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Horses
Equine Life Solutions invites you and your horse to spend time with us to experience the best boarding services available. ELS services include turn-out and stall cleaning 7 days a week, and twice daily feedings of high quality Orchard Grass hay and alfalfa or orchard pellets. We will also serve your individually supplied supplements upon request.
Amenities include: 12’ x 12’ matted stalls, heated tack room, storage locker, hot/cold washrack, 60' round pen and 60' x 120' covered arena.
$650/month - This includes the above, plus blanket changes and vet/farrier holding fees.
Additional services such as fly spray, daily supplement bagging, bandaging or medications are available upon request for an additional fee.
Meet Our Family of Boarders - We encourage you to learn more about the many horses enjoying their stay at Horse Haven at Bear Creek (the ELS barn), and read stories from their special humans.
Horse and human partners that lack or have lost confidence are helped through our Confidence Training program. Challenges are presented in a positive manner that promotes curiosity and not fear. Equine Life Solutions offers a 5-14 day assessment of your equine partner during which he or she stays as a guest at the stable. The assessment process includes a comprehensive evaluation that identifies the origin of the fear that has lead to the loss of confidence. Humans are encouraged to participate in order to learn techniques, problem solve, and grow in confidence alongside their horse.
Confidence Building
In our experience pain and confusion are the main causes of resistant or oppositional behavior in horses. Pain and confusion cause fear which causes fight or flight responses in horses. These responses look like bucking, bolting, biting, kicking, striking, and/or rearing. Through this behavior, horses teach us the necessity of clear leadership roles within the human-horse relationship.
We work with horses to build or rebuild the confidence necessary to minimize fear and confusion. And we teach their human partners to establish clear and consistent communication and strong leadership skills.
Behavioral Help
Mutual respect between equine and human partners is emphasized in all our training programs. While force, fear and intimidation are commonly used to train horses, at ELS we build confidence through trust and communication. By teaching personal space concepts to the human partners, horses learn boundaries and become less anxious or bossy. Cooperation through good leadership starts with techniques in consistency and fairness. The three “T’s” taught are Tools, Techniques & Timing. Horses learn quickly and become less resistant as new skills are learned in a low stress environment where the positive is promoted and rewarded.
Many horses have been brought to ELS to correct oppositional behaviors that are often symptoms of physical pain or confusion. Some common causes of pain are poor saddle fit, chronic or acute injury, or age-related arthritis. At ELS we first assess a horse for pain before addressing the confusion or fear. Many times the assessment and treatment eliminates the confusion and fear, thus the behaviors disappear. During the assessment period a plan is proposed and the client is actively involved with any decisions before treatment begins.
Our rehabilitation team consists of:
- A knowledgeable Farrier, skilled in recognizing and correcting imbalances in the feet
- Our Rehab Vet, skilled in western & holistic medicine, including body alignment, acupressure, acupuncture and nutrition
- Our Acute Care and Surgical Vet, who becomes involved when X-rays and/or ultrasound is required or more serious injuries need further evaluation.
- The Massage Therapist, skilled in many techniques that are customized to the horse’s need
- Robyn Smith, who serves as primary caretaker & coordinator to provide feedback to the team as the horse heals.
When confusion and/or fear (and no pain) is the cause of oppositional behaviors, we use proven natural horsemanship techniques to assess where the communication breakdown occurred. We work with the horse first to eliminate the fear and confusion and then with the human to partner the two back together.
Please email or call to learn more about this program.
At our barn, Horse Haven at Bear Creek, ELS provides superior boarding services and care for our family of boarders.
Boarding
The trainers at Equine Life Solutions have years of experience in training and retraining horses with a variety of needs or issues. We build trust, confidence, and respect.
Training
If your horse has been injured, physically or mentally, ELS can provide rehabilitation and retraining. Robyn has successfully rescued and rehabilitated more than 25 horses.
Rehabilitation
Meet Our Service Providers - To ensure the best possible care for our boarders, we have partnered with the following local equine care providers.
Veterinarian
Massage Therapy
