Owning A Horse Is Expensive… I get it… as horse owners, we have expenses and time-consuming tasks that people who don’t own horses, don’t have. Although that is a reality, I find that too many horse owners are living in a self-made trap of limiting beliefs and myths. These hide in a blind spot we […]
Simple Solutions For Skin Conditions
Tips for addressing Rain Rot, Scratches, Fungus, and Mysterious Skin Conditions- What’s important to consider when your horse is experiencing any skin concerns… is that it’s a communication of what is happening on the inside of the body. The skin condition is simply the outward sign. I go into detail in Module 1 of my […]
Natural Horse Care Success Story – Spirit, Dancer, and Dreamer
Nothing Inspires Me More Than Amazing Real Life Stories Of Health & Success… Do you ever feel like your horse can’t be helped… like you have lost hope or don’t know what else you could possibly do or try… You know the answer is out there, you just haven’t found it yet. Who should you […]
Knowing When to Dilute Your Essential Oils
What Essential Oils are Safe to Apply NEAT? As I shared in the post To Feed or Not to Feed, this is a question that does not have a cut and dry answer. Most essential oils will recommend some sort of dilution on the label for topical use. That said I rarely use carrier oils […]
Understanding Essential Oils for Dietary Use with Horses
To Feed or Not to Feed? That is a Very Common Question with Essential Oils- The most important factor to determine if an essential oil is safe to feed is first knowing the grade and quality of the essential oil you are using. Here are some tips to help you determine what essential oils are […]
Essential Oil Application Tips
Some Basic Tips and Suggestions for using Essential Oils with Your Horse- One of the biggest things that holds horse owners back from using essential oils with their horse is lack of certainty on essential oil application. Where and how to use or where not to… if you are using therapeutic, quality essential oils there […]
No Bad Horse Days! Mindset and Horse Connection
Horsemanship Tips to Ensure Good Horse Days! I would say horse connection is the reason many horse owners have horses in their lives. Although there are some who simply have them for business, profit, or professional standpoint only. The average horse owner I believe has horses to enjoy a connection and bond that you don’t […]
Understanding The Nervous Horse
Taking the nervous horse seriously- There are many factors to consider when you are looking to support a nervous horse. I have two of my personal horses that I would consider anxious types and I utilize a variety of things to foster emotional balance and conditioning to help them manage their anxiety. Raising awareness of […]
Owning Horses Can Be Good For Your Health
Does your horse time benefit your health? Okay, so this topic is a little different than what I usually share… but since you are probably just as passionate about horses as I am… this is still a topic you will enjoy and benefit from! If you have read, watched, or studied with any great horseman […]
The Golden Years – Caring for the Senior Horse
Horse Care for the Senior Horse For those of us who own a senior horse, we can face some challenges and concerns in regards to horse health and care. Depending on the natural horse care in earlier stages of life, the severity and complications can vary. I own two senior horses right now. Pokey my […]
Does Your Horse Need to Go on a Diet?
How Your Horse’s Weight is Impacting Their Health Let’s confront the elephant in the room… or wait that’s a horse! Don’t worry, there is no judgment here, as I have two easy keepers of my own that could easily qualify as the elephant in the room if I don’t monitor and take action to maintain […]
How to Achieve the Results You Desire in Your Horse’s Health and Horsemanship
Is it just me… Have you ever wondered why some people achieve amazing goals and dreams, while others don’t? Now I want to clarify that having a goal of taking a short trail ride with your horse is just as important as an Olympic rider whose goal is to win the gold medal…. Amazing goals, […]
5 Simple Ideas for Using Peppermint Essential Oil with Your Horse
Horse Health Promoting with Peppermint Essential Oil Peppermint essential oil is one of the most common and known essential oils. Because of its popularity, it can also be one of the most altered. When using this essential oil with horses, be sure you trust your manufacturer, if you are not getting the results you feel […]
Herbal Remedies for Horses
What You Should Understand About Herbal Remedies for Horses- Although, possibly better known and understood, the use of herbs in a truly holistic approach requires that the person choosing the herb for the horse recognizes the body as a synergistic whole of connected parts and organ systems. That the symptoms of the body are communications […]
Are You Properly Conditioning Your Horse?
Promoting Equine Wellness & Sustainable Performance It seems all too common that a horse’s “performance life” averages around 3 to 6 years. Compare that to their lifespan of 25 to 30 years and that number seems very dismal and depressing. How do we improve this number? Through horse owner and rider education and understanding of […]
Essential Oils vs Extract for Equine Wellness
Understanding the Difference between Essential Oils and Extracts We here at Equine Essential Wellness want to help you, the horse owner, understand natural ways to promote the health and wellness of your horse. Essential oils is an option we like to focus on. These amazing powerhouses are great to utilize for promoting equine wellness! But […]
The Principles of Safe Essential Oil Use for Your Horse
Essential Oil Danger Zone! Early interest in my horse therapy career, led me to learn about essential oils. Always believing in their benefits, my mother must have instilled a natural curiosity in me. Turned out, my mentor at the time was not excited about essential oils. She was quick to school me on the “dangers” […]
Why is my horse so clumsy?
When “bubble wrap” seems like the ideal solution… Do you have a horse you want to keep in a padded room? Or that you’re certain needs to be covered in bubble wrap? I have been there! I wanted to share some tips and suggestions for tangible solutions for a horse that seems accident-prone… First and […]
How to Support the Anxious Horse without Chemicals or Sedatives
Understanding the Causes of a Stressed or Anxious Horse- Have you ever experienced working with an anxious horse? How does it feel when your horse has left the planet and is in a nervous frenzy? For me, this is something I have surface often with my horse Peppy. He is a performance bred horse, whose […]
Equine Nutrition – What To Feed
What should I feed my horse? Have you ever worried that you’re not feeding your horse the right things? Like many horse owners, you might be paying hundreds of dollars on testing and analysis on your hay, your horse’s mane, rounds of blood work, etc. Trying to be sure that your horse is getting the […]
Are You Feeling Stuck in Your Horse’s Health Concern?
Do you ever feel like you see things differently? When I start writing, I inevitably feel myself swallowed by fear. And it’s especially true when I notice that findings from my research are going to challenge long-held beliefs or ideas. ~Author Brené Brown I began with this quote as it speaks to me in the […]
Understanding the Benefits of a Trace Mineral Supplement for Horses
Promote Horse Health with Trace Minerals Adding an organic digestible trace mineral supplement to your horse’s diet can have a positive effect on the hoof health, overall growth, joint and skeletal support, as well as skin and coat condition. Add to those horse health benefits that minerals also transport energy and are co-factors to enzymes […]
Understanding Recurring Patterns of Health Concern
Is Your Horse Experiencing Recurring Patterns of Health Concern? About 3 years ago my horse Peppy experienced a severe impaction colic that almost took his life. I shared about this is the blog post Knowing Your Horse’s Normal to Prevent Catastrophe. What I didn’t blog about up until now was the fact the same date, […]
Looking Deeper into Anhidrosis
What is Known About Anhidrosis? Anhidrosis was first documented as a result of British sport horses traveling to distant locations for competition. Here in the US it is still a current concern mostly in the Gulf Coast region, although additional states and cases are surfacing and being reported. I know I had a number of […]
Knowing Your Horse’s Normal to Prevent Catastrophe
Knowing My Horse’s Normal Saved His Life! Knowing our horse’s normal is a very important responsibility! One of the first things we as horse owners often say to our veterinarian is my horse doesn’t seem normal, then we follow with a description of our observations. Whether we are describing something that felt off in the […]
