young age and teach our horses how to move their bodies whilst making it fun and enjoyable for them!

If you're looking to learn more on groundwork and how to prep your youngster properly for future work don't hesitate to be in touch!

27/02/2023

Welcome all to my new page!
I'm super excited to share with you something that I am extremely passionate about. Years of hard work and dedication has gone into Living Equine, something I believe is really important and necessary for the equestrian industry!

Please contact via the details on this post for more information or to book in.
Limited spaces at a discounted introductory price 💰🐎