Rockin’ K Equine Therapy & Photography

24/04/2024

🐴 Laminitis 🐴

Laminitis is a painful inflammatory disease that occurs when the “finger-like” projections of the lamellar layer become weakened by losing their normal shape, which results in instability of the pedal bone within the foot.

Massage therapy can help!

“Laminitis in the hoof is a symptom of a much bigger health picture that is going on inside the horse. The problem starts from within the lower intestine and can be set off for a number of reasons. Many common factors include high fructan, sugar, carb levels grain overload, medication, vaccines, or any substance that's not natural for a horse. Of course there are other factors but commonly an overload of substances of an unnatural kind are the biggest factor.”

Other causes may include, but not limited to:

Sudden “pig outs” on lush grass
Septic infections
Complications after surgery
Retained placenta
Overcompensating/Excessive weight bearing
Underlying metabolic condition
Excess grain/Abrupt diet changes
Overweight
High fever/Illness
Sever colic
Riding on concrete/hard surfaces

Common signs may include, but not limited to:

Strong pulses felt at the back of the fetlock
Reluctance to walk forward
Difficulty turning
Excessive heat in the hooves
Weight shifting
Hesitant gate/Hesitant moving out
Front feet stretched forward, hind underneath
Hoof rings
Bruised soles

24/04/2024

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Copied but wanted to share as this is an amazing way to help us small business owners!

18/04/2024

🩵🐴🩵 THROWBACK THURSDAY 🩵🐴🩵

This sweet little sassy girl was tight in her entire hind end, back, neck, and withers. As you can see, she had a little bit of a roach back and had quite a few other issues going on. After just 3 massages, she improved tremendously!

17/04/2024

17/04/2024

16/04/2024

Pushing or riding a young horse too hard too soon can cause significant issues, which may include but are not limited to:

*Permanent damage
*Pain
*Injuries/breaks
*Damaged growth plates
*Joint problems
*Pulled ligaments
*Organ trauma
*Spinal damage
*Strained tendons
*Lameness

Waiting until their bones are completely hardened and fused can help keep your horse happy and healthy and give them an extra 10 years of useful working life! Impatience isn’t worth the risks or damage that can occur.

13/04/2024

🇺🇸🪖🇺🇸 MAY AVAILABILITY 🇺🇸🪖🇺🇸

Here are the dates I have available for May!

In honor of Memorial Day, for the entire month of May, 10% of each session will be donated to the Refuge Services Veterans Program.

Message or email me to schedule a session or if you have any questions!

31/03/2024

Miracles of massage therapy! WOW! 🤯🩵

30/03/2024

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27/03/2024

❓🐴❓“EMT” VS “EAT” ❓🐴❓

🩵 WHAT IS EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY 🩵

Equine-assisted therapy (EAT, EAP) is a treatment that includes equine activities or an equine environment to promote physical, occupational, and emotional growth. EAT helps people with anxiety, depression, dementia, PTSD, special needs, TBI, addiction, and so much more!

🩵 WHAT IS EQUINE MASSAGE THERAPY 🩵

Equine massage therapy (EMT) is highly beneficial and necessary way to ensure your horse is healthy! EMT helps horses with many things including, but not limited to, skeletal and muscular health, injury prevention and rehab, pain relief, behavioral issues, and ailments.

If you’re looking for EMT, you know where to find me! If you’re looking for EAT, here are a few places you can reach out to!

Refuge Services: https://www.facebook.com/refugeservices?mibextid=dGKdO6

7 Star Horse Therapy: https://www.facebook.com/7StarHorseTherapy.org?mibextid=dGKdO6

Texas Tech Therapeutic Riding Center: https://www.facebook.com/TexasTechTherapeuticRidingCenter?mibextid=dGKdO6

27/03/2024

❓❓❓❓❓ QUESTION OF THE DAY ❓❓❓❓❓

🧡🧡🧡 What does your horse do for you? 🧡🧡🧡

🐴 Whether your horse is a companion, work buddy, or competitor, equine massage therapy is a proven way to ensure a happy, healthy horse! From nurturing a rescue back to health to improved performance in the arena, EMT has countless benefits for every horse and is crucial for them to truly thrive!

🗣️ Ask me how I can help you and your hoofed best friend!

😉 Oh, did I mention that equine massage therapy can help lower those expensive vet bills too?

🧡 Rescues get free and discounted services! Message me to schedule a session!

24/03/2024

It looks like a Saharan storm out here! 💨💨💨

11/03/2024

This was one of my rescues, formerly known as Banjo, who is now in his forever home and living his best life! He is the sweetest, most beautiful boy, but devastatingly, his life wasn’t so good prior to being rescued.

Sometimes aggressive behavior, unwillingness, and other negative behaviors due to pain are often mistaken for “a bad horse.” It’s scary to think that there are many horses that have been sent to auction, endured unnecessary, harsh training, or even put down for “being bad” or “difficult” when the horse was just trying to communicate that they were in pain, especially when sometimes the solution is as simple as getting the horse's teeth floated or fixing a muscle spasm!

Before you decide to take harsh, unnecessary measures that cause more harm than good, have your horse checked and cleared by a CEMT!

Message me to schedule a session!

10/03/2024

❌🐴 HORSE THEFT & PREVENTION 🐴❌

“It will never happen to me” is the worst thing you can think of when it comes to horse theft.

Every day, horses are reported missing or stolen, and the number of reports seems to continue to increase. I see situations every day where horses are stolen or missing for different reasons, such as failed fencing, breaches of contracts, natural disasters, scam equine facilities, and even situations where people sent their horse to someone they trusted but their horse vanished.

Horses are very difficult to recover, and you never know where they’ll end up. Many are quickly sold to the slaughter pipeline or end up in the hands of abusive owners, both of which happened to my childhood heart horse, Dixie. Thankfully, she was recovered within 2 weeks after 8 years of separation, thanks to Stolen Horse International-NetPosse Missing and Stolen Equine. She probably wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for them.

SHI, also know as Netposse, is not just a page that shares posts; they are a nonprofit organization with a huge worldwide following and the only organization backed up with decades of experience, resources, and connections!

Our horses mean the world to us; they are our partners, best friends, therapists, teachers, and so much more, and the best way to ensure their safety is to be proactive when it comes to taking steps to help prevent horse theft. Educate yourself!

To learn more about how to help prevent horse theft or to file a missing or stolen horse report, please visit netposse.com.

Dixie’s story: https://netposse.com/news.asp?id=4053

06/03/2024

🩵 SHARE YOUR SWEET PICTURES WITH US 🩵

Here are some pictures of Sahara getting scratches and returning the favor! Sweet girl! 🥰

05/03/2024

🏆🩵🏆 AND THE WINNER IS… 🏆🩵🏆

05/03/2024

🏆🎟️🏆 GET READY TO RAFFLE 🏆🎟️🏆

A winner to the Rockin’ K Goody Bucket Giveaway is about to be drawn so stay tuned!

I also want to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who participated, and I hope y’all will participate in our future giveaways! We appreciate each and every one of y’all! 🙏🏻🩵

29/02/2024

I love seeing all the amazing people come together from all over to help the members of our community who have been affected by the fires, and I hope God blesses each and every one of y’all tenfold!

With that being said, there are also some out there who are trying to take advantage of this tragic event, and it makes me sick. Please be careful of who you donate to, where you take your animals and your family, and who you put your trust in. There are plenty of fire departments, churches, and reputable businesses out there that are actually helping and can provide genuine resources. I know this is a hard time for so many, especially those who desperately need help, but the last thing anyone needs is more trouble on top of it all. Please do your due diligence.

28/02/2024

Starting Monday, the Night Owl Espresso and Tea Bar will be accepting donations to take to those who have been affected by the fires and are in need! If anyone has anything to contribute, such as water, clothes, blankets, toiletries, monetary donations, containers to transport items in, etc., it will be really helpful and highly appreciated! Every little thing helps!

Please reach out to me or Rowdy Cogdell with any questions! Thank you!