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A Natural Approach to Health for a Happy Horse and Human!

Have you ever thought about using natural remedies and supplements for your equine partner? As a natural horsemanship and natural living mentor, I'm passionate about properly taking care of our equine partners.

Essential oils and holistic products are a great way to show your horse the love they deserve. From emotional support to gut health, sore muscles to cleaning up cuts and scrapes. No matter what you and your pony's goals are, I can help you understand and implement a regimen using safe, natural, and effective products from the inside out.

Interested in learning more?

Email inquiries to onehearthorsemanship@gmail.com for a FREE virtual consultation to discuss the best products, aids, and supplements for you and your partner to have a thriving relationship.

Jeff Cook

Dream Horse AZ

I grew up with parents from suburban Illinois who had always dreamed of living in the West. They moved us to Colorado when my brother and I were pretty young. Although they dreamt of owning horses, I was the first in my family to acquire one. I had saved my allowance money and five dollar bills from Christmas cards and the tooth fairy. I finally had enough saved up to offer an old cowboy outfitter all I had for an old, one-eared paint mare named Bingo. It turns out he liked me, and so he gave her to me. I was in heaven! That old mare and I went everywhere to ether. I even rode her about ten miles to the county fair, where we won the 4 H horsemanship and showmanship against some pretty nice horses. In our small town, you rodeoed if you didn’t play football. I rode bareback broncs, saddle broncs, and a bull now and then, as long as Mom didn’t find out. Eventually, I won a rodeo scholarship to a small-town college in eastern Colorado, where I earned a degree in Horse Training and Management. From that point on, all I ever wanted to do was train horses. I got to work for some talented trainers and supplemented my income as a farrier. I showed Paints and Quarter Horses and had some success, but something needed to be added. My folks finally bought the dude ranch they always dreamed of, and that’s where I got my introduction to Mustangs. One day I watched an Extreme Mustang Makeover and thought. I can do that. And it was on! Since then, I’ve competed in ten makeovers. I have been in the top ten six times, the fan favorite, reserve champion, had the high-selling Mustang and won the 2021 Oklahoma Extreme Mustang Makeover. We were allowed to pick our horses from any Mustang holding facility or storefront for the Oklahoma show. I found a horse in the Ridgecrest holding corrals that I was so excited about. He was a big, fancy palomino gelding from Nevada wild horse range that was perfect. I showed him to my friend Annie MacDermaid who runs a fantastic storefront in Arizona. She said, “Wow! Nice horse. Too bad you can’t show him, he’s a three-year-old, and they must be four or older.” After begging, arguing, and trying bribery, I was told by the powers at be that I’d have to find another horse. Annie had twenty horses to pick from, but I would select number 16. Yikes…..

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