Facilities and ServicesIn-house transition to barefoot soundness.Restoring horses with chronic or acute lameness, laminitis, founder or navicular by returning their hooves back to the physiologically correct form, designed by nature. Healing begins immediately the horse receives it´s first trim and continues aided by correct feeding and exercise on our custom pea-gravel walkway and course grained sand round pen to bring their hooves to rock-crushing health. As barefoot health implies, we follow a whole-horse protocol and therefore also offer the services of a qualified equine massage therapist and chiropractor. The majority of horses suffering hoof problems also suffer tension, muscle-misalignment and general soreness. All these things can be addressed and resolved at our clinic. We have a large specially prepared recuperation stall for horses so affected by laminitis or founder that they need to spend more time than usual laid down and subsequently provide around the clock care for these clinical cases. Offering FULL LIVERY in Espiritu Del Viento´s purpose built American barn. Your horse is accommodated in a bright airy 3 x 3m stall where he can see his neighbours and therefore communicate with them. Your horse benefits from an overhead MICRO SPRAY system, virtually eliminating all flies and heat in the summer. The stalls themselves have 3/4" RUBBER FLOOR matting providing comfort and greater hygiene for your horse, along with automatic water feeders. The use of our 18 x 50 m FLOODLIT SAND SCHOOL is available to all our livered horses, as well as our 15m diameter ROUND PEN. 
The climate here on the Costa del Sol means your equine friend will benefit from TURNOUT almost every day in our secure paddocks with fresh constant water and shade. Full livery provides two grain feeds and two forage feeds daily, along with regular daily stall cleaning.For the horse convalescing from injury or illness, in foal or retired we have secure, regularly cleaned, paddocks with shelter and fresh water. Ad lib forage feed (24/7) is included in this service. Extras such as daily injections/medications, special feeds, rugging, attending with vet, etc can be negotiated. You can be safe in the knowledge that should an emergency arise there is someone on site 24 hours a day. Only 20 minutes from the Hospital La Equina in Martajena I have a two-horse box available with vehicle and driver for such a journey or other local trips. We are insured and have the Certification of Well Being of Animals in Transit - a compulsory government requirement for anyone transporting horses. We maintain a regular worming and vaccine schedule and ask that clients horses are kept in a likewise routine. Situated in a beautiful peaceful valley you can go HORSEBACK RIDING for 1 hour, all day or overnight if you so desire! There are many treks in the area, without having to go on the roads, where you can see the beautiful and plentiful flora and fauna of Andalucía from horseback.
I organise treks to other villages, with breakfast or lunch stops, for the competent rider and their sound horse. My husband and I have dedicated quite some time in looking for, finding, and re-opening long disused tracks of the Arrieros (the traders of yesteryear). To learn more about these exciting trails, and how you can experience them look at our page Espiritu de Arrieros GROUND WORK being the essential key to all good horse behaviour, I have developed my own NATURAL TRAINING methods after years of studying the various commercially packaged options, the old-school methods and using common sense. Using our 15m diameter round pen I school young horses in preparation for riding without charts, programs or games and without force. Each horse is an individual and therefore after getting to know their personality I tailor the training to suit them. From experience I have learnt that with this good basis our horses respect us and willingly work with us, coming on in the saddle much quicker than with other methods. Even older horses, taken back to basics, can undo bad habits, re-learn and become great, ridable companions again. 
In keeping with our philosophy of natural horse training we have developed especially for children "CLUB ESPIRITU". Aged 5 to 12 years - children spend 2 hours at a time "getting their nails dirty" as they learn everything about horses from the ground up. Included in this time is 15 to 20 minutes riding to bring them on in the saddle at the same speed as they learn how to manage and handle a horse from the ground. There is a maximum of 6 children in each session so no one misses out! PRIVATE CLASSES are also available for adults and children. We school in English saddles with bitless bridles. All classes are by prior reservation. We are a private yard and maintain one-on-one relationships with all our clients, therefore we do not have general public opening times. 
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