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Dr Madalyn Ward joins Wendy to discuss the impending equine veterinarian shortage and what horse owners can do to prepare. This is part 1 of 2!

About 20 years ago, Karen Partisch was in a craniosacral therapy class and had one of those magical moments. After a quick conversation with the instructor, she learned that this modality was used with horses too, and her career treating people and horses was born. Since then, Karen has been developing her skills as a bodyworker focusing on the body’s ability to self-correct. This path has shown h...

Dr. Joyce Harman is the author of "The Pain-Free Back and Saddle Fit Book" Western and English. In this webinar she talks about how a western saddle is made and what needs to happen for a good fit.

In 1982 Robyn became involved full-time with the Tellington TTouch Method. For the past three decades, she has been the editor of the TTEAM Newsletter and principle of Tellington TTouch Training Canada. Since 1986 she has been teaching TTouch on a full-time basis in Canada, the US, Europe, South Africa, Asia, and Australia, and New Zealand. 

Becky Tenges, owner of Equine BodyWorks LLC and a life-long lover of horses, brings her extensive knowledge and training to you and your horse’s team of trainer, farrier, veterinarian, and other equine professionals. Becky, the daughter of a farrier, grew up in Southern California on an Arabian horse ranch and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics from UC Davis. After leavi...

Ronda Nickoley has been a student of Wendy's for many years. She is also an avid watcher of Webinars with Wendy! In this webinar, Ronda joins Wendy to talk about some of the horses at the SURE FOOT Clinics Ronda attended.

Over the past twenty-plus years, Ms. Metcalfe has become a champion for the prevention of horse theft. She started on a one-person crusade to right a wrong and to put her family back together in the wake of a shattering experience. Now with over two decades of volunteer service with Stolen Horse International-NetPosse.com, she leads others to help with not only stolen horses but also missing, lost...

Rebecca Husted published the first textbook on Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (Wiley-Blackwell) in 2008. She is a decorated combat veteran, retired Signal Officer, US ARMY, holds BS (Biology) Wofford College, Ph. D. (Animal Physiology) Clemson University. She provides training in Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAERTM ) techniques across the US and internationally. She has publi...

Sharon and Laura Wilsie, creators of Horse Speak® join Wendy for her Friday webinar on SURE FOOT. The conversation ranged to topics such as using the Horse Speak concepts with other species including donkeys, mules, mammals an fowl.

Danielle Santos is VP of sales for Charles Owens. The company and its worldwide reputation for the safety and quality of its products is indebted to the late Professor Roy Burek, who passed away in 2019. The grandson of Charles Owen, Roy was dynamic in leading industry research, studying traumatic brain injury and setting new standards for safety technology. Charles Owen’s design engineers continu...

Raquel Butler, DVM returns to discuss working with foals Dr. Raquel Butler is a Veterinarian, Animal Biomechanical Medicine Professional, and an Academic at Charles Sturt University Australia. At Charles Sturt she teaches Equine rehabilitation, Exercise physiology (The Equine Athlete), and Equine biomechanics in the Bachelor of Equine Science. Raquel has had her own business Integrated Veterinary...

Misty Meadows is a non-profit horse center designed to provide equine experiences to people of all ages and abilities. They have been using SURE FOOT as part of their program for preparing the horses for 3 years. This webinar demonstrates how their horses respond and why it's important for their programs.

It’s a natural combination. Integrating an understanding of mammalian stress responses, psychophysiology, trauma, and attachment in the presence of another relational species whose nervous systems resonate with the principles taught in Somatic Experiencing®, EQUUSOMA® is the intersection of the biological and the psychological, of intuition and science, where transformation occurs organically in a...

Horses have been my life since 1998, and over the last couple of decades, I've learned a lot of things. Horses have always been my best teachers, and it stands to reason that a particular horse started my path into barefoot hoofcare. My first horse Prophecy, who's been with me since 1999, came up lame in 2006 at age 18. After the vet came and went a time or three with no improvement, he told me to...

“Holistic Hooves” takes a wellness approach that you won’t find with many hoof care providers. Megan Hensley, AKA: The Donkey Farrier is about serving donkeys in a positive and educated light. She is equal parts farrier, educator and welfare advocate. There’s a beautiful intention to Megan that strives to improve lives, both human and donkey, through education, inspiration, empowerment and resourc...

Daisy Bicking joins Wendy to talk about how she is using SURE FOOT to help with the postural rehabilitation of a horse that is in her care. Daisy is a hoof care specialist, who has been using the Physiopad to make horses comfortable while working on their feet.

Pam and Diane have the Bone Room, where they have a wide variety of equine skeletons. They demonstrate in this video what the malformations look like with ECVM and talk a little about the genetics of this condition. If you are willing to help Pam with her genetic study please contact her at: http://www.equus-soma.com

Laurie Adams, a long-time Camp Sherman resident, and current mounted SAR member has hosted Nowacki's visits for four years. Her horse, Joey, is a forward-going and assertive gelding who, according to Adams and Nowacki, picked up the air-scent training very quickly. She talks about using Search and Rescue techniques to find loose horses in the wilderness.

Bess Miller is joining Wendy to give an update on using SURE FOOT with her foals and young horses. Bess has trained over 500 foals having lived on the family breeding farm with over 250 at one time. Her experience gives us insight into how SURE FOOT can be used with foals and young horses.

Rebecca returns to discuss how to safely catch a loose horse. Whether the horse has escaped from its pasture or gotten loose at the show ground, Rebecca will share tips on bringing this stressful event to a safe conclusion.

Sarah is an attachment and body-oriented psychotherapist who combines a depth and breadth of knowledge of trauma therapy approaches with a warm, engaging nature and capacity to sit with the complexity of her clients’ experiences. Through felt sense attunement, intuition and skill, she aims to foster safety, curiosity, a willingness to explore, and trust in one’s innate ability to heal. She has tak...

There is a new concept being used and studied by many across the world, it is the Air Scenting Detection Equine. Air Scenting is a search tool used for detection work. Horses are trained to follow airborne scent to its source, which could be a missing person, narcotics, etc. The scenting horse only goes into the scent locating mode when given special cues, otherwise it can double as a patrol, fami...

A 1999 graduate of Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, I pursued advanced training in veterinary spinal manipulative therapy (animal chiropractic) and veterinary acupuncture to earn certification in both modalities. I offer a personalized, hands-on approach to animal health. While I am a licensed veterinarian, I offer referral services only. All patients must have a primary veterinarian for...

As a veterinarian, Dr. Boswell is driven to learn all she can about horses, both inside and out. After graduating from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 2009, she completed a year-long Equine Medicine and Surgery Internship at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Subsequently, she worked with Dr. Lisa Fortier at the Cornell University Compa...

Wendy Murdoch, creator of the SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program talks about how to pick up a foot safely without knocking the horse off balance.