Equine Sports Therapy, LLC

08/20/2024

No one can make you few more guilty then a Golden Retriever. He clearly did not get enough cuddles 🥺

07/01/2024

I will be over at the coast on Thur July 11th. I have some appts available for both Massage and Acuscope. Message me to book an appointment

06/26/2024

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Wildfire season is back, so it’s time once again to consider how to protect your horse from respiratory damage caused by smoke inhalation.

Horses' lungs are huge—the average horse's lung volume is 55 L, compared to a human's 6 L. A horse exercising heavily can intake as much as 2,250 liters of air per minute, and the particulate matter within that huge volume of air can lodge within the bronchioles and lung alveoli, causing inflammation and sometimes pneumonia.

Limiting exercise can help minimize the amount of particulate matter allowed to lodge in the lungs during these poor air-quality periods. Horses also need time to fully clear it before returning to work.

Some handy rules of thumb (but keep in mind there's not a lot of data to support exact numbers so you may see some variation in recommendations):

*Avoid trot and canter/lope exercise when air quality exceeds 150 AQI.
*Avoid any forced exercise over 200 AQI.
*For severe smoke inhalation, as in the case of horses literally in the midst of wildfires, four to six weeks of rest is recommended.
*For each day of AQI >150, horses should receive one day of rest *after* the air quality returns to

05/09/2024

It’s REALLY hard to stay focused on the job at hand when this cutie is in the next stall 🥰

05/07/2024

Just waiting around for her turn. (And yes these horses know and love each other, everyone was safe)

05/07/2024

“You can’t out train pain”

You can put in all the hours. You can have the sponsors. You can have the best support team cheering you on and helping you get there. You can have God on your team. You can have the best tack, supplements, feed, trailer and truck...

But if your horse isn't healthy, or if they're in pain, none of those things can cover it up. "You can't outtrain pain," as the trainers say. And as much as these horses give us, there's no reason not to make sure you have the best vets in the game on your horses' side so that you can keep them safe and healthy. I'm blessed to have Signature Equine Hospital in my corner. They know my horses, their team genuinely cares and they understand the needs of our very special and sometimes very spicy barrel horses.

04/25/2024

A hay net is really just the cowgirls version of an hour glass ⌛️🤣

04/22/2024

One of the best ways to learn about the equine structure is to paint it! Anderson Equine Acupressure and I had so much fun with this group of 4H kids as they painted the skeletal system on their horses. Lots of laughs were had, I think the only ones who weren’t impressed were the horses 🤣

04/14/2024

Oh the things/places this sheet has seen

03/07/2024

Sometimes you have to get creative with your tape 😂😂😂