I talk a lot about setting a horse up for success. You could go back and read this article on My Secret Weapon for a reminder. In that article I talk about seeing the little things and how they add up for the better or worse! Horses are remarkably quick studies. ...
I bought Libby for my non-rider husband and she came to me as a 25 year old with some age-related issues: arthritis, sore hocks, and lameness in her left spavin. Yet she impressed me by making a ten hour trailer ride from northern Ohio and trusting me enough to...
This week I worked with Libby, a 30 year old Quarter Horse mare, for the first time. Libby and her owner, Kirsten, were referred to me by Libby’s massage therapist, Heather Davis. Libby suffers from some lameness due to injury and hard use (before Kirsten). Not...
On his blog Tom Widdecombe brought up the point about how important it is to get the little things right. It is important because it is those little things that add up down the road to mean a nice ride or a less than nice (or worse!) ride. In his article, which you...
I thought I would follow up with my own observations of the experience with Danke and the massage therapist. As you may recall (and if you missed it you can read about it here) Danke was not OK with having Heather standing on the hay bale while she worked on her croup...
By Heather Davis I am a certified equine “massage” therapist, applying principles of touch to encourage horses to release old neuromuscular strain patterns and relearn how to exist without previously held pain and resistance. Much of my work is informed by...
