From her home Cathy runs a successful consultancy business where people may call on her help for any of their equine behaviour or health problems. Cathy visits owners and their horses all over the UK and abroad.

She has worked in the Netherlands, Spain and Ireland and enjoys travelling and expanding her business. Cathy is an Equine Behaviour Therapist, Equine Dentist and trims bare feet the natural way, she can also fit saddles and help with many health issues.

Some of the behavioural issues that she can help with are:

• Loading
• Barging
• Phobias like clipping
• Afraid to go through stable doors or gateways
• Not liking to be left on their own
• Not tying up
• Not standing still to be mounted

And the list goes on!

Basically Cathy will help with anything that the owner feels is an issue, as she firmly believes that one owner’s issue is another person’s challenge. Cathy’s methods are eclectic – having a vast knowledge of equine behaviour and will use whichever method will best suite the individual horse (and owner).

It does not matter what problem Cathy is asked to help with, she will give a two hour initial assessment looking at everything to do with the horse.

• The horse/owner relationship
• Grazing
• Feed
• Companions
• Stabling
• Teeth
• Feet
• Back sensitivity
• Saddle and bridle fit
• Demeanour
• Musculature make up
• Head collar fit – Cathy was able to cure a ‘head shaker’ in minutes!
  The nose band of his head collar was too low and as he had to wear it all day he had got used to tossing his head to get the nose band higher up his face!!!

Once all this information is gathered Cathy has a better idea of how she can best help the handler/horse relationship. It has been known for her to go to a yard to help a seemingly ‘stroppy’ mare be clipped, and within her initial assessment find that the teeth were in dire need of rasping. Once this was sorted, using the owner’s dentist, the horse was much easier to handle – obviously this helped when teaching her to stand for clipping.

However!
Cathy is not one for going to a yard, sorting the problem, taking the money and running. Number one, she is not money orientated, although she must earn a living. Secondly she feels that it is no good sorting out the problem and working well with the horse as it is the handler/owner that will be with the horse for most of the time and it is this relationship which must change. IN ORDER TO GET CHANGE SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE! So tightly inter-woven in her sessions is tuition for the client – and homework is set. It is not long before an improvement is seen in the horse and Cathy would suggest that by the third session (excluding the assessment) there will be some improvement. Obviously depending on the individual circumstances the length of time may be extended or shortened.

If you would like a visit from Cathy to help you sort out a problem or you would just like a lesson in how to handle your horse or do Tteam, Shiatsu or Clicker training get in contact .