Jacob's Den - APS Equine

18/04/2025

Oops- forgot Thursday’s photos!! 😊Two days with so much pampering, plaiting and de- shedding including our first CIC day today. The horses are going to miss their visitors next week when schools begin again! Please don’t forget our Saturday morning or weekday evening sessions. Family and individual/group sessions can be booked privately at times to suit. We may also be beginning an additional Home-ed group in the week if we have the interest. May holiday sessions will soon be on our website: jacobsden.org 😊

16/04/2025

A wet start to our final HAF Tuesday of Easter brought some much needed rain to the paddocks. The joy of a Spring walk in a damp woodland was much appreciated by horses and humans😊We still have Jacob’s Den sessions this week. Friday’s session is exclusively for CIC/LAC children and Young People and their families and is at the reduced fee of £10. Saturday morning sessions are open to all children and we will soon be re-starting our Thursday evening sessions for 11years and older. Please visit our website jacobsden.org for further details 😊

14/04/2025

!!!Non- HAF Spaces still available Thursday 17th April and every Saturday morning!!! WOW!!! What a busy day. We began the day with lots of scratches and brushing in the paddocks to help get rid of the Winter hair. Beau definitely loved his scratches then went to mutually groom Colours through the fence! We were so worried about Romeo missing his friends and missing out on the fun that we moved our activities to his paddock today. We washed then moved the equipment so he could see everything that was happening. Beau stood with Romeo to keep him company then had a go round by himself. Beau had a huge jump over the poles so we thought we would leave the jump until another day 😄We also started some Spring planting by using an old feeder and filling it full of soil to grow some strawberry plants. If you would like to book a session with us please visit our website: jacobsden.org🙂

14/04/2025

!!!Non- HAF spaces still available for Thursday 17th April and every Saturday morning!!! A catch up on Friday and Saturday. We had a visit from Sandy of Equine endo/equi-lab, FWEC on Friday. Some of our visitors got to use her microscope to check for worms in the horses faeces. Sandy also weighed most of the horses on her scales and checked them over with a verdict on their body score. Our visitors learned how check for body condition and recorded all the information. We had a visit from the vet in the afternoon to give annual vaccinations to those who were due and also take bloods to check on insulin and glucose levels for Hero and Romeo. Hero’s blood was also tested to measure his cortisol and ACTH levels to check his medication is at the correct levels. Sadly we think Romeo has the beginnings of laminitis but the vet thinks it’s been caught early and a few weeks of special care (and lots of extra scratches and cuddles) should see him right again 🥰

08/04/2025

Fabulous day in the sunshine for the first of our holiday sessions. We are looking forward to lots more and have got visits from the vet and the farrier booked this week as well as the mobile lab coming to support our horses health and bring (very big!) scales to check all the horses are a healthy weight. Lots of fun and learning!!! 😊Spaces still available for Thursday 17th April!!

07/04/2025

Lots of mutual grooming this evening. Bailey had a big stretch to reach Princess and Beau had a Romeo hair moustache afterwards 🤣🤣

05/04/2025

Another hairy day today at JD! We filled one of the empty bird feeders so the birds would have easy access to nest lining. We have tadpoles too as the frogspawn eggs are hatching. Such a fabulous way to spend a beautiful Spring day!!! 😊

04/04/2025

31/03/2025

!!! Tuesday 8th and Thursday 17th- SPACES STILL AVAILABLE- EASTER IS NEARLY HERE!! JD HOLIDAY PONY DAYS- spaces available for ALL children/ young people from 5 years and upwards (5 and 6 years will require parent or guardian present). £20per day. APS Equine LN4 1JD. Join us Tuesday 8th April and / or Thursday 18 th April- 10:00-13:00. Enjoy ground based pony wellbeing activities. Meet up with old friends or make new ones- - horse and human- and learn new skills whilst having lots of fun!!! Visit our website: jacobsden.org for booking details or email [email protected] 😊

29/03/2025

Everyone wanted to be with Romeo and Beau today, and these new boys really enjoyed being with our visitors as well 😊

25/03/2025

It was Jim’s turn to meet Romeo and Beau today. Jim always welcomes new faces- don’t think he has ever met one as small and squealy as Romeo before though! 🤣

22/03/2025

!!! OMG WE HAVE GOT SUCH EXCITING NEWS AT JACOB’S DEN !!! We are so very lucky to have two miniature horses- Beau and Romeo - come to join us!!! We are hoping Beau will be out and about soon- visiting Special Schools, Children’s Homes and many more places, bringing something special to many young people. He has done many ‘inside’ jobs 🤣 before, starring on TV with Alexander Armstrong, where he was a bell boy for a day and also visiting hospices around the Grantham area. He has special ‘Build a Bear’ boots that help prevent him slipping on the floor. Romeo has also joined us and lives up to his name as he has won many hearts (and rosettes) in the showing ring. We are hoping that some of our young visitors might ‘show’ him again in the future- how amazing that would be. Watch this space to follow the progress of these super special boys. We expect lots of you will be meeting them soon!!! 😊

17/03/2025

!!!!IT’S HAF TIME AGAIN!!!! We are all very excited at Jacob’s Den- the Easter HAF website goes live TODAY-Tuesday 18th March . All information will be on the HAF website. Our spaces are SEND only, so please make sure your child qualifies before booking as we may not be able to complete your booking. We will be having two days for ALL children SEND and non/SEND during the holidays on top of our HAF days and usual JD days- dates to be announced soon but unfortunately we cannot accept HAF vouchers for those days. We have been heavily oversubscribed in previous holidays and we are very aware that parents/carers do not always have access to the vouchers at the same time so, to make it as fair as we can, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access all the sessions you book. This is so we can include as many children and young people as possible who are booked onto the waiting list. Hope to see you soon!!! 😊

15/03/2025

Hair, hair everywhere!!! Most of the ponies have started shedding their coats, especially the minis- Colours and Woody. We gathered it all up and put it in the trees and bushes for the birds to collect for nest building. Their chicks will be warm and cosy!!!