Healing Rein Farm

08/25/2026

Our County Relations Manager Natally Batiston created a beautiful corn maze at Country Dreams Farm in Plattsburgh, NY in honor of International Year of the Woman Farmer. It takes some serious talent to be able to create this with a vision and a tractor! 🚜

06/29/2026

With extreme heat affecting so many areas right now, this is information every horse owner needs. If you're dealing with extreme heat, the safest decision may be to skip your ride.

Here's what catches many horse owners off guard: 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝. They can be overheating while still appearing completely normal.

🎙️ Episode 51: Summer Heat & Your Horse – Part 1: The Science Behind the Stress https://scoopandscale.com/ep-51-summer-heat-and-your-horse-part-1-the-science-behind-the-stress/
Learn:
☀️ How horses regulate body temperature
💦 What happens inside the body during heat stress
🧂 How much fluid and electrolytes are really lost through sweat
🦠 Why heat can impact gut health, inflammation, and immunity
🐎 How exercise compounds heat stress—even when your horse seems "fine"

🎙️ Episode 52: Summer Heat & Your Horse – Part 2: Nutrition & Management https://scoopandscale.com/ep-52-summer-heat-and-your-horse-part-2-nutrition-and-management/
We cover:
🌾 Feeding strategies to reduce heat load
🥕 How diet affects hydration
🧂 Salt vs. electrolytes (and why the difference matters)
🧬 Important summer nutrients
🪣 Feed storage, feed tubs, and practical management tips to help your horse stay safe.

Please share this post with horse groups you are a part of and your horse friends. A simple share could help prevent a heat-related emergency.

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts or click on the links above

06/21/2026

Fun Facts from Healthy Pastures, Healthy Horses

06/20/2026

Please be on the lookout for Olive. She is missing from Brown Road in Groton, NY. Please call the number on the flyer or the shelter at 607-749-2734.

06/16/2026

06/08/2026

We have auditing and if you are able to bring a horse, 2 riders spots available. Lease horses for the weekend are taken. We cant wait for Kathy Turcott Culler to arrive. We are lucky to have her here between clinics for additional days for private lessons and we plan to take full advantage!!! See everyone Friday evening for the 2 hours preclinic kick off.
Contact Colleen Price to schedule private or semi private lessons with Kathy.

06/06/2026

So very excited. We have 2 ordered for the charcuterie table adornment for the Centered Riding, Inc. d Riding open clinic this weekend. Thank you Kiersten Downs at Elle Pea Acres

Fresh peony bouquets on the stand! The unopened buds will pop within a day or so.

If you want to pre-order let us know! $30 for 10 to 12 stems.

Delivery within 10 miles of our farm add $10.

05/28/2026

Horses support us in shifting into a state of coherence, a regulated state which allows our emotional, mental, and physical bodies to align into a state of calm and regulation. Learn how to guide clients into this state, when they're with horses.
Develop a deeper understanding of regulating the nervous system through coherence, HeartMath is currently offering their Resilient Heart - Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath® Course for $99 (retail: $349) through June 11, 2026.
Learn how to incorporate the HeartMath skill set in a trauma-sensitive manner to support client capacities for resilience, emotional regulation and re-connection with their sense of self-security and well-being.
Course Highlights Include:
• Trauma-sensitive ways to use HeartMath practices
• Tools for supporting emotional regulation and resilience
• Guidance for reconnecting with a sense of inner safety and self-security
• Stories and insights from trauma practitioners around the world
• Options for completion, acknowledgment, or professional certification, depending on eligibility
Learn more: https://store.heartmath.org/store/resilient-heart

HeartMath Free Courses are available when you create an account here: https://heartmathelearning.org/
Transforming Stress Mini-Course: https://www.heartmath.org/.../courses/transforming-stress/
H.E.A.R.T. for military community members: https://www.heartmath.org/resources/courses/heart
Plus others!