Equither received a lengthy letter follow-up about several horses at Kohlmann Farm and I have tried to condense it below:
We at Kohlmann Farm have 5 different horses that Kelly Flowers worked on. Each horse had different issues but Kelly was able to find and address each problem area and able to improve mobility on each of the five horses. For some time prior to Kelly working on them, each horse had their feet properly trimmed, under vet care, and been slowly worked and in training for a different specific job. With all of this each horse still had a problem that was not improving. We called in Kelly for equine PT, massage therapy and chiropractic care.
ANNIE: AQHA 4 year old mare, has issues in one front hoof but was dragging both front feet so badly I thought we would have to put her down unless she could improve. Annie had won alot of money in pole-bending competitions until she went lame with improper trimming, long heels and pre-navicular syndrome in one front hoof. With a Natural Hoofcare vet working on her feet, we came to the conclusion that there were tendon , ligament and muscular issues. We called Kelly to work on Annie, and after one initial treatment session, within days, she jumped out of temporary fencing and galloped up the long driveway to my neighbor's farm. I knew Annie was better! Annie now walks fine up the hill when it is time to come in from the pasture.
TAFFY: a Chincoteague 14 year old mare who was a top dressage pony in Lexington Pony Club some years back. Taffy came to me with very stiff and stilted gaits, no longer wished to jump, bucked off riders and could not canter properly (she threw herself into the canter with both hind legs hitting the ground at the same time, bucked and did not have a true 3 beat canter). Taffy looked locked in her lower back and hips. Amazingly, the same night Kelly did the initial work on Taffy I put her in the round pen. She walked, trotted and cantered freely for the first time, and had a 3 beat canter with her rear legs working independently. Subsequent treatment from Kelly has Taffy improving even more in her shoulders and hips and she has started to move like a dressage horse!
SONNY DEE: 12 year old AQHA gelding who was off in the trot, but the vet could not pinpoint why or where. Kelly examined Sonny and asked if he had trouble in the canter. I said Yes! he has always preferred one lead over the other, frequently cross-cantering or switching to the wrong lead. And in the trot this gelding did not seem to flow evenly, no matter the direction. After Kelly identified and addressed the problem, the past two weeks Sonny canters both leads easily and properly and his trot is more even.
We are very pleased with the assessment and work Kelly has done with each of our horses and we highly recommend him for any breed, style of riding or work, from trail to showring. In addition to the work on the horses, Kelly shared important saddle information that I now use whenever I saddle a horse.
Audrey Kohlmann