Holistic Hoofbeats

🥵 Been a toasty few days, but summer is in full swing and we are ready for it. I have made some changes to my schedule and now have more time available for clients, which means I’m able to see more horses, dogs and other farm animals 🐄!

Upcoming schedule:
7/17 - Showtime Arena & War Bar Tack Summer Series - Deerfield
7/18 - Athens/Wausau area - spots available
7/19 - Richfield/hubertus
7/20 - 21 - Closed
7/22 - Mosinee
7/23 - open - AM
7/24 - open - pm
7/25 - open

Have clients in the following areas and need a few more to make the trip…Luxembourg, Wautoma, Belgium, Tigerton, Racine/Oak Creek.

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Nothing beats the feeling of watching your clients succeed and reach their goals with their animals 💕

I will be at the Showtime Arena & War Bar Tack Summer Series today and have availability to work on horses all evening and Acuscope.

Txt or call 262-309-3602

I have a few hats left

Richardson 112 - Black (2), tan, pink, cardinal
Winter hats - Black (2), grey, maroon
CC ponytail - cheetah, camo, white (2), black/tan

$30 each

I will have these with me today at Manawa or can bring to upcoming races/appointments.

Have a last minute opening in the Mauston/La Valle area for tomorrow 4/23 please pm to schedule. Could also make a stop along this route. Thanks.

Maggie Bezanson

Apparel clean out

Bleached
- red hoodie sz L $25
- red shirt sz XL $15
- grey shirt sz L $15 x2

Winter Knit hats $10 x3

Regular print
- black tank sz S $15
- black long sleeve sz XL $22
- grey long sleeve sz L $22
- grey short sleeve sz S, L, XL(2) $18

I have a few leather patch hats as well.
Can ship or will be at Showtime Arena Saturday for the race.

The remaining hats!! $30 each or 2 for $56

Back row CC distressed ponytail
- black/tan -0
- cheetah - 2
- white - 2
- black camo -2

Richardson 112
- all black - 2
- black/white - 0
- black/grey -0
- cardinal/black -2
- pink/black - 2
- loden (green)/black - 2
- tan/brown -1

Winter hats
- black - 2
- cardinal - 1
- grey - 1

Mother nature may be playing the best April fools joke on us with all this snow ❄️ but don’t worry, we have some new winter hats that are sure to keep you warm!

KnotsByK did another great job with these!

I’ll be posting the rest of the new Richardson and ponytail hats tomorrow.
$30 each or 2 for $56

ISO best local embroidery place - Neenah/Appleton area. Have sound jacket and vests I’d like my logo on and someone that can make some patches.

Also looking for place that does laser engraving.
Thanks!

Holistic Hoofbeats

Had the best time getting to meet and work on this sweet baby. She’s definitely an inspiration and very thankful to be a part of her journey 💕💕

The WALK - mother of all gaits

Most riders spend little time at the walk outside of "cooling out" or "warming up".

Not realizing it is the gait that BIRTHS everything you do, and REVEALS everything you may need.

"The FEI rule book once stated that it was at the pace of the walk that imperfections of dressage are most evident"

Every issue can be felt and seen through the magnifying lens of the walk.

"François de Lubersac, a master from the legendary School of Versailles in the 18th century, recognized that in dressage training, the first gait in which to train is always the walk.

Remarkably, de Lubersac, trained his horses only at the walk, and when he decided that they were ready, his horses were able to do everything at all gaits."

The walk is an anchoring gate. To teach and refine the horses balance, collectabilty, lightness, refinement, propreoception, suppleness, relaxation, lateral gymnastics, and understanding of aids... just to name a few.

There is no better gait to school these concepts then the walk. Testing things up the ladder of movement; trot and canter, and then anchoring back to the walk to fix, progress, or prepare.

The walk is the gait you "polish the stone" of all these qualities, more than any other gait.

It is the gait you come back to again and again, where the root of it all lives.

And remember, as with any gait, there is more than "just ONE walk".

Tempo, balance, stride, and frame can change in so many ways within any single gait that it lends itself to many "changes of gait within a gait", based on what that horse needs at any given moment.

In my opinion, a classical rider can easily spend an entire ride at the walk, and the higher up they ride, the more time they may spend at the walk...polishing the stone.

Mindful footfalls live in the walk.

What is your walk telling you?

📣 Looking to make trips to the following areas and need a few more horses or dogs to commit before making the trip (dates are flexible)
📍Salem, Wisconsin Rapids, Watertown, Bristol

🛢️Also looking at making a trip to Merrill, WI Saturday for Chism Trail Ranch barrel race if anyone is interested in adjustments or Acuscope.

📅Upcoming schedule
3/5 - Mantiowoc - openings
3/6 - open
3/7 - Winneconne
3/8 - Mosinee & Amherst
3/9 - Merrill - Chism’s barrel race possibly
3/10 - closed
3/11 - local openings - pm
3/12 - Kaukauna
3/13 - Richfield
3/14 - local openings - pm
3/15 - Reedsville & Chilton
3/16 - West Bend
3/17 - closed

☀️ The sun is shining and it’s been a beautiful few days to work on horses and dogs. I’m so blessed to be able to do what I do and help so many animals.

📅 It’s not too early to start thinking ahead and schedule and appointment before show season is under way. I am currently booking out to March/April and beyond.

🪮 Shedding season is here. Please make sure your horse is in and brushed off before your appointment!

📆 upcoming schedule

2/23 - Mosinee/Stevens Point - openings (am) - Neenah- pm
2/24 - closed
2/25 - closed
2/26 - Neenah/Appleton
2/27 - Berlin - openings
2/28 - Hartford - openings
2/29 - Neenah/Appleton area
3/1 - Hortonville

KnotsByK did such an amazing job last time we are doing another order!

Leather Patch Hats -order being placed Friday 2/9

CC criss cross ponytail
1. Cheetah (can also order kids version)
2. Black Camo

3. Richardson 112 - All black
4. Richardson 115 - Steel Blue/grey
5. Richardson 112 - Black/Charcoal
6. Richardson 115 - Charcoal/White
7. Richardson 112 - Cardinal/Black
8. NEW Richardson 112 or 115 - Loden/Black

NEW CC Winter Beanie
9. Natural Grey $30
10. Maroon $30
11. Aztec Black $32

💰Hats are $30 each or $28 for 2+ or more
- exception is Aztec Black winter hat add $2/hat

Comment to order!

2024 prices (starting February 1st)! Full schedule and some exciting announcements coming later this week 🐴🐶

Making a trip to Wausau area tomorrow 1/21 by Danielle Zellner. Have room for a few more in the area or on way home. Pm or text to schedule.

Fun fact for the day!

❄🥶We’ve gotten quite a bit of snow over the past week in addition to some frigidly cold temperatures here in Wisconsin. Have you ever wondered how your horse's legs and feet adapt to these conditions and stay warm?!🥶❄

Well let's find out….🔍

In a healthy horse, their lower limbs and hooves almost never suffer damage from the cold. This is due to there being no muscles below the knees and hocks (the lower leg mainly consists of bone, tendons and soft tissues) where “the cells in the leg require less blood circulation and, in turn, lose less heat”.

The small amount of blood that does reach a horse’s hoof is normally spread by capillaries. When the horse’s feet get cold or experience extreme cold temperatures, blood-shunting mechanisms in the hooves alter circulation patterns to preserve body warmth. This is done by allowing blood to flow through larger veins instead of small capillaries. AVA (arteriovenous anastomosis) shunts inside the hoof are responsible for the cooling and warming of extremities by changing the direction of blood flow. There are an estimated 500 shunts per square centimeter in the hoof.

How neat is that? Of course, there are exceptions to these adaptations where a horse may require additional assistance to stay warm depending on their unique needs.

Side Note: I imagine this being a super cool "The Magic School Bus" episode🚍 with Ms. Frizzle and the gang.... if you don't what that is, I'm just old...sorry

https://www.yourhorse.co.uk/horse-care/horse-behaviour/how-horses-cope-in-winter/ #:~:text=The%20small%20amount%20of%20blood,to%20keep%20the%20area%20warm.
https://ker.com/equinews/cold-weather-adaptations-keep-horses-comfortable/ #:~:text=This%20is%20because%20the%20legs,patterns%20to%20preserve%20body%20warmth.
https://customequinenutrition.com/blogs/medical/winter-laminitis

Training aids are just that. They can help, but they can also do more harm in the wrong hands and when a horse doesn’t know how to use their body correctly or maybe they have a physical restriction not allowing them to use their body correctly (which chiropractic work can help with). Forcing the head and neck down and hollowing out the back is not the answer to create a horse soft in the face.

Maggie Bezanson

When in doubt just don’t 🤷🏼‍♀️

Wishing our clients, friends, and family a very Merry Christmas, from our family to yours! ♥️💚

Very excited to be a part of this clinic!

Excited to announce the details of our first clinic of 2024!! There will be 3 clinicians all wrapped up in one day!

Maggie Bezanson of Holistic Hoofbeats, Sierra Dootson of Sierra Heikkila farrier services and Jorgi Matthiae of Soft Hands Equine Massage Therapy, LLC!

Still looking for that special Christmas gift?? This just might be it!

We can accept cash, check, PayPal or credit card to secure your spot!!

Very excited to announce I have taken a position with Koch Chiropractic & Holistic Pain Management in Waupaca and will also be working at their Fremont location after the first of the year. If anyone in the area if looking for a great chiropractor I am able to start seeing patients this week! I will be in the office Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings.

I will still be seeing horses, dogs, and other animals the rest of the week. As always pm or msg my business page Holistic Hoofbeats to book, and keep an eye out for some exciting announcements as we approach 6 years in business! 💕💕

❄️ Schedule for the Week ❄️
12/4 - Neenah, WI
12/5 - Fond du lac, Richfield - openings available
12/6 - Waupaca
12/7 - Hubertus/Richfield
12/8 - Appleton, Hortonville
12/9 - Showtime Arena - Deerfield
12/10 - Open