A horse uses the Aqua-Tred at EquiFitness in Bryan, Texas.
I just walked in the door after the morning out at The Whole Horse veterinary clinic and rehabilitation center here in San Marcos. The Whole Horse has a Ferino Aqua Pacer, widely considered by many to be the “crème de la crème” of equine aqua therapy machines. It’s fascinating to see how well the horses take to the machines…
Monday morning at EquiFitness in Bryan was lovely. The staff was more than accommodating – a rare occurrence that makes my job so much easier! – and were great to work with. The facility, which features an Aqua-Tred equine treadmill, a swimming pool, and an Equicisor “horse gym” was immaculate and quite busy. A variety of horses, from dressage horses to racehorses to rodeo stock were at the facility to undergo aqua fitness.
I guess it must be my equestrian background, but I always get a kick when I walk into a facility and every single horse looks happy and healthy. Believe me, it’s a rare occurrence, but EquiFitness is quite a notable exception.
Many thanks to the staff at both EquiFitness and The Whole Horse for letting me come in and nose around!
In other news, I just picked up a new Canon 430EX II Speedlite flash. I always swore I would never be a flash photographer – and I don’t intend to use the flash for editorial work – but added it to the kit for commercial use. After writing up an article today I hope to have some time to play around with it… new gear is always fun.
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A friend of mine stumbled across your website and swore that you had a picture of my horse, Diesel, on the aquatred. Sure enough that’s him! I love it!
Michelle, you have a great horse! Diesel was working out the day the ladies at EquiFitness let me drop in to shoot images and do some research. He’s very photogenic and looked like he enjoyed his swim!