Kelner Equine Services

02/22/2026

It’s the most addictive feeling when the energy flows through into your connection.. but not always easy to achieve

02/09/2026

Great info ..

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02/09/2026

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02/04/2026

With record temps in our area mud season is raring it’s ugly head. Here’s some great tips.!

🐴 Equine Hoof Abscesses: What to Watch for This Mud Season

As warmer weather arrives the fluffy stuff is melting and muddy conditions increase and we often see a rise in hoof abscesses in horses. Wet, soft hooves and bacteria-rich environments create the perfect conditions for infection beneath the hoof wall — and abscesses can develop quickly and become very painful.

What is a hoof abscess?

A hoof abscess is a pocket of infection trapped inside the hoof. Pressure builds as pus accumulates, often causing sudden, severe lameness — sometimes overnight.

Common signs of an abscess include:
• Sudden, severe limping or non-weight-bearing on one foot usually
• Heat in the hoof or lower leg
• A strong digital pulse
• Swelling above the hoof or pastern
• Sensitivity to hoof testers
• Reluctance to move or bear weight

What you can do at home:

If your horse becomes acutely lame:
• Confine them to a small, dry area
• Check the hoof for heat, swelling, or obvious injury
• Avoid forcing movement
• Do not dig into the hoof unless advised
• Contact your veterinarian for guidance


When to call your veterinarian:
• If lameness is severe or sudden
• If swelling travels up the leg
• If your horse will not bear weight
• If there is no improvement within 24–48 hours with soaking the foot
• If you’re unsure — it’s always better to check early

Prevention tips during muddy months:
• Maintain clean, dry turnout areas when possible
• Pick hooves daily
• Keep up with routine farrier care, we find when they’re overdue for a farrier visit, they’re more at risk for an abscess
• Address hoof cracks or thrush early
• Limit prolonged standing in mud or wet bedding

Hoof abscesses can look dramatic, but with early diagnosis and proper treatment, most horses recover very well. If you ever have concerns about sudden lameness, don’t hesitate to reach out — prompt care keeps small issues from becoming big ones.

02/04/2026

She isn’t wrong.

We have an industry wide problem with how dressage horses are made to go today and what “wins”.

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01/31/2026

This summarizes summer last year with my red head !

Being a horse owner is a very niche lifestyle choice where you pay large sums of money to feel constant, low-level panic.

It feels like your horse is either:
• Lame
• About to be lame
• Or not lame, but thinking about it

They walk out of the stable one millimetre differently and you’re instantly like:
‘Ah. Yes. This is it. We’re done. Cancel all plans. Sell the trailer. I knew I shouldn’t have been happy yesterday.’

You then spend 45 minutes watching them walk away from you, towards you, away again, on a circle, on a different surface, in slow motion, filming from so many angles that you look like a pro photographer and not a horse owner spiralling into insanity in a muddy gateway.

Next step: messaging everyone you know.
“Does Jude look lame or am I insane?”
Replies range from:
• “No, looks fine”
• “Maybe slightly?”
• “Is it front left? No, is it hind left? Right?”

Helpful.

So you call the vet. Obviously.
Vet arrives.
Horse: flawless.
Moves like a £500k Grand Prix prospect.
Vet squints at you. You squint at the horse. The horse squints back, completely innocent.

Vet says: “Well, he’s sound today.”
You nod, pretending this is reassuring and not deeply insulting.

You pay the bill.
The horse immediately trips on fresh air the moment the vet leaves.

And yet, despite the emotional damage, the financial ruin, and the fact they exist purely to test your mental stability… you’d still sell a kidney if they needed it. No questions asked.

Because being a horse owner means loving an animal who keeps you humble, broke, and one weird step away from a full breakdown.

Anyway. He’s fine. Thanks to everyone that has asked after him.

✌🏽 🩷

01/27/2026

01/27/2026

Fantastic Cold weather hack for keeping water available for horses or livestock!


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Why is there a heated trough sitting in our barn aisle?

With an extreme winter storm moving through Central Kentucky this weekend, we take extra precautions to make sure water access is never disrupted. Cold like this can cause water lines and automatic waterers to freeze, so we plan ahead rather than reacting after there’s a problem.

Inside both barns, we’ve set up large troughs with heaters. Outside, we’ve placed multiple 150-gallon troughs in the pastures where horses are living, since our automatic waterers are already starting to freeze in these temperatures.

By filling everything in advance, we now have roughly 800 gallons of heated water ready and available if we need to shut off any water lines during the storm.

The heated troughs in the barns also serve a really practical daily purpose. They allow us to quickly and efficiently swap out stall buckets using clean buckets to scoop and refill, rather than wrestling with frozen hoses or taps. Because the water in the troughs is slightly warmer than what comes straight out of the tap, it also slows down freezing without needing heated buckets in every single stall. And if a bucket does freeze solid, floating it in the trough for about 30 seconds releases the ice from the sides so we can dump it and refill it easily.

For an added layer of preparedness, we also keep two large transport water bladders on the Gator parked in our garage, each holding up to 100 gallons. Our house is on a separate, dedicated water meter, so even if we had to shut off water to the rest of the farm, we could still haul water from the house to the barns if needed.

Water intake is absolutely critical for horses year-round. It’s something people often associate with heat waves, but cold weather can be just as risky. Horses tend to drink less when water is icy, which increases the risk of dehydration, impaction colic, and other winter-related issues. That’s why planning ahead and closely monitoring water intake is one of the most important parts of caring for horses during extreme cold.

Staying warm matters. Staying hydrated matters even more.

01/26/2026

I always appreciate working with horses new to massage, especially when they begin to process and respond to the work in their own way. Not every horse shows obvious release or dramatic reactions, so part of my job as an equine massage therapist is recognizing the more subtle physiological and behavioral cues that tell us the body is responding.

She is a lovely Andalusian mare, and we’re taking a gradual, methodical approach. Our current focus is improving front limb and shoulder mobility, which plays a major role in stride length, balance, and overall performance.

During this session, I concentrated on key structures that influence the shoulder and forelimb:
• Brachiocephalicus – important for advancing the forelimb and influencing head and neck position
• Trapezius – supports scapular movement and helps with lifting through the withers
• Triceps brachii – a primary extensor of the elbow, essential for weight-bearing and propulsion
• Ascending pectorals – part of the thoracic sling, helping suspend the trunk between the forelimbs
• Subclavian groove / shoulder sling region – critical for forelimb suspension, shock absorption, and fluid, unrestricted shoulder motion

By addressing these areas, we support better scapular freedom, improved limb reach, and more efficient movement patterns. With young or sensitive horses especially, slow and steady work allows the nervous system and soft tissues to adapt without overwhelm.

01/10/2026

If you see a winter horse person…
Please fuel with tea / coffee / gin / or a mocktail

Look after this fine specimen.
They are running on:

caffeine

adrenaline

and sheer determination

They are cold.
They are damp in places that should never be damp.
They may smell faintly of hay, wet dog, and regret.

Be gentle.
They have battled mud.
They have wrestled rugs in horizontal rain.
They have questioned all life choices before 7am.

They are not lost.
They are simply trying to reach the portal that takes them to spring.

Until then…
Offer warmth.
Offer snacks.
Do not ask “why don’t you just stable them?”
Or “have you thought about selling?”

This is a seasonal creature.
Handle with kindness.
🍸🐎