Natural Hoofcare, Partnership Training,
Homeopathy, Herbs, Clicker Training,
Homeschooling Courses, Equine Nutrition
 

Gwenyth Browning Jones Santagate, Founding Instructor:  Santagate is one of the pioneers of the barefoot hoof movement, professionally teaching and educating on Equine Hooves since 2001 and caring for hooves for over 2 decades.  Ms. Santagate is also an Equine Behavioral Specialist carrying over 40 years of experience in the field. Presently the National Director of Equine Behavior for PPLtd. her background additionally includes 4-H Equine Leader for over a decade in MA and FL, riding and horsemanship instruction since the 1980's and contributing author to the Federal Mounted Border Patrol Training Manual of 2001. Santagate travels 4 states to care for pathological and transitioning hooves as well as teaching PPT and Natural Hoofcare. Santagate is also an author, clinician and speaker. Currently Santagate lives on her family farm with her husband of 38 years in Douglas, Massachusetts and can be reached at caballus@charter.net

Equine Massage

Ashlee Wellenstein, Gentle Touch Farrier and Sports Massage. Ashlee has grown up with horses as a enthusiastic 4-H member and equine competitor. She is an Equine Massage Therapist as well as a Natural Barefoot Hoofcare Provider and just loves being able to work with and help horses. Ashlee's been able to help many horses with head tilts, shattered seasamoid and other debilitating conditions of the sports equine body. She currently lives in Upstate, NY with 4 horses and a miniature stallion , her husband and 3 kids. Ashlee loves 'the natural way' in everything she does.

Clicker Training

Amanda Martin, Equine Behavioral Scientist: Amanda Martin (S.M.A.A.R.T. Horses creator and Director), has been clicker training horses for many years. In this time she has been working with and for clicker trainers worldwide, enabling them to better engage their animals in learning, problem solving, rehabilitation and communication.

Amanda’s approach is three fold; providing tuition with clicker training horses, awareness raising as to the positive affects of clicker training for both animal and handler, and the creation of an ever expanding range of high-spec, highly practical clicker training equipment.

She works particularly within the equine sphere, but is also a certified dog clicker trainer (CAP 2, Wagmore Barn).

Amanda has worked with internationally renowned clicker training experts and has already had a varied and engaging career.  She is trained in forensic science and applies her dedication to searching for the truth at every level of her horsemanship.  She also has numerous qualifications and extensive experience of clicker training horses. But what makes her particularly special is far more than can be said on paper. She can help and inspire you, whether you’ve been clicker training horses for years or it’s your first tentative day.   

Equine Herbals

Gineane Haberlin, Certified Herbalist:
Gineane has been fortunate enough to grow up around horses. She has been active in many different disciplines, from Gymkhana, Standardbred Racing, Artificial Insemination/Breeding to Dressage. Gineane is also a graduate of SUNY Morrisville's Equine Sciences program. Currently residing in Groton, Massachusetts, she has a small farm which is home to a retired Standardbred Trotter & three UK Shetland ponies from the Personal Ponies, Ltd. Program.
Also an avid gardener. Gineane is a Certified Herbalist who takes pride in teaching others how to improve their lives by living "a little greener".
Her business "Haberlin's Herbals" is proud to make a line of exclusive products for Penzance which are all custom made to order from the freshest herbal ingredients.
 

Clicker Training

Leslie Pavlich, Author, "Clicker Training: Colt Starting the Natural Horse": I was raised with horses and I took my first trot on a horse when I was 3. When I was 5 I was bucked off almost everyday by a Shetland Pony named Peanuts, but that didn’t bother me, I got back on again and again. I started my first colt when I was 14. A Morgan horse named Gallant. In my teens I showed horses, and even show jumped. I guess I was always fascinated with horses, and how to work with them.
I went to equine school for a year, worked with Natural Horsemanship for 10 years, and continued to train the entire time. When I started with Clicker Training, I had a breeding farm full of horses, and a few clients.

The Better Way Farms, is a breeding farm of Foundation QH's of color, and Paints, in Oklahoma, a specialized breeding program for the trail horse. All of the horses are imprinted at birth and all of their training has been Clicker Training and Natural Horsemanship. I have been training horses for 23 years. My hobby as a child was re-training horses.  All of my horses that are in training are now Clicker Trained from the weanlings to my most advanced horses. I have spent all my life looking for a better way to work with horses.

Aromatherapy
Bach Flower Therapy

Kelly Holland Azzaro is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Aromatherapist, Certified Clinical Aromatherapy Practitioner and Certified Bach Flower Practitioner. With additional training in canine/equine massage and intuitive animal communication, she shares her love of aromatherapy and animals by creating holistic blends and teaching a variety of workshops to educate and empower others about the simple yet powerful ways that aromatherapy and holistic thinking can be easily incorporated for a healthy lifestyle for you and your animal friends. Kelly has been blending essential oils with advanced massage therapies since 1988.

Kelly is the creator of Ashi Aromatics Inc. ™ an aromatherapy product line made with pure essential oils and naturally sourced botanicals for people and their animal friends. She loves all aspects of aromatherapy and honors each way that essential oils are experienced, clinical, holistic, vibrational, emotional and spiritual.

Kelly is also the Vice President for NAHA (National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy). A non-profit organization dedicated to education of true aromatherapy. Published articles in ‘The Aromatherapy Journal’ share the life-changing event of our beloved horses, Sandy and Taz stolen and their safe-journey home and how aromatherapy and flower essences were part of our healing process. Loss of a beloved animal friend and the grief process with essential oils and flower essences is another piece to be published soon.

Kelly and her husband Marco, a Nationally Board Certified Acupuncturist and Qigong Practitioner, have a holistic healing center in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Both Kelly and Marco offer over 20 years of professional experience through quality holistic therapies. They share their live with loving animal companions, Sandy and Taz, Maxine and Tao Kitty. www.ashitherapy.com www.ashiaromatics.com ashitherapy@skybest.com