FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Please make sure your horse is dry and has had a groom so that the coat is free of any mud.

While I can visit a healthy horse for a maintenance massage, please do inform me if your horse is receiving any veterinary treatment or has been seen by your vet recently.  If so I will need to obtain consent from your veterinary practice before visiting your horse. 

It is usually best for your horse to have a massage in a stable.  I find horses are more relaxed and get the maximum benefit out of the visit if they are in their own stable.

For both safety reasons and for your horse to get maximum benefit out of the session I ask owners to not stand in the stable.  You can however stand at the stable door throughout the visit. 

I ask for all horses to have a headcollar and lead rope on please. 

It is usually best to book your horse in for a visit at a time when the environment is as quiet as possible. I find visiting a horse at turn out time when its friends are going out is not a good time.

Please don't worry. I visit nervous horses, horses of various ages and those that have not had the best experience of people in the past. I will adjust the visit to each horse and work at their pace. Most horses enjoy having a massage and start to relax following some reassurance. 

While it is fine to give your horse access to hay it is best to wait at least one hour following the visit to give your horse their feed

It is best to let your horse relax following the massage and wait until the following day to ride. Hacking out at walk is most beneficial

This really varies from horse to horse depending on how they present physically and what activities they do. Please contact me for advice.