Paint mare in golden afternoon light during liberty groundwork session
Child's small hand offering a carrot to a horse with lowered muzzle
Pair of muddy boots beside fresh hoofprints in soft arena dirt
Horse and trainer in round pen at golden hour, horse showing relaxed body language
Close-up of a horse's soft eye and relaxed muzzle showing trust
Horses grazing in a field at sunset with long golden shadows
Leather halter hanging on a weathered cedar fence post
Horse nuzzling a person's shoulder in warm afternoon light
Horse Behavior Consulting · Central Virginia

She reads
what horses
cannot say.

The pinned ears before the buck. The brace in the ribcage before the bolt. The soft eye that means a thousand-pound animal finally trusts the hand on its neck.

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This week
3 sessions booked
Fauquier · Culpeper · Rappahannock
Avg. turnaround
2–3 sessions
to measurable change
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Horse behavior consultant working quietly with a chestnut mare in a round pen at golden hour
Certified
Equine Behavior Specialist
IAABC · 12 years field work

"She finally let me touch her ears."

The Consultant

Raised on fence lines.
Fluent in horse.

I grew up in the Blue Ridge foothills where you learned to read a horse before you learned to read a room. Twenty years of barns, rescues, problem horses, and patient mornings taught me that there is no such thing as a bad horse — only a horse who hasn't been heard yet.

My work is slow on purpose. I sit at the fence. I watch. I let the horse tell me where the conversation needs to start. By the time I pick up a lead rope, I already know the answer.

340+
Horses worked
12 yrs
Field experience
6 counties
Served locally
See How I Work
Warrenton·Culpeper·Sperryville·Washington·Flint Hill·Amissville·Orlean·Marshall·The Plains·Middleburg·Upperville·Berryville·Front Royal·Luray·Woodville·Castleton·Etlan·Hazel River·Brandy Station·Elkwood·Warrenton·Culpeper·Sperryville·Washington·Flint Hill·Amissville·Orlean·Marshall·The Plains·Middleburg·Upperville·Berryville·Front Royal·Luray·Woodville·Castleton·Etlan·Hazel River·Brandy Station·Elkwood·
Towns Served
Neighbor Stories

One barn at a time.

Real clients, real horses, real Virginia addresses. This is how a small-town reputation builds.

Quarter horse gelding standing calmly in a field in Virginia
Fence aggression

"Our gelding, Copperpot, kicked through two fences before we called her. She sat at the gate for twenty minutes without moving. Then she walked right in. I don't know what she said to him but it worked."

Donna & Ray Whitfield
Amissville, VA
Copperpot, 9yr Quarter Horse gelding
Outcome
No fence incidents in 8 months
Warmblood mare standing alert in a paddock near a jump course
Jump refusal

"My mare Solstice started refusing every jump over 2'6". We'd tried three trainers. In one session, she showed me the saddle fit issue I'd been missing for a year."

Claire Nakamura
Middleburg, VA
Solstice, 7yr Warmblood mare
Outcome
Back to 3'3" within 6 weeks
Small Welsh pony with a child in a sunny paddock
Nipping / pain response

"Biscuit had been nippy with the kids for two years. We assumed it was just his personality. Turns out he was in pain. She found it in forty-five minutes."

The Hargrove Family
Culpeper, VA
Biscuit, 14yr Welsh pony
Outcome
Kids ride him again
Off-track thoroughbred mare in a green pasture looking alert
Trailer loading · Virtual session

"Sent in a video of my rescue mare bolting at the trailer. She watched it once and sent back a three-paragraph voice note explaining exactly what was happening. By the next week I had a loading protocol that actually worked."

Jess Okafor
Front Royal, VA
Mercy, 6yr OTTB mare
Outcome
Loads in under 4 minutes now
How I Work

Three ways in.

Pricing is on every card. No discovery calls required before you know what it costs.

Most popular

Single Barn Visit

One session, on your property

$185per session · travel within 45 mi

I come to your barn, watch your horse in their home environment, and walk you through what I see. Most owners leave with a clear picture of the problem and a concrete first step.

  • 2–3 hours on-site
  • Full behavioral observation
  • Written session notes emailed same day
  • One follow-up call within 7 days
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Best for deep issues

Multi-Week Rehab Program

Structured change over time

$6404 sessions · billed upfront

For horses with layered behavioral history — rescues, OTTB retraining, fear responses, chronic pain patterns. We build a progression together and I check in between sessions.

  • 4 barn visits over 4–6 weeks
  • Customized behavioral protocol
  • Unlimited text/voice check-ins
  • Owner education at every session
  • Final written progress report
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Remote · quick turnaround

Virtual Video Assessment

Upload footage, get answers

$95per assessment · 48hr turnaround

Film the behavior that's worrying you — the spook, the refusal, the pinned ears at grooming. Upload it and I'll send back a detailed voice-note analysis with next steps.

  • Up to 10 min of video reviewed
  • Voice-note + written analysis
  • 48-hour turnaround guaranteed
  • Discount toward barn visit if needed
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All barn visits include travel within 45 miles of Warrenton, VA. Extended travel available — ask.

Get Started

Tell me what's going on.

No intake questionnaires. No waiting weeks for a callback. Just tell me about your horse in plain language and I'll respond within 24 hours.

Plain language is perfect. There's no wrong way to describe it.

I respond to every message personally within 24 hours.