The Missing Piece

08/26/2026

Nothing fancy to post about today. Just dropping by to remind you to go to the barn, give your horse a treat, hug them and tell them how much they mean to you.

It’s so easy to get caught up in goals, small bumps in the road and all of the madness.

In return it is also so easy to forget just how lucky we are to have these creatures and to appreciate the small “stuff.”

So, go hug your horses, especially for those of us who can’t anymore💔

08/08/2026

Being a horse girl is just.. kinda chic💗

07/25/2026

I talked about setting news goals and looking at the future of the business. I am extremely happy to announce I have become a board certified equine massage therapist through NBCAAM!

Although there is no national governing body for bodywork, such as what veterinarians fall under, allowing anyone and everyone to become a bodyworker, I am proud to have taken and passed an exam put on by a council of sought after bodyworkers that prove my knowledge of massage, safety, health care and anatomy.

Here’s to reaching more goals in 2026!

07/22/2026

Still here, still in the barn seeing horses, just in a bit more refreshed manner💗

07/16/2026

07/13/2026

07/04/2026

Happy Fourth of July! Spending time with my family and friends this weekend, remembering all of those who put their lives on the line that allow us to have this time. I hope everyone and their ponies stay cool!❤️🤍💙

06/27/2026

The weather lately has been.. a bit warm🥴 so it can at sometimes leave you at a loss of what to do with your horses.

I know for me, personally, I always looked forward to the warmer days so I could enjoy my horses, but then always came the challenge of what to do when it was too warm. I often felt guilty that they were getting time off because they got most of winter off, but I, obviously, didn’t want them getting sick in the heat either. I always needed to remind myself to take a step back and remember where I needed to put my focus. Instead of being let down it was too hot to do anything, I needed to look at where the holes in our routines were and work on those things instead of jumping a course or practicing our dressage test.

I spent a lot of those days doing ground work, pole work in hand, exploring new places and working on making sure my horses had the best ground manners they could.

What do you like to do with your horses when it is too hot to ride? Tell me in the comments!⬇️

06/25/2026

For so many of us, we were at one point taught to use cool water 💦 to cool down our horse, but then to make sure we immediately scrape it off to make sure the horse stays cool. Dr. Marlin, a thermoregulation specialist, researched differently!

When we put water on our horses, there is often a conduction of heat from the horse to the water, which is why the water often becomes warm. Dr. Marlin studied that when there are two bodies in contact, they often transfer heat 🥵 to become the same temperature, which is what is taking place when the heat from the horse is leaving the horse and heating the cool water that we are placing on them! As a result, the cool water is absorbing the heat from the horse, removing it from the horse, allowing the horse’s temperature to drop!

In the summer, this means scraping a hot horse is actually slowing the cooling process, taking the conduction property of the water away. However, in the winter, it is important to scrape the horse when using water, as the cool water will cool the horse’s body temperature to match the water, inadvertently making the horse colder!🥶