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Abbotts View Livery: Barefoot and Back to Nature Abbotts View Livery is a Track System or Paddock Paradise boarding facility also offering consultancy Based in Aston Abbotts Buckinghamshire, UK.
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Please see our website, or contact me for more information. www.abbottsviewlivery.co.uk

One happy, sleepy Mr Bloo.Bloo has been here January 2018 and truly is part of the furniture 💙
25/11/2024

One happy, sleepy Mr Bloo.

Bloo has been here January 2018 and truly is part of the furniture 💙

Our discount code ends when November ends! Only 5 days left! 🕔📖Use code TWOYEARS for 25% off a signed copy! (Please emai...
25/11/2024

Our discount code ends when November ends! Only 5 days left! 🕔

📖Use code TWOYEARS for 25% off a signed copy!

(Please email me if you'd like a specific message written inside)

Give the gift of knowledge this Christmas 🎄 Helping horses to live a better and healthier life 🐴

🇬🇧UK only!

https://www.barefootandbacktonature.com/online-shop/uk-orders-horse-track-systems-a-how-to-guide-to-a-healthier-horse-in-body-and-mind

🌍For worldwide orders please purchase through Amazon

Horse Track Systems: A 'How To' Guide to a Healthier Horse in Body and Mind https://amzn.eu/d/1pgf7b5

📢We have one VERY RARE space available for ONE human with ONE mare (two considered if ponies).📢I am about to go through ...
24/11/2024

📢We have one VERY RARE space available for ONE human with ONE mare (two considered if ponies).📢

I am about to go through my waiting list (although I seem to have alot of geldings on there!) but it's not a first come first served basis and it depends on which horse(s) and human(s) are the best fit, so definitely worth registering interest 😊

If you would like to apply for the space please email me at [email protected] with some information about you and your horse.

Our livery packages available:
🐴 Part Livery (7 day) £535pcm
🐴 Full Track Livery (7 day) £595pcm
🐴 Retirement Livery £545pcm
🐴 Initial rehab livery moving into one of the above packages £POA

All packages include:
🌿Ad lib hay in slow feeders
🌿Aubiose horse bedding
🌿Daily filling of hay stations
🌿All poo clearing and mucking out (Daily)
🌿24/7 Turnout 365 days a year on our track system
🌿Full basic care of your horse, you just do the fun bit!
🌿At least 2x daily checks
🌿Space is secure tack container, space in the grooming kit shed and seperate storage for rugs and feed.
🌿 Full use of all riding facilities (expect retirement livery)

Included in all packages other than part livery:
🌿 All f***l egg counts
🌿 Feeding am and pm
🌿 Unlimited rug changes
🌿 Feet picking
🌿 Holding for the vet/trimmer
🌿 Basic medical treatments
🌿 Separate loose hay or grass time if needed
🌿 As many updates and photos of your horse as you like!

Facilities for your horse include:
🐎 Part surfaced track system with minimal grass (suitable for EMS and Laminitic prone horses)
🐎 Large barn with bedding area for free access as the horses please
🐎 Track fully fenced with supreme horse safety fencing
🐎 Free access to water buffets and salt licks
🐎 Log features, Sand pit, scratch posts
🐎 Purpose built hay feeders and hay stations
🐎 All feeders mud matted for year round use
🐎Two smaller herds of split sexes for easier management
🐎 Two surfaced grass free pens with bedded up shelters for box rest, dentist/farrier visits, grooming or getting older/younger/ tlc needing horses off the tracks for a few hours

Facilities for the owner include
🏇BRAND NEW 20M X 40M ALL WEATHER RIDING ARENA 🎉
🏇All weather 22m diameter round pen
🏇Fenced and mown on site fenced hacking track
🏇Use of neighboring 10 acre meadow for hacking
🏇 Play field with podium and access to various obstacles
🏇Off-site hacking directly from the farm gates
🏇Rubber matted safety ring tie ups and wash area
🏇Brand new feed room, rug store and chill out zone complete with sofas and view of the horses.
🏇Yearly agility competition/play day for liveries only
For more information on what each package includes or plenty more pictures of our facilities please visit www.abbottsviewlivery.co.uk

We are based in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire and live onsite.

If you would like to apply for the space please email me at [email protected]

Oldie but a Goldie
24/11/2024

Oldie but a Goldie

Sharing's caring
24/11/2024

Sharing's caring

Update on my boy 🤎🧡🤍
23/11/2024

Update on my boy 🤎🧡🤍

Sorry to keep you all in suspense for an extra day... We extended our holiday an extra night and I was too busy reading ...
23/11/2024

Sorry to keep you all in suspense for an extra day... We extended our holiday an extra night and I was too busy reading my book in front of a fire to do a post 😁

My exciting announcement is....🎉🎉🎉🎉

Next year I will be releasing a new book 📖

Before you get too excited, its NOT another track book! (Although I already have notes for that so there will be at some point!)

It's a rhyming children's book about my wonderful Buckthorn the rescue pony, the true story of how he came into my life and the beginning of our journey together.

Some of you who have followed me for years will know him well, but for any new followers check out my old page Buckthorn The Rescue Pony. I've not updated it for a while but I may start updating it again when the book is released (if I have time to do that as well as this!)

This one I actually wrote before the track book, but it's taken me a good few years to try and finish the illustrations (and I still have a good few more to do) as they're the sort of thing you have to be in the right mood to do or they'll be rubbish!

All of the illustrations are based off of photographs I have taken of Buck, to capture his likeness and keep the story true, using photographs to illustrate real moments in our story. Here's a sneak peak of one of the drawings, based off of his actual photograph that was on his adoption advert.

It'll hopefully be enjoyed by adults too, my mum can't read it without getting emotional 😅

Buckthorn is my heart horse, the reason for AVL and the horsewoman I am today. I owe him so much and I hope to use some of the proceedings to donate to the equine section of the RSPCA, who saved his life.

Watch this space, and I can't wait to share it with you all 🧡

22/11/2024

Don't forget our discount code when ordering 😁 AVL5

21/11/2024

I have an exciting announcement in store... All will be revealed tomorrow...!! 🎉🎉🎉🐴🐴🐴

Any guesses? 🕵️🕵️🕵️

I'm currently on a short break in the beautiful Lake District.Any book orders, emails and messages from last Friday 15th...
20/11/2024

I'm currently on a short break in the beautiful Lake District.

Any book orders, emails and messages from last Friday 15th pm up will be sent/replied to when I return to AVL from Monday 2nd.

Thank you 😁🏞️

20/11/2024

Love these memories popping up everyday ❤️

20/11/2024
No "duvet days" in stables here for our horses. Free choice to be inside or out as they please, 365 days a year, whateve...
19/11/2024

No "duvet days" in stables here for our horses.

Free choice to be inside or out as they please, 365 days a year, whatever the weather.

Anyone clipped, underweight, old or prone to feeling the cold has an appropriate rug. The rest have their full winter coats to keep them toasty, as nature intended ❄️🐴

Pictures from my fabulous Head Groom, Flynn.

FAQs for the Jelka Group mats.Use code AVL5 for 5% off when ordering 😁
19/11/2024

FAQs for the Jelka Group mats.

Use code AVL5 for 5% off when ordering 😁

FAQ'S for the Jelka Group HIT Top Clean Mats!

Q. Can you lay them straight on mud?

A. Yes! It's actually better if the ground is a bit squishy as you can jump on them and get them to grip into the mud. Then when it dries they won't budge!

Q. Do I need to prepare the ground?

A. From their website:
" Remove a layer of the existing surface leaving a 1 to 2% slope for surface drainage.

Break up approx 2cm deep of the levelled ground using a strong rake.

Lay the mats with a 1-2cm gap in a masonry configuration (the mats should easily imprint into the loose surface). Do Not install over deep ruts."

We however have just put them straight down and squished them flat! I also laid some in the summer when it was dry, and the ones I laid when it was a bit wetter have sat much flatter and better.

Q. Do you need to fill them with sand?

A. No, but it's recommended. It gives them a clean smooth finish that you can sweep and poo pick easily. We have some without sand around our feeders but these ones for the walkway we have filled with sand as I know they'll poo on them!

Q. Do they have holes in for drianage?

A. No, the grid system drains the water away. I much prefer this style as it has a smooth surface finish and the mud and grass does not come up through them.

Q. Why didn't you just surface that area of the track?

A. Well this area is the wettest it's ever been in 7 years and I wanted a quick fix. I figured, why spend all that money and effort on surfacing the whole area when the rest of the year it's dry and fantastic? I can also lift and re-use these if I ever decide to surface it and I'll use the mats elsewhere.

Q. Are the durable?

A. VERY! They are rigid and firm but with just enough give that you can squish them down flat.

Q. Do they connect together?

A. Nope. They butt up next to each other and once laid properly they don't move so no need to do so.

Q. Are you sponsored by them?

A. Nope! We've just tried other mud mats and these are our favourites 👌I like sharing my favourite products that I've tried and tested for other people to benefit from.

Q. Are they slippy?

A. Not at all. Super grippy and out horses trot and canter on them!

If you have any more questions let me know and I'll add them and their answers in!

Step by step installation pics coming soon!

Head groom Flynn having a snooze with her horse Cracker, and Mr Bloo yesterday afternoon 🧡
17/11/2024

Head groom Flynn having a snooze with her horse Cracker, and Mr Bloo yesterday afternoon 🧡

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Q. Can you lay the Jelka mats straight into mud? A. Yep!! One year since we laid our first Jelka Group pathway and it's still holding strong!! Don't forget our discount code AVL5 when ordering. Original post from when I initially shared this video last year (this is a repost as a reel): For those in the comments asking if we laid the Jelka mats straight onto mud... Yep!! It actually helps as you can stamp and squish them down flat, then once it dries it holds the mat in place 👌 Maybe a little bit drier than this would have been better but I rely on help from my husband who works full time in the week, so today it was, despite heavy rain all last night!

Head groom Flynn enjoying her lunch break with her horse Cracker in the sandpit ❤️

Just because your pony has EMS or is lami prone DOES NOT mean they have to live a life of restriction and isolation. Little Maisie here was turned out to grass for her retirement but unfortunately developed EMS. To keep it at bay, she has spent the last few months in a pen to keep her safe and lower her insulin levels at her previous yard. She had just completed our two week quarantine and has joined a section of our track system in preparation for her joining our main herd hopefully next week. She'll now live out her days within a herd, with ad lib forage and freedom to do as she pleases 24/7, all year round. EMS and laminitis aren't a prison sentence. Get them on a track system. Horse Track Systems: A 'How To' Guide to a Healthier Horse in Body and Mind https://amzn.eu/d/aPXRh3T

For those that asked how we put the round bales out! This is how we do it 😁👌

One piece of kit I couldn't be without! 😍 🌬️

No wonder he was getting so hot!! Love my Lister Clipping liberty clippers 😍 @listerclipping

THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. Half an hour of entertainment for the complete and utter stress and potential injury to our horses, livestock, pets and veterans? How is this still legal? As much as I am so grateful my local village have a display so we know when it's going to be (and stick to the timings) and discourage the rest of the village to have private displays at home, it still just isn't good enough. Fireworks need to be silent. The distress they cause just isn't worth it. There is no amount of preparation we can do as horse owners to prepare them for the sheer noise and shock of fireworks. Playing firework sounds or making loud bangs in the run up in the attempt to desensitise them just doesn't cut it and it's possible. Please make this stop. Please don't support it. In this video my head groom had to stay with my young horse during this display to prevent him from hurting himself through panic. He is only three. He is currently separate from the herd on strict rest due to an suspected injury and running around as he would have done if in with the herd could be extremely detrimental to his recovery. The rest of the herd clubbed together for safety and moved around to control their stress. They had other humans on watch as a calming influence and just in case they needed to step in at any point. (I am 6 hrs away doing consultations in Cornwall and WOULD NOT have booked this weekend if I had known in advance that fireworks night would be this Saturday and not next). Before anyone says anything our horses are VERY USED TO HEAD TORCHES as we use them every night throughout winter. They aren't remotely bothered by them. Fireworks are the cause of this panic and stress.

Here at AVL we believe it's extremely important to make sure your horses daily vitamins and minerals are met, without the feed containing high sugar and starch or any fillers/ binding agents, molasses and/or other nasties. We started feeding Forageplus 7 years ago after alot of research into the right balancer, and the struggles of finding something that wasn't full of rubbish! Only 100g is needed for a 500kg horse. Their balancers are formulated based on data gathered from the main vitamins and minerals that are deficient in forage in the UK (with other countries now being introduced). The winter balancer, is based on any dry forage in the UK, such a hay or haylage. You can also have a custom made balancer depending on the results from your forage analysis to meet what's missing. Horses cannot get enough vitamins and minerals from forage alone. So just a 100g scoop, dampened down in some chaff with added micronised linseed and salt is the base of all our feeds. We can then add supplements or conditioning feeds to tailor to the individual. Remember that although your horse may seem 'fine' nutritional deficiencies only shown after some time. Think of children raised on an insufficient diet, and how as an adult this affects their life in many ways from poor bone density, poor skin, hair and nails, poor immunity and early onset medical conditions. The same goes for our horses! If you want to try, don't forget to use our discount code ABBOTTSVIEW10 to get 10% off. After 5 years of using their products we became affiliated with FP. Rest assured we only recommend products we actually use and think are worth it. Forageplus https://forageplus.co.uk/n/25/

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Snoozing on a Sunday day listening to the bird song... Beautiful ❤️🐦

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Abbotts View Livery is a combined track and equi-central system hybrid that allows your horse to live out in a herd 24/7 all year round, with free choice and careful management of grass intake. We offer part, full and retirement livery packages.

The 'traditional' way of keeping horses (shod, stabled and turned out onto lush grass) that has been performed for many years needs addressing. For some horses, this system ‘works’, but for most, this has big and negative impacts on their health and well-being (think obesity, boredom, weaving, wind sucking, pacing, door kicking, and other stress related behaviours). We need a way of keeping horses that provides more turn-out, decreased behavioural problems, more movement and better management of the high sugar and starch grasses of England that are detrimental to the health of the majority of todays horses (think EMS, Laminitis, obesity, cushings). Being able to keep horses living out 24/7, year round, whilst still managing grass intake and your horses mental and physical well-being is a huge task, wether your horse is retired or in full ridden work. A track system is a new and exciting way of keeping horses that provides all of these things, and I believe, is the key to having mentally and physically healthier horses.

So after a lots of research, budgeting, planning and dreaming my vision of running a yard came to fruition! I feel so excited to be able to create a livery environment that I dreamed about for me and my horses, and I'd love to share it with you and your equine partner. My mission is to create a livery yard for like-minded people where their horses are free to express their natural behaviours and is a place of retreat, where people challenge themselves to build on their relationships with their horses and offer encouragement, guidance and support to one another

Please see our website, or contact Amy for more information www.abbottsviewlivery.co.uk