Authentic Equine
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Certified Farrier. Equine Behaviourist. Sheath Cleaning. Reiki Master.
02/19/2026
Many don’t realize it, yet having a horse in your life is a great responsibility, and an even greater privilege. Horses are a reflection of your strengths and weaknesses, so it’s an enormous opportunity to learn and grow within yourself.
So very often this isn’t how they are perceived. Whatever the initial reason is that we tend to purchase a horse, that first feeling of gratitude, love and privilege is easily lost along the way as we start to pursue our goals that our horses are there to get us to. Whether it is just learning groundwork, basic riding, barrel racing, jumping, cutting, and the list goes on, many times along the way the horse is forgotten about and treated more like a machine than a friendship.
As humans we tend to focus on their behaviour yet not our own mental state. They feel everything that we feel. Anxious, calm, angry, happy, sad, etc., so when they are “acting out” or “being bad” there is usually a direct link to the rider/handler. Whether that link is emotion, or lack of training, it is still a reflection upon the human. (Note: it may be pain as well, that topic is for another day)
In owning a horse, we are responsible for their individual needs as well as their mental and physical states.
Your horse can and will help you to understand parts of yourself that you may not even know you had to deal with, if you just let them. This will take work and determination yet the payoff will be so worth it!
One of my utmost passions in life is to help you to be able to fully understand what your horse is telling you not only about themselves but you as well.! To help clearly communicate with your horse in a way that helps you to understand where they are coming from.
It is truly aprivilege to be in the presence of such an amazing animal. One that can teach us so very much about ourselves including to be mindful of how present you are day to day, moment to moment, not to mention grace, strength, beauty, and joy!
02/11/2026
Strathmore, the little critters and us are headed into town for a visit this Friday February 13/26. 10 am Wheatland Lodge, and 11:30 am Sagewood. Bring the seniors down to say hello and pet an animal.
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About Me
(Disclaimer: This has already been posted, I am just putting this here so you don’t have to scroll to the bottom of the page to read it.)
Hi my name is Nicole Lamoureux. I grew up just outside of Fort St. John, BC. From the age of 3 I have been upon a horses back! My family and I participated in local gymkhanas, rodeos, horse shows, (costume class, jumping, pole bending and barrels being some of my favourite events!) Growing up my family did not have the extra money for clinics yet I was always supplied with books and horses to work with. From minis, donkeys, mules, morgan’s, quarter horses, arabians, and percherons, I had my share of learning from the cool blooded to the hot blooded as well as a cow, steer and any other animal I figured I could train/learn from. In 2004 I became a certified Farrier, 2006 competed in a fitness competition, 2014 to present I dabble in cross country eventing clinics, in 2015 I went to my first Buck Brannaman clinic where I have been hooked on working with the horses nature ever since! In 2018 I completed and received my Masters in Reiki. Between the fitness for both horse and rider, good conditioning programs, how horses and humans think, our energy as well as theirs, and how the mind, body and soul connection affects everything, I absolutely love sharing as well as receiving knowledge as much as I do working with horses.
