Services

Here at Backwater Ranch we offer a holistic range of service for both humans & horses. We assist people along their horsemanship journey, as well as offering Equine Assisted Learning & Equine Healing experiences for horses & humans.

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Horsemanship

  • Liberty training - both on the ground & ridden - be that with a saddle, bareback or with a saddle pad.

  • General equine anxiety & related behaviours such as aggression, nervousness & inability to focus.

  • Vices such as biting, kicking, striking, bolting & rearing.

  • Float loading & float safety.

  • Pre-saddle training for young & unbroken horses.

  • Starting under saddle.

  • Transitioning to bitless riding.

 

Horse Wisdom Program

Horse Wisdom Programs run once per week, for a total of eight weeks. Each week we discuss a topic that relates to working with horses as our Model. The horses can remind us or teach us about:

  • Being in the moment, living in the here & now

  • Breathing & living in our body

  • Being congruent & authentic (with choice)

  • Feelings as information & self regulation

  • No judgement

  • Unique talents & gifts of individuals

  • Belonging & herd life

  • Instinctual & intuitive nature

  • Experimenting - there are no mistakes

  • Laws of resonance & attraction

  • Thoughts speak louder than words

 

Equine Healing
for Horses & Humans

Under close supervision, our clients work with horses or ponies who have come from a troubled past. With close supervision & coaching, I show clients how to work through the horse’s fear & beliefs that people are not to be trusted. We use freedom-based & non-restrictive methods so the horse learns they always have a choice, that saying no to people is ok & that we will always work within their window of tolerance. The outcome of this way of interacting with troubled horses is that while we heal the horse, we heal ourselves.

 

Equine Assisted Learning

During Equine Assisted Learning sessions we practice being ‘in the present moment’. We learn to connect with our inner power that can help us know ourselves better & get in touch with our intuition or inner voice to assist us to make decisions that are right for us as individuals.

I hold Equine Assisted Learning workshops where I have trained, safe horses included as our ‘Equine Facilitators’ who facilitate, or model, a calm state that transfers to those around them. Horses have a magical quality of wildness, power, beauty & calm all rolled into one, and being in their presence has a healing affect.

Equine Assisted Learning assists children, teens & adults who may be experiencing:

  • Bullying

  • ADD, ADHD & ASD Symptoms & Behaviours

  • Disability

  • Emotional Dysregulation

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Dementia

  • Self-confidence or Self Worth Concerns

  • Relationship Issues

  • Family or Work Issues

Our Clients in Action