Valérie Sollie
About me
Passionate about the care and well-being of horses since always, I worked in rides, stables and stud for about 15 years.
Life made me meet an exceptional horse in my eyes early 2017.
An 11 year old Spanish stallion with anxiety, uncontrollable fears and a lot of pain.
His behavior makes me realize that the method of training with which he has been educated is not suitable for him or for me because too hard. I discover that my horse does not really have a natural instinct, that he has been deprived of the social contact of his peers, that he knows only very short gaits below him and more ...
I decide to change everything radically enough to give him physical and psychological comfort, to make him grow up, to show him that we can have fun while working and remove all his pains.
After a few months, thanks to the ethological method, a lot of questioning, a lot of listening and analysis of his behavior, I can deepen our complicity and a radical change in his fears.
We learn a new language together, he shows me that he appreciate
more and more the contact, the scratches and the gestures instinctive
that come to me.
Three months after his purchase, he begins to limp right hind.
I get help from a lot of people, veterinarians, osteopaths,
Marshal, ... but without any real diagnosis of lameness.
I then immerse myself in research on natural methods to relieve
and heal.
That's how I discovered equine sports massage with
Kurt Huyghe, equine masseur for more than 10 years in Normandy.
I am absolutely convinced of the method and notice the
first benefits on my stallion from the first massage.
With the equine massage, I found a tool to improve the general condition of the horse for a better everyday life and a new intuitive communication to get in touch with him and know him otherwise to become his partner.
Since then, I'm still training for a better understanding about the basics needs of horses as well as their mechanics, their functioning and much more.
Natural trimming, aromatherapy, algotherapy, tissue osteopathy, animal communication, Bach flowers, Essential oils, equine nutrition, ...
"I like the idea that the horses are there for a reason, they are there to show us something"
Pierre Beaupère