Jenny Edwards & Herd
Hello, my name is Jenny Edwards and I am the owner & creator of All Natural Horse Care. I was born in Canada, but lived in the UK for the majority of my life. In 2005 decided to move back to Canada with my three equines - Tuff n Classy Two, Charlie and Pip, plus my two cats and two dogs - to fulfill my dream of having my own farm. I have been involved with horses most of my life and have competed in many different disciplines including the European Championship for Western Riding in Munich in 1988. I started out my career working at a large riding stables, where I was introduced to many different horse activities including: English (dressage, cross-country, show jumping, showing, quarter horse racing and general pleasure riding) & Western (showmanship, horsemanship, pleasure, trail, western riding, reining and trail riding) styles; breeding; teaching and training (both English & Western). In 1990 I decided to undertake a career change as I wanted more time to spend with my animals so I retrained, becoming a graphic designer. (If you are ever in need of any graphic design including web design then please take a look at my other website:
www.jmedesign.co.uk ;o)
Now my six horses (I have since adopted another three, Zeus & Jasper (who are rescues) and Montana - more information below - live as natural a life as possible. I keep them all barefoot and ride in treeless saddles and bitless bridles. They eat a natural grass (and grass hay) diet with some supplements and are only wormed when necessary. I do not have them routinely vaccinated, apart from a ten yearly tetanus shot. Meet the horses
Tuff n Classy Two (Tuffy)Tuffy is a Canadian born Quarter Horse x Appaloosa. He's a light palomino with a white blanket and ginger spots - although you'd never know it most of the time as he is a mud monster! I have known him since he was a three year old when he arrived in the UK. He was sold from his breeder in Canada and shipped to Germany. However the German owners sold him to a dealer and he was in very poor condition on arrival to the UK. He has now just turned 17 and he is my perfect horse and no amount of money would make me part with him - but then as anyone who knows me would attest, no amount of money would make me part with any of my animals ;o)
PipPip is a piebald shetland pony. He was suffering from very bad laminitis (see pic opposite) when I got him back in 2001 and still has metabolic issues. His feet are greatly improved but I think after so many years of chronic laminitis his coffin bones have degenerated so he will never have really healthy feet. Saying that he has rarely been lame since I have had him and he loves to be ponied alongside Tuffy. He is wearing a grazing muzzle in the picture above so that he can stay out with the herd but not eat too much because the sugars in grass trigger his lamnitis.
CharlieCharlie is a small chestnut shetland pony with a huge cheeky character. He has been with me since 1996 and had also suffered with laminitis. He doesn't approve of being ridden or doing much in the way of work but is a joy to have around.ZeusZeus came to me as a rescue from the OSPCA. He had spent the majority of his life in a tiny stall where he could barely turn around. When he was found his head was almost touching the roof of his stall because his owner never cleaned it out. He was a stallion and had been abused so was extremely wary of people. I initially fostered him, but decided that I could not let him go as he had suffered too much already. He is around eight years old and I have been working slowly with him to gain his trust. The pictures below show his progress so far.Feb 2006 (the day he arrived) and May 2006
His feet looked awful and I doubt they had ever been trimmed, but you can see how they are improving with correct trimming. 
MontanaMontana is a Paint x TB (second left in the photo) who is just over 3 years old and he is into everything! He HAS to be involved in whatever you are doing and is the most sociable horse I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. We got him from a local sale and he was a bit of an unknown quantity, but he is such a sweetheart. He has never had shoes so has lovely, uncontracted feet. They were a bit underrun when we got him but after a couple of trims they are shaping up well. He will make a stunning dressage horse as he just floats over the ground, but not for a few years yet when he finishes growing.JasperJasper (on the left of the photo) is a 22 year old Quarter Horse - another rescue horse. He came to us as he had basically been written off by the local farrier & vet who suggested that if he hadn't improved by Christmas he should be put down. He had laminitis as a result of being left to fend for himself in a field for six years. His previous owner got him from a rescue centre and did her best to get him sound but was limited by the skills of her farrier and vet. His feet are awful with lots of rotation and had been allowed to grow forward.
As you can see from the photo's his feet left a lot to be desired when he arrived but had supposedly been trimmed by the farrier every four weeks. The heels were too high which was contributing to the rotation and the separation in the white line at the toe was about 2cm. He also had separation in the quarters from flares that had not been addressed. The All Natural Horse Care website is created with an amazing system called Site Build It (SBI). If you are thinking of starting a web-based home business then I would recommend you check out. It is perfect for work at home moms or anyone who wants to generate some extra money with a web-based business. It's also a great way to promote an existing business and spread your services. And best of all, you don't even need to have web building experience. There is also a FREE Affiliate Masters Course that you can download which is another way of earning a bit of extra cash.
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