With quite a bit of news
Tag: News
Dry January?
Since the herd were forced off the levels just after winter solstice when things got a bit flooded, we had been hoping the land would dry up this month, frost over even, but when the nation had snow we had more rain here in Meare. Winter routine is certainly challenging with 12 members of the [...]
A Rasp in Time, saves…
Our farrier gave us some support this month and offered to teach us both how to get handy with the rasp to keep on top of our herd's hooves between his visits. He also donated his old apron and a new rasp. Livvy was brave enough to accept the training. Jac kindly volunteered to be [...]
Winter Warmer
If you fancy some time out in nature and with a grounding herd of horses and ponies this winter, you may like to join us on Friday 29th Dec 2017 for a winter warmer. Wrap up warm and put the wellies on and get them muddy. Non-alcoholic mulled wine and mince pies available at the [...]
Logan Appeal Latest
Latest News: 08 Jan 2018: Logan has had three blood samples taken to date, to test his ACTH levels, his original test confirmed he had PPID. The upper limit for PPID being 29, and he was 178. He was put on a Prascend tablet a day (which costs about £1.50) and after 6 weeks his [...]
Dance across the Rio Grande
Oh Rio, Rio... Officially meet our newest boy Rio, who is 19, making him one of the eldest in the team along with Jac. His bright big eyes and newly growing out mane make him look at lot younger though. As you can see he is beautiful bright bay like Danny, but with a big [...]
Animal Communication Weekend Workshop
We are very excited to be inviting you to join us for a wonderful weekend coming up in November with Medium and Healer Jo Dutfield who will be collaborating with Paintedhorse to bring a new and powerful way of communicating with our animal allies. Focusing on our 6 senses to develop the confidence, trust and [...]
Epona: Our Dartmoor Hillie Goddess
Also known as 'the sassy one': Epona 'great mare' was the Gaulish name for their Celtic Horse Goddess, a goddess of fertility and protector of equines and she was also celebrated by the Roman Army as a protector of their horses. It was the name all three of us heard when Meadow said she wanted [...]
Nine for Mortal Men
Our healing herd of nine: “Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings A week ago lovely Jo Dutfield (medium, healer and animal communicator) came to help us introduce Logan and Epona (the ponies we [...]
Logan: His time has come
Introducing lovable Logan to Paintedhorse: When we moved to our new location in April, there were two ponies already there. Their then owner didn't have the time needed for them and their health issues; we offered to buy them about a month later, naturally with the view of introducing them to our herd. We were [...]