Spring Into Action Equine

16/03/2023

There’s so many of you know, the horse in the photo below was in is my absolute everything. She took me through the hardest part of my life, and gave me more than I could ever ask for or repay her for. Known in the show ring as “Always Carry Cash “around the barn and everyone else who knew her a Spring, would have been 29 this March 25, and although she was not a rescue nor was she a part of the West Virginia Horse Network, she is the reason I have formed such a deep alliance with them . Horses like her who have confirmation issues, some behavioral quirks and are just overall special are the ones end up in trouble, they end up in wrong hands and end up meeting a horrifying fate. It’s the hardest day of the year for me, I miss her every day. She is the name sake of my small business and the reason I got into Magnawave PEMF, all of the body work that I do and everything I’ve educated myself on. It was all for her. She’s also the reason behind the name sake of my farm. She taught me that all of the cases out there that seems so hopeless sometimes aren’t as hopeless at all and it’s amazing what can be done and you can accomplish with a little effort, love and positivity. Sometimes science isn’t always factual and you can defy the laws of logic with grit, determination and faith. Although all the information and details cannot be disclosed I can tell you this, this rescue I love so much has been dealt a very unfair hand lately and suffered a severe blow to them financially of upwards of $4000. But they remain classy through it and dignified and that’s what I love so much about them. They carry on with their positive attitude regardless. This is the rescue that brought us O’Dell, Bow, Pepper, Gwinn, Neptune, Jolie, Coco and also assisted with the rescue of Henry, Gabriel and Max. 

March 25th this year, Spring’s birthday, falls on the day of the horse network benefit spaghetti dinner. I try to attend every year if I can. In honor of Spring and her legacy and everything she taught me and everyone around her, I would love to be able to present to them on that day a donation of hard, physical items that are needed which I will list below. If you’re interested in donating, donations can be dropped off at Ohana Run Farm. I will also include a list of things that financially need covered, if you prefer to give a monetary donation please contact me and let me know what you would like to cover from the list and I will be presenting the check to them the night of the benefit dinner, which everyone is invited to. If you feel led to give a donation of any kind whether it be a physical item or monetary, please shoot me a message via Facebook or my cell phone at 304-638-0516.

*A bag of Purina senior feed for one of the MANY toothless ponies or senior horses (can be picked up at Tractor Supply, Rural King or the Farm House of Milton)
*A bag of shavings
*Gas cards -- to help with hauling expenses!
*TSC gift cards
*Easyboot Cloud Boots for Coco

*A bale of hay for a rescue horse $6
*A load of sawdust $150
*A hoof trim for a rescue horse or pony $40 (we have 25 right now)
*A bale of hay for a rescue horse $6
*A load of sawdust $150
*Meds for Noelle $85
*Meds for Clover $85
*Meds for Fiona $85
*Board for Ireland $250
*Board for Dorito $250
*Board for Malibu $250
*Board for Jimmy $250
*Board for Keeva $250
*Board for Iris $300
*Board for Lillian $200
*Board for Noelle $200
*Board for Levi $200
*Board for Fiona $200

07/03/2023

Get your entries in ASAP to ensure you receive a spot. This is a FANTASTIC opportunity to take practice run before show season takes off and for anyone who has never tried dressage but wants to. English, Western and Gaited tests available. This was originally planned for April 15th but a conflict with Equine Affair caused a shift. This is open to ANYONE and EVERYONE of all skill levels.

We will need volunteers for:
*Figuring/running scores
*Scribe
*Runner/Steward

Betty Ortlieb, our judge will be conducting a clinic Friday and Saturday prior, dressage, jumping or western/gaited lessons are available. $100 per private lesson.

Very Limited stabling available on grounds

Spectators/Auditors welcome free of charge

We hope you’ll join us for a weekend of fun friends and horses! This is a no judgment zone and we want everyone to try something new

23/02/2023

Ohana Run Farm is excited to be expanding our lesson program by taking on new students.... all ages, kids and adults welcome, there’s something for everyone!

We also welcome those with physical or mental disabilities or challenges and will do our best to accommodate, we feel EVERYONE should be able to enjoy horses😊

Have your own horse? No problem, haul your own horse in or use a provided school horse!

Located conveniently 10 minutes from the Huntington Mall, outdoor and indoor arena for inclement weather, heated/AC tack room and bathroom, family friendly, safe environment with an instructor with 23 years experience and many fun opportunities for kids to make friends! Shoot us a message today with any questions or to enroll! We’d love to have you!

19/02/2023

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15/02/2023

Caleb Miller Farrier Service will be with us tomorrow, February 16th for haul in services at Ohana Run Farm. If you are in need of a farrier please reach out and we will get you on the schedule. Not only is he talented but very kind and patient with the animals 👌

09/01/2023

I know all of you horse people have experienced this frustration at some point... I’m about to give you a hack to fix turnout time issues and change the dynamics of getting yanked and pulled on! Again, no gadgets were used in this😀

09/01/2023

“Thoroughbreds aren’t meant to carry themselves like that”.... oh yea? Watch as I work this guy through some simple exercises WITHOUT gadgets to get the stretch and use of his back I want which brings RELAXATION. Note prior to this video we learned change directions on the circle and yielding of the hind end. *volume up for narration*

13/12/2022

Spring Into Action Equine and Ohana Run Farm would like to extend our deepest condolences to Tyler Mountain Stables / Riding Academy in the unexpected sudden passing of The Georgia General.... he touched the lives of so many kids and families and it was a privilege to have him as a client. We send up our prayers to his family and barn staff in this time of grief ❤️

21/11/2022

Our beautiful AQHA Stallion Benitto San Peppy.....the direct bloodline of our business namesake Always Carry Cash “Spring”

14/10/2022

💥EVENT THIS WEEKEND 💥

This Sunday I’ll be a presenting clinician at the Boyd County Fairgrounds and their Equine Fun Day where they’ll have clinicians, open arena, a fun show and cowboy church! I’ll be presenting “Equine physical therapy and rehab on the lunge and under saddle”, focusing on hind end weakness in performance horses and neurological rehab. (Feel free to reach out if you have a horse you’d like to participate with during the clinic)All day during the event I’ll also be offering all of my services(Magnawave PEMF, Bodywork, Flexineb, Acupressure, Etc.) During this event I’ll be donating $10 from every equine appointment to the West Virginia Horse Network, the same as at their event the following weekend.

Also prebook your appointment by tomorrow at noon and receive a free Magnawave session for yourself! So shoot us a pm with any questions or to book yours, your horse will thank you!🧲

09/10/2022

Today is the last day to donate towards the surgery to repair the broken leg Elvis sustained last week! Kevin Toney is the owner and artist behind Silver Run Ranch Alpacas and a retired war veteran who needs a little help (although he would never ask) to save his friend. He’s tragically lost multiple of his herd this year to different, unexpected injuries or illnesses. If you feel led to do so, consider a small donation, we are about $900 from our goal. Kevin can be seen setting up his works of art at events all over the Tri state, if you’d like to help another way, visit the Silver Run Ranch Alpaca online store to purchase one of his works of art🙂

Please join me in raising emergency funds for Kevin Toney, an retired war … Marlo Matheny needs your support for Silver Run Ranch Emergency Surgery for Elvis

07/10/2022

07/10/2022

Please join me in raising emergency funds for Kevin Toney, a retired war veteran and owner of Silver Run Ranch Alpacas..... Kevin makes beautiful works of art through his alpaca wool and his loom. This year unfortunately Kevin has tragically lost multiple of his herd, and now Elvis has sustained a massive hind leg fracture that will require surgery to repair. However this will be a pricey repair and although he would never ask for help, I know he needs it now more than ever to save his friend❤️ Please join me in supporting Kevin and Elvis and let’s lift them up and take the burden of finances off of him so he can focus on getting Elvis well.

Please join me in raising emergency funds for Kevin Toney, an retired war … Marlo Matheny needs your support for Silver Run Ranch Emergency Surgery for Elvis

07/10/2022

This is how small AND large businesses should be.... in the fall of 2019 McDonald’s released its McHappy Day in which all proceeds of every Big Mac would go to the Ronald McDonald House Charity to help children with cancer. When Burger King caught wind of this, they announced that for that one day, in an effort to show support to their competitors cause, they would not be selling Whoppers, and on McHappy Day the Burger King himself was seen purchasing a Big Mac. That day zero Whoppers were sold and 70,000+ more Big Macs were purchased. It was called “a truce in the eternal war on burgers”..... this image spoke volumes to me enough that I saved it....I want to be Burger King....
This is showing CLASS at its finest

I’ve been super disheartened to find out a young man who’s trying to start his own Magnawave PEMF business had literally been bullied not only by his competitors, but by his competitors clients into closing and selling his machine. As a business owner myself I would be LIVID if I found out a client of mine had been treating another practitioner this way, especially under my name. He and I have since talked and I’m glad to say he’s staying open and pursuing his dreams and goals.

So go over and give Bennetts equine therapy a like and shoot Scott Bennett a message for your PEMF needs. We all start somewhere 🙂

05/10/2022

It has been a week of working on seniors, which hold a very special place in my heart.... they just melt into the Magnawave. But first and foremost you want to say kudos and a job well done to all of these horse owners, who despite them having special care needs, have kept them looking phenomenal.... all of these horses pictured are 28+ years in age
Tyler Mountain Stables / Riding Academy
Dawn Star Stables

03/10/2022

LEARNED HELPLESSNESS

Boy this is a term we all hear and know especially as way over used in the horse training world. Call me a trainer or not, I've been looking for a way to describe this for MONTHS. Despite what it is insinuated to mean such as creating scenarios like hobbling or laying down a horse, or doing something by force, this in fact isn't the definition of that at all. But what actually is it? It's been easier to explain the product of it, which is horses that were once well trained competition horses becoming explosive at being asked the most simple, easy task. Example being the once 3' jumper now being unable to trot over a basic pole or walk in the in gate of a jumping ring without a total meltodown. I even had a scenario last night in which I could've created a situation to induce a "helpless" response and still couldn't put it into words.... until today when a TikTok video gave me the perfect way to put it into words.

Picture this..... you have a room full of 24 students.... the instructor passes out a paper with 3 puzzles to all of the students. What the students don't know is that half of them on one side of the room have been given simple, easy to solve puzzles, the students on the other side have been given a paper with two unsolvable, different puzzles, but the one thing they have in commons is both sides have the same, solvable 3rd puzzle. The instructor asks them to all solve the first puzzle and raise their hands when finished. Obviously one half finishes quickly and the other half can't finish at all, this creates pressure and stress. They move on to the second puzzle and again, the same unfolds and the group who can't finish or decipher begins to become upset and discouraged and by the time they reach the 3rd puzzle which IS indeed solvable and quite simple to everyone the group with the prior unsolvable puzzles has given up, and although they look at it, they've already given up so it looks unsolvable to them and they shut down, discouraged and confidence shot. They are unable to answer and simple puzzle.

My scenario last night:
Gabriel has never jumped solid objects with me. As always I started out on the lunge line and presented him to barrels laid over. While these were barely at knee height to him, he couldn't grasp the concept. He kept trying to go around and every time I gently corrected him he began to get more and more upset, running forward and back, weaving, veins began to bulge, etc.... he couldn't solve the puzzle. Even though the answer to me was simple, to him it was not. I asked until I saw him quit trying to give me answers, which was him stopping and no longer reacting to anything I asked unless I asked with too much pressure. IF I walked away and made a scenario with a regular show type jump somewhere else which he already knows how to do "just to end on a good note" I still haven't taught him how to answer the puzzle I created. So instead of moving elsewhere I created a very small gap between the barrels for him to squeeze through.... he quickly figured this out and perked up at the fact he'd gotten something right, and HE figured it out all on his own without me having to get aggressive or forceful at all. Slowly, I began closing the gap to where he was having to take big "tip toe" like steps through it until the gap was closed and he was jumping it solid like a pro and happy doing it. He solved the puzzle, confidence boosted. If I had left it and moved on to simpler task he already knew how to accomplish, the next time I present him to a question he doesn't know, we are very likely to end up in the same, shut down mode as before, and the longer we train this way, the more and more simple questions begin to give you explosive answers.

If you notice these scenarios often seem worsened when other calm horses are present and the upset, "helpless" horse becomes frustrated, herd bound and buddy sour and want to be calm like the others but unable to find the answers to do so. Creating scenarios like the above and following through correctly helping the horse to solve puzzles not only builds a relationship but helps the horse to develop self control. They learn that just because they become startled or nervous in one scenario doesn't mean they have to stay upset for the remainder. Therefore, I like to create scenarios of sensory work for mine to bring them up just so I can bring them back down and teach this self control, it creates a much, much quieter horse.

I will leave you with this last example to think on..... we've all seen the trainer/rider who uses their crop to push through instances like this of fear and anxiety. What kind of impact does this have on your horse? Your horse's fear and anxiety is real to him no matter how dumb or simple it may seem to us. We've all seen the crying kid at the amusement park who is afraid to get on a roller coaster. Say the parent takes the kid by the arm, drags them in screaming and crying and forces them to ride it..... sure the kids survives and comes out unharmed, but the look defeated, discouraged, walk away and sure as heck never want to go back to that amusement park where their parents forced them to face one of their biggest fears. This is what we are doing to our horses in the show ring when we hit them over a jump or push hard through a scenario they are afraid of, and then we wonder why the get resistant to go through the in gate, or even get on a trailer. Be the parent that tells the kid, "it's ok, lets just stand and watch for a minute then," maybe even walks away and comes back to later. Maybe even puts a foot on the ride and gets back off, and when the child actually does decide to ride the ride for himself, he walks away full of himself, confident, excited.... I did that MYSELF, and can't wait to go back. Are we really so close minded to the show ring to be too big to recognize in the midst of a show round we ARE STILL training our horses, nothing more, nothing less, and pull up vs bullying our horses over fences creating discouragement and LEARNED HELPLESSNESS. This was the cause of many of elimination of Spring and I in the past because I wouldn't forcefully use my stick.

This is all my opinion on training methods and everyone has their own, but this is what makes sense to me in my journey and I wanted to share with those who want to understand and follow .

26/09/2022

17/09/2022

We would like to wish the very best of luck to our friends and clients of Tyler Mountain Stables / Riding Academy at the Racking Horse World Celebration in Decatur, Alabama.

⚡️Sandy Preston with WGC Capone, WC Hellfire, WC Yosemite Sam and Jigsaw
⚡️Allison Gilbert and Dark Secret
⚡️Emmalee Perry and Revalator

21/08/2022

‼️ Full Circle Stables has a few horses for ON-SITE lease!! Hit the rail and the trail this Fall!Beginner riders and up, gaited and non gaited! PM for details. Some restrictions apply. 🤠

09/08/2022

Evening of Magnawave PEMF last night at Dawn Star Stables .... the horses were definitely into it😂🧲

07/08/2022

💫Spring Into Action Equine is proud to to bring you our fall of 2022 sponsored rider, Katelyn Ross and Midnight Krogh💫

Katelyn is a 23 year old eventer who graduated nursing school May 2022 and moved across the country to start her career in healthcare sales. She’s been eventing since she was 8 years old and has always had a passion for horses. Katelyn and her horse Krogh started their journey together 2 1/2 years ago. When she found Krogh she wasn’t looking for a new horse, but came across an amazing, talented young guy that had been passed up time and time again. Krogh never had someone to call “his person”. Due to this he was untrusting and had a rougher attitude than many wanted to deal with. Katelyn saw something special in him and believed they could go far together. It took well over a year to earn his trust and build a bond. Their partnership grows everyday and he is now the sweetest horse in the barn and wouldn't you know, a barn favorite. From starting at the basics just a little over 2 years ago to now successfully competing up to modified. Krogh and Katelyn have established quite the winning streak with their eyes now set on competing in their first 1 star show this year. Stories like these are what Spring Into Action Equine is made of, and they couldn’t be a more perfect fit! We’d also like to congratulate them on a 3rd place finish in open modified on their dressage score at the Hoosier Horse Trials this past weekend. We are excited to see what the future brings for Katelyn and Krogh❤️

05/08/2022

It’s been my experience in the past 9 years of being a small business owner in the horse world, that you are much better served and respected in the community by fanning the flames of others, it’s not all about “me” in the horse industry, we’d never survive that way. Recently a woman who sold me a horse told me “us horse girls gotta stick together” and that hit home. I’ve learned it’s ok and actually good take take a back step and not force yourself in the limelight..... this all being said, 2 weeks ago I met an incredible horsewoman and young lady who at 16 years old is already making a name for herself in the horse industry and racking horse world. Jorja Hamblin has been with us helping Sherri team teach our gaited nights, and it’s been nothing short of a pleasure. Jorja and her own Hotboys Storm Chaser, owned and trained herself, have had their eyes set on the ultimate goal of the racking horse world celebration in Alabama this mid September, this will be their last shot at this since the show grounds there have been sold. However, her goals have been threatened this year after her newborn foal, Mr. Weatherman, had to undergo emergency surgery in Lexington to save his life from a massive hernia at less than two days old. While he’s still in the hospital after several weeks, things are looking up, and you’ll definitely hear no complaints from them, however, the money saved for Jorja to make her trip to Alabama was spent to save this little gem❤️

We’d like to help send Jorja to Alabama for the final celebration, therefore, our August 20th Ohana Run family movie barn night will be a benefit fundraiser for Jorja and “Stormie”, on top of this below is the design for the t shirts we’ll be selling sponsorship spots for on the back for $35 a piece. This can be a business spot, just a family name, farm name or an “in memory of” kind of deal. T shirts short and long sleeve plus hoodies will be available for purchase. Please shoot me a message if you are interested in buying a sponsorship spot, and let’s send Jorja and Stormie to Alabama, and lift up little Mr. Weatherman❤️

26/07/2022

These young ladies are two of our sponsored riders and we feel incredibly blessed to call them family. Such class and sportsmanship from this first class family.... we love you Leah and AnnaKayt Sunderland and their parents Jamie Sunderland and Kari Bennett Sunderland