Horse Care and Training
Our focus on equine behavior allows us to optimize the total health of your horse: physical, mental and emotional.
- Let us teach you clicker training
- Let us teach your horse (you’re welcome to watch!)
- Veterinary Handling
- Environmental Enrichment
Veterinary Horsemanship
Do you have a horse, mule, or donkey who is difficult to handle? A patient who “hates the vet,” or which other DVM’s have refused to see?
We introduce you to Veterinary Horsemanship–our unique approach to handling patients. Time and again, we’ve used 5 minutes of simple horsemanship instead of 5 minutes waiting for sedation to kick in, and the experience is a win for all involved. Less drug for your horse. Less stress for your horse. Satisfaction for you as you see how well behaved your animal actually is, and a sheer kick in the pants for us because we’re passionate about this method!
In addition to using Veterinary Horsemanship everyday on the job, we will also be offering workshops to teach these methods to YOU.
Equine Behavior Modification
Do you keep reaching for a sedative or a twitch to get one annoying thing done every 6 weeks … 6 months … even a year?
Whether it’s standing for the farrier, taking their biannual deworming medication or tolerating mane pulling for your upcoming performance debut, Mertens Mammals can help your horse participate willingly in husbandry behaviors.
You already seek harmony, ease, and enthusiasm from your horse as your pursue your recreational goals, whether your ride is through the woods or through the start gate. Why not bring this same mind-set to the rest of your horse’s life?
Call today if you have a question about that “one thing” your horse can’t do, but you wish she could … We’ll help you get there!
