Lovela Equine Training & Sales

21/12/2021

Horses available for lease 🐴 ✨

On-site lease only in Camden
$450 monthly lease fee
Or $2400 for 6 months

Includes 2 free lessons a month!
Of course additional riding lessons can be purchased as well. 😊

You can also take lessons with your own trainer
Located in Camden SC with direct access to hunt country (must purchase membership).

02/10/2021

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13/09/2021

Fall can be a beautiful time of year for horseback riding; however, frost can negatively impact horse health. Frost damaged pastures can have higher concentrations of nonstructural carbohydrates, leading to an increase in the potential for founder and colic, especially in horses diagnosed with or prone to obesity, laminitis, Cushings, and Equine Metabolic Syndrome. To help prevent these health issues, wait up to a week before turning horses back onto a pasture after a killing frost. Subsequent frosts are not a concern as the pasture plants were killed during the first frost.

Why do nonstructural carbohydrates increase during the fall? During the day, plants carry out the process of photosynthesis. In this process, they make carbohydrates as an energy source for the plant. A second process, respiration, is carried out when the plants use up the carbohydrates they produce during the night for energy. Plant respiration slows down when temperatures are near freezing. As a result, the plants hold their carbohydrates overnight. Freezing can stop respiration and lock the carbohydrates in the plant for over a week. Thus, plants tend to contain more carbohydrates in colder temperatures or after a frost. Often, horses will prefer forages after a frost due to the higher carbohydrates levels.

06/09/2021

02/09/2021

What Footing Can Tell Us

In hoof lameness rehab cases, I watch the horses move when I first meet them. I often observe whether the horse is landing more comfortably in soft footing or on a hard surface. Many might think that if a horse has a hoof issue, they would prefer soft, deep footing for comfort. This isn't always the case! Seeing if a horse is more comfortable on soft ground or hard ground can tell us a lot about what's going on inside the hoof capsule.

It is true that many horses that I see in lameness rehab prefer soft, conformable footing. I may ask the owner to lead the horse from a barn driveway to a grassy verge to see how this changes their comfort level. If I see the horse move from harder ground where they are short-strided or "walking on eggshells" to then confidently extending on a softer surface, like grass or a sand arena, I assume their pain is likely a concussion issue. This could be stemming from something like thin soles, laminitic issues, sore joints, or arthritic changes.

On the other hand, sometimes I observe a horse that struggles or even head bobs on soft or deep footing, but the lameness seems to nearly disappear when on a firm, level surface. This typically points to a soft tissue issue; in deep, soft/loose footing, the workload for the horse's soft tissue can actually increase by 50%. This makes sense as to why horses with soft tissue injuries or strains tend to look more lame on soft footing - the ligaments and tendons are working in overdrive to help stabilize the limb, and if one of those ligaments or tendons is injured, this effort to stabilize is painful for the horse.

Of course, this isn't always the case for every horse, but I tend to see this "footing diagnostic" correlate fairly well to official diagnosis.

If your horse is struggling with lameness, observe them moving over various surfaces and make a mental note if you see any differences. Relay this information to your vet; it might be helpful in determining which diagnostics might be where your money is best spent!

02/09/2021

01/09/2021

🧐Laminitis NEVER starts in the feet!

And you don’t fix it by nailing on shoes backwards, heart bars, clogs, wedges, resections, cutting off the toe, raising the heels etc.

You fix laminitis by understanding the ROOT cause and fixing that.

And the only person who can do that is YOU... not the vet or the farrier. 😳

Then, and only then, will the feet AND body begin to truly heal.

You can’t ‘fix’ laminitis by trying to ‘fix’ the foot.

It doesn’t matter how much you do to the feet, you will NEVER fix laminitis.

Because laminitis might ‘look’ like it’s a hoof issue because your horse is struggling to walk and the feet are becoming distorted...

… but it’s a whole body issue and it DOESN’T START in the feet.

Laminitis can be acute, or chronic, and one of the most frightening aspects of modern hoof care, is that most chronic signs of laminitis are TOTALLY ignored until it’s too late, and the horse then becomes acute.

When it comes to treating laminitis it really shouldn’t be about fixating on the feet.

It should be about doubling down on the diet and management that you are providing your horse.

But how many people tell you that?☹️

1000’s upon 1000’s of horses all over the world are still suffering with laminitis, being put to sleep, spending months on box rest, being starved, being drugged for long periods... and this hasn’t changed for YEARS!

Years and YEARS!😱

They are still using the same protocols now to attempt to ‘cure’ laminitis as they have done UNSUCCESSFULLY for decades.

We wonder why horses are still being treated like this?🤔

Because the evidence is everywhere that DIET is the main cause.

And by making some simple changes to the way you feed and keep your horse can be the real difference between life and death? 😥

Owners are now turning their backs on traditional treatments THAT DON’T WORK…

… and saving their horses all over the world, by changing the diet and the management to a more species specific one.

Owners are fixing their horses... not the traditional professionals.

Why?🤷‍♀️

Because owners are seeing the success stories of others and following them... leaving behind tradition and convention, and the old ways that people have been conditioned to believe work.

Owners are stepping up and helping their horses recover, without ANYTHING fixed to their already deeply compromised hooves!

✅ By taking the shoes OFF

✅ By changing the DIET.

✅ By throwing out of the window those old methods that simply don’t work.

If you want to stop laminitis, then it doesn’t start with a SHOE… or a RESECTION… or months of spirit crushing box rest…

… it starts with YOU! 💪

In every issue of The Barefoot Horse Magazine we publish success stories of owners going barefoot, curing their horses of serious health problems that manifest themselves in the feet.

But never START in the feet.

Join 1000’s of horse owners all over the world, throwing out the old traditional ways, and embracing the better way... the natural way... the right way!

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👇 Want to know MORE ABOUT LAMINITIS?👇

Then WATCH two of our upcoming live shows:

🎬 Predicting the Future: Identifying When a Horse is at Risk of Laminitis, with Master Hoof Care Professional and award winning Engineer, Professor Steve Hebrock

Date/Time: Sunday 5th September - 8PM UK/3PM ET

🎬 Rehabbing Laminitic Ponies, with Jenny Hepari, owner of Mini Ha Ha Haven

Date/Time: Friday 17th September - 8PM UK/3PM ET

👉 TO BUY A TICKET TO THESE SHOWS GO HERE: https://bit.ly/LiveShowTickets

Don't let laminitis be the end for you horse!!

The BHM Team ❤️

30/08/2021

Horses available for lease 🐴 ✨

On-site lease only in Camden
$450 monthly lease fee
Or $2400 for 6 months

Includes 2 free lessons a month!
Of course additional riding lessons can be purchased as well. 😊

You can also take lessons with your own trainer
Located in Camden SC with direct access to hunt country (must purchase membership).

16/08/2021

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13/08/2021

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01/08/2021

Important update‼️ 📣
Lovela Equine’s trainer, Becca, is quarantined with C19 so we are not accepting horses for training for the month of August 2021.

That being said, we expect September and October training spots to fill FAST, so if you’re interested in sending your horse for training, please fill out the form below ASAP! 👇🏽 🔥

Lovela Equine Training is about creating an unbreakable foundation for every horse to build on for the rest of their lives. Becca believes in being as gentle as possible, but as firm as necessary to train extremely broke, versatile all around riding horses.
We set your horse up for success in their future by giving them the training, exposure, and fitness needed to go on to be successful in pleasure, show, or performance.

✨ Rates & Info
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✨ All Training/Consignment inquiries please fill out this form
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We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding while Becca recovers. We are looking forward to working with you and your horse!

📍 Located in Camden on Hunt Country.

15/07/2021

Lovela Equine strives to send every horse home extremely broke, as well as sound in both mind and body. We set your horse up for success in their future by giving them the training, exposure, and fitness needed to go on to be successful in pleasure, show, or performance.

For more info and rates -
www.lovelaequine.com

Camden SC 29020

12/07/2021

07/07/2021

Good morning 😌

06/07/2021

Between working horses, Becca’s getting some quality time with her own 2 week old c**t. 😍

05/07/2021

I have seen a lot of “trainers” make horses’ mouths and faces bleed from bits, nose bands, hackamores etc to teach them “collection”. I’ve seen those horses get show ring ready real quick, you know... once the sores heal. Assuming the horse gives in to the pain, instead of fighting the trainer constantly then it may give them quick results. But what about the long term? What kind of horse do you have a year later? 5 years later? 10 years later?
A horse probably no one can ride, a horse that has never learned how to properly, confidently carry themselves, a horse either so overly desensitized that everyone thinks you need every training aid available just to casually ride around, or the horse could be terrified of absolutely everything because of their traumatic start. A horse often times deemed crazy, or dangerous. Sometimes people knew the horse when they were in training, but never truly saw the trainers methods. “He used to be an amazing horse.. what happened?” What happened is that horse wasn’t started authentically, confidently, or kindly. The trainer managed to get the horse to give in, but that horse has never truly been a willing partner. So now that horse seems broke to ride, but you’re running into one issue after another.
The horse has no foundation.
After seeing enough horses like this, that’s how I found my passion of giving horses a solid start, or a true second.. or tenth, chance to have a healthy, trusting, confident relationship with their riders/handlers. That’s why I specialize in extremely broke, versatile horses. I want to give them the start, or re-start they deserve to have a successful life, instead of being deemed “that crazy horse”.
- Lovela Equine trainer Rebecca Wilson

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05/07/2021

Everyday after each horse is worked they get a bath and put in a clean, bedded stall with hay, water, and a fan to dry off completely and have some quiet time to re-hydrate before going back out to their pasture. This way we never put away a horse dripping wet, and we can monitor their water intake after working. Also a great way for each horse to get used to a barn environment if they aren’t used to it already.

04/07/2021

Happy Independence Day! 💥 🇺🇸
❤️🤍💙

03/07/2021

While it’s not possible to expose a horse to absolutely everything in the world that they may be uncertain of or startled by, we will give your horse the skills they need to respond appropriately to any “spooky” things they may come across. We strive for our horses to walk up to and check out anything unusual, rather than spook and bolt.

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03/07/2021

Life just doesn’t get any better than this.
God’s artwork incredible as always this evening.

03/07/2021

You may notice a lot of us talk a lot about observing the landing and loading of the hoof in motion during rehab. For example, toe first landings can result in injury and soft tissue damage in the distal limb, as the shock absorbing structures of the hoof are not fully utilized.

It's been estimated that the frog, digital cushion, heel bulbs, and laminar junction absorb ~70% of the energy exerted on the hoof during locomotion. And when impacting the ground, the hoof is also decelerating, and needs to transmit shockwaves and vibrations through the joints, bones, and distal limb.

Considering that at a canter, for example, the hoof has 1.5 times the horse's bodyweight acting upon it during loading, ensuring healthy caudal structures is pretty important!

Have you watched your horse's landings lately, and checked the health of their caudal hoof?

02/07/2021

Gen is looking so good! She’s just gorgeous 😍
Her coat looks funky because she was wet, just towel tried. She went into a stall under a fan to dry completely.

02/07/2021

Groom and rider, Anna, on Aries for an early morning ride!