Horse & Hoof Nature's Way

We have moved!

My husband and I (and soon to follow, Tom) have now moved to beautiful Aberdeenshire

Having said goodbye to some wonderful horses clients and their lovely people last week, I will now be available for new trimming clients and hoof boot fitting appointments in Aberdeenshire 😊

Horses are not machines, toys or objects.

They aren’t disposable when our ridden requirements change.

They aren’t replaceable when age inevitably begins to weigh them down, nor when the tear and wear of their often-unforgiving lifestyles takes hold.

They are not here for our entertainment, nor to burden the weight of our own lives.

They don’t owe us anything.

They are living, breathing creatures with their own entirely valid set of needs.

They are mothers, fathers, friends, herd members.

They grieve.

They hurt.

They bleed like us.

They suffer from loneliness.

They are uniquely their own beings, separate to us.

Yet we abuse them, starve them, overfeed them, beat them, isolate them, ignore their suffering and in return, expect the world back.

They continue to forgive us.

We use, we command, we control, and we take little accountability.

Still, they continue to conform.

One day, I hope the equine industry comes to realise that to be wealthy, to be rich, to be fortunate, to win, is to recognise that true peace and genuine connection lies in their presence.

Horses are not machines, toys or objects.

They are simply animals, co-existing on the same timeline as us.

Please don’t take their kind-nature for granted.

Now offering Hoof Boot Fittings!

I have recently partnered with The Hoof Boot Shop as a Fitter for a variety of different hoof boots.

I carry fit kits for:

🐴Flex Boots

🐴Scoot Boots

🐴Scoot Enduros

🐴Cavallos

🐴Equine Fusions

🐴Exploras

For anyone looking to get boots for their equine partner but not certain on the brand or size that’ll be the right fit for them, a hoof boot fitting appointment is a great place to start.

More info to follow on here soon 👍

If you’d like to find out more in the meantime, feel free to drop me a message 😊

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The Hoof Boot Shop Shopping service

This!!! 🙌⬇️

Genuinely had my soul in tears (only way I can best describe my thoughts on it)

For anyone who strives for the things we do together with our horse partners, to be a mutually empowering experience

Just beautifully put 😌

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5a3R5xjLb8owCQngSNuThM?si=GEFE-iHVT0aRuVWnHFhODw

Dear Horse World, it’s Josh Nichol - How to transform your relationship with your horse Dear Horse World · Episode

So lovely to be back in Aberdeenshire catching up with lovely people and seeing some beautiful sights 💙

Pictures from this mornings walk around Lock Muick

A little snapshot of one of the coolest ponies I worked for this week, the lovely Anthony 💙

Still mulling over the wealth of knowledge shared at the track design day on Sunday. It was great to dive deeper into understanding how we can work with the needs of our land, to be able to better meet the needs of our horses.

The principle is the same as that of the ISNHCP (the trimming program I trained with) and my own personal values in the work that I do.

To work WITH nature, not against it.

Be that by creating a simple track system that holds up better through the boggy months after relieving compaction damage to the land or a fully surface track with watering hole area thanks to a reinstated ghost pond!

If we can understand the soil type of the land we have available and the habitat that exists (or once existed) there, we can work to support that, and it in turn can better support our horses (and us!) 💙