Robbie Richardson is a referral farrier and horse behaviourist. After many years as a farrier Robbie retrained and has transformed his farriery practice of maintenance and treatment work so that it is 100% barefoot trimming.
Meet King our new horse! Trying to find another heavy horse that would fit into our herd, and the work that we do at Running Deer CIC is no easy thing.
Cisco is 5 years old now and it's clear that he needs and wants a job at Running Deer CIC. He's come a long way since he came to us as a wild Dartmoor pony.
It became apparent at the end of last year that we needed a new home for our horses. Trelawny, Cisco and Mario are part of our Equine Assisted Learning team.
Before starting at Running Deer I had never really felt any closeness or connection to horses. My daughter had riding lessons with a friend who had horses and probably about 5 years ago, I developed an interest in learning to ride though I never did anything about it.
Moving our horses to their new home proved to be challenging but the boys are finally in their winter quarters and permanent new home. Of course we chose the wettest, windiest day in which to do this. But moving them requires people and vehicles, and a coordinated approach because we walked them the 5 miles, rather than transporting them in the trailer.
