Thank you for visiting my webpage. My name is Marion Huurman-de Roos and I am co-founder of the Hidden Cave Ranch and Hidden Cave Curly Horses.

After having build a very successful breeding program of American Bashkir Curly Horses things started to shift in my head.

Everytime a foal is born it’s a beautiful blessing and I’m always happy if eveything went well. However I did got more stressed as the years went by. Not only during foaling time, but the weaning and finding good homes for these precious foals got harder for me. My mares where getting older and I started to think, what happends to these broodmares in general? I also have dealt with several cases of neglect, abandonden and sick horses. After being contacted by the county if I could take in and rehab a severe starvation case I made up my mind. I am not going to breed anymore but focus on the old horses. The horses who spend their lives teaching kids how to ride, been a good producing mare, have been the best competition horse,  or that horse that has been in the family forever and now needs to retire. Horses that are still full of live but have to be retired due to injury, sickness or just old age. What is there out there for owners to give these horses some great golden years. There are several retirement boarding faciities, but I found out most are full or have a waiting list.

And so,

Hidden Cave Horse Retirement and Hidden Cave Healing Hooves were born.

Over the years I have studied and received several certifications and degrees in Homeopathy, Neuropathic Medicine, and Holistic Veterinary Medicine. In my home country, The Netherlands, I had my own practice where I helped many horses, dogs and their owners.

What does Hidden Cave Horse retirement offer?

Spacious pastures with availability of year round fresh water trough automatic waterers. Woods and or shelters in each pasture to protect from the elements. Some pastures will have an additional pond.

For retired showhorses it might be a new experience to living in a herd and truly be a horse with compagnions. We will slowly adjust each new horse to his new environment and friends.

Pasture board $350 per month.

Includes hay, minerals, hoofcare and parasite control.

Horses will be checked daily.

Flymasks and if neccecary blankets will be checked and put on and off (owner provides)

Basic vet care like taking care of hoof absesses, minor cuts or wound care are included.

If your horse(s) need extra feed it will be extra.

Extra options

Yearly dental check and work/ floating by licenced dentist.

Body work

PEMF

Massage

Horses with metabolic issues will on a drylot and there are plans to build a track system to stimmulate their movement and keep them mentally occupied.

 

What does Healing Hooves offer?

For Horses and owners:

A total Holistic package. Body, Mind and Soul.

Does you horse have behavior problems, like mentally insecure, spooky, straining or riding problems, all in all non desired behavior? Marion can help with training you and your horse together. Get a better understanding of your horse. Get a better understanding of the biomechanics of you and your horse. Get a better partnership with your horse on any level. WHY does my horse do this. Marion is all about the WHY. Not a quick fix, but getting to the root of the problem.

But what if your horse has physical problems? She can help you with that too. After a diagnosis from your (or her) veterinarian, she can make a complementarily plan to help your horse heal, rehabilitate with several different approaches which includes. Homeopathy, Herbs, Aromatherapy, Bodywork, Massage, Red light therapy and Kinesiology Taping. She has done over a decade of studies, courses and is an certified Holistic Practitioner

Marion also works with an Certified Equine Dentist and a Equine Osteopath/Sacral therapist if necessary.