Equi-Health Canada - Eastern Ontario

07/13/2025

CHRISTMAS 🎄 IN JULY!!!!

We are recruiting amazing and talented horse people for our equine health and emergency first aid instructor team. The large animal vet shortage is real, and we need to help horse owners be prepared to be the first responder for their animals!

I mean.... You are already doing it. You're the go-to. Why not get paid for it?

You: Are passionate about horses and their well-being.
You: Are confident working around horses of all breeds.
You: Are already the go-to person when someone has a question or an issue with their horse.
You: Are confident helping people/talking to people.
You: Are ready to earn supplemental income, add to your equine resume or work towards a totally new career in the horse industry.
You: Are looking for a way to spend more time with your horses, your family .... and less time at a job you don't enjoy.

Us: Actively recruiting equine lovers with the above qualifications for our summer and fall training courses.
PLUS until July 25... Christmas in July - we are offering 25% off tuition with code xmas25

To learn more about tuition, training locations, application process, etc. please visit the website at https://equihealthcanada.com/about-our-team

Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/CanineEquineFeline/application-form---equine-first-aid

*Serious applicants only. Application does not guarantee acceptance. Very limited space is available per class*

06/21/2025

We are excited to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day at the Pembroke Waterfront today on the occasion of the Summer Solstice.
There are family activities, art performances, local community vendors, food, and more!

06/18/2025

Are you ready to hit the road this summer to some shows and trail rides? Is your rig ready? Well, Equi-Health Canada - Eastern Ontario has one more Safe Trailering Practices certified instructor, Lorena Burns.

We’re ready to help you chose the right trailer and tow vehicle for you, conduct inspections and maintenance, connection systems and safety, safe driving tips, responding to accidents and incidents, preparing horses to travel, and more!

06/16/2025

Source: American Association of Equine Practitioners

06/16/2025

In our Disaster Planning & Emergency Preparedness for Horse & Livestock Owners, we cover barn fires and their potential causes. All the right things were done in this case by the owners, but you may still have an incident. The vigilance here (and some luck) helped save this horse annd barn.

Posted on another page from a horse owner willing to share their experience to save others. Thank you!

« Just a warning for others who use heated water buckets. One of our heated buckets caught on fire in our horse barn. My parents, the farm owners, were not home at the time the fire started, but thankfully, I arrived just in time to notice the frantic horse in his stall, with his bucket in flames and the scalding plastic dripping on the shavings and hay below it. I was able to get him out and extinguish it before too much damage was done, although the wood in the stall had already caught fire. So we were VERY lucky. We inspected the electrical, which had been installed to code by a certified electrician, and the outlet was fully functional, as it should be. We have been using these types of buckets for 15 years and never had an issue until now (the current ones were all purchased about 6 years ago). The bucket had been filled about 2 hours prior, so it would have had a good amount of water in it. No extension cord was used.

I am certain that had I arrived 10, maybe even 5 minutes later, I would have walked into a tragic catastrophe. We reported the incident to the company who manufactures it and requested they take responsibility and to address the potential hazards associated with their heated buckets. We asked that they conduct a thorough investigation into this incident and implement necessary changes to prevent similar occurrences in the future. But at the very least, I'd just like to give the equine community a heads up. Because we don't know why it happened, it's difficult to suggest how you can prevent this from happening to you, but please be cautious.

Note: Happened at the start May, when temps were still dipping below overnight in Ontario. »

06/09/2025

Our Equi-Health Canada - Eastern Ontario has two new Disaster Planning & Emergency Preparedness Instructors for the region, Lorena Burns and Katelynn Jackson-Bračika. Both have significant backgrounds in operational
planning. The DPEP is a must-have for all
horse and livestock owners. Don’t have an “it can’t happen to me” attitude! Natural and human caused disasters can happen anywhere at any time. Learn how to develop your own barn and community evacuation plans through our full-day hands on course for only $169 or through our 2 hour community in-person or online workshop for only $30! Don’t waste your time and money on poor substitutes; Equi-Health Canada is the original and is unmatched for credibility and quality.

06/09/2025

On May 31st, we had another great day at Tombstone Tack Shop. This time we were teaching our full day Advanced Equine First Aid Course. It was a great day to stay inside and hang out with beautiful horses; Sadie, our equine casualty actor was so tolerant and well-behaved.

Would you like to host, but haven’t inquired yet because you’re worried you might not have a big enough group? Reach out to us anyway!! As long as we don’t have to travel too far, we can do courses for individuals, couples, families, or a small group of friends/boarders.

05/29/2025

Hank and Pedro are two of our Equi-Health Canada - Eastern Ontario ‘casualty actors’. They aren’t as experienced as our mares, but they are learning. Hank enjoys being fussed over, is used to having his legs wrapped, but after having a bout with side bone on his FR, is sometimes reluctant to pick up his FL foot. After his bout with Potomac Horse Fever, Pedro is a pro for having his vital signs taken, but isn’t the best at standing still for very long. Horses need to be conditioned to accept treatment and the worst time to train them is when they need first aid, so we continue to help them ‘build a bridge and get over it!’

05/29/2025

On May 25th, Equi-Health Canada - Eastern Ontario welcomed a new member to our regional team! Lorena Burns is a former 22 year, military police officer with experience teaching human first aid, emergency scene management, and disaster planning operations.

02/17/2025

We’re pretty proud of what Equi-Health Canada has become! What started out as Heather and her dad, Ross, delivering courses locally in the Alberta foothills to an International, professional cadre of instructors who deliver life saving service to horse owners across North America. We have added numerous course offerings including Disaster Planning & Emergency Preparedness for Livestock Owners. Heather has grown Equi-Health Canada to have a now independent sister organization in the US and launched Canine Health Canada. If you’ve taken our course(s), support what we do, or feel strongly about rallying behind other strong women, please cast a vote!

One visionary will be featured in Forbes, receive a one-on-one mentoring session from Daymond John, and take home $25,000.

02/16/2025

I had the privilege yesterday to teach at an exceptionally well run and organized barn in Dunrobin yesterday. The horses were so well behaved and those who run it are clearly dedicated to the life and love of the horse! Thank you Emily, Abdullah, and Stacie for a great day!

02/16/2025

This amount of snow in such a short time is somewhat unusual for these parts of ON. Such a heartbreaking event; thankfully no one was hurt.

We also have a lot of very old barns and outbuildings in ON. Do you know you can calculate your roof’s snowload? In our Disaster Planning & Emergency Preparedness course, we cover it.

Yesterday the unrelenting amount of snow took down our 70x200 indoor arena. To say it’s shocking and heartbreaking would be an understatement. Thankfully no one was injured.