Shy Lowen Horse & Pony Sanctuary

Our horses are having some excellent therapies at the caring and skilful hands of Barbora. All the horses have benefited greatly from the work Barbora has done with them and we happily recommend her to you. You can see more of her work at her Facebook page. She can be contacted on 07577902397 https://www.facebook.com/animalheartthera py/

Is anybody local going to the Monty Roberts and Kelly Marks demo at Hartpury? If you are can you help us out by carrying back some of the tack collected for Shy Lowen please? Let us know if you can help :)

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Lovely event this coming Sunday supporting our friends at Carla Lane Animals in Need. They are fundraising for their Brighter Lives campaign to update their kennels for the dogs housed at the rescue waiting for their forever homes.

TODAY is our autumn fun day fundraiser ☺️ Hope you can make it. The fun starts at 1.00pm!

a lovely Friday feeling was supplied by our lovely Ozzie finding his place in the sun. He is the new best friend of a little girl. Be happy in your new home Ozzie. xxx

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Looking forward to our next fundraising event 🐴 Sunday 23 September from 1 til 4pm ☺️ Please come along if you can, and help us raise much needed funds as we head into winter. If you can't make it you can still help by sharing this post far and wide. Donations are also welcome, simply click on the 'Donate button' near the top of this page. Thank you for all your support.

Another very sad day today at Shy Lowen. We lost our beautiful 28 year old arab Katsura. He originally came to us in 2006 after finding himself in difficult circumstances. From 2007 until 2013 he was happy in a loan home in North Wales. He was still very active for two years after his return but was retired in 2015 when the stiffness of his advancing years meant that no more work was the right option. He fell in love with our Angel and they could always be seen spending their time together. She will miss him very much. Gallop free across the bridge Kas. We love you xxxx

We're pleased to say that 'No Kicks, No Sticks' riding lessons are going ahead today

*******SATURDAY LESSONS CANCELLED*******
Sorry to all those booked in today, we're in the process of informing everyone individually. We did try to go ahead with the first couple of lessons, but the continuing torrential rain has defeated us, so we've had to cancel all riding lessons for this afternoon due to soggy horses and a waterlogged arena. Please contact us if you'd like to rebook.

Trustee Shelley is back from completing her fundraising bungee jump on Monday in memory of Teddy, one of the sanctuary's biggest fundraisers. She has so far raised £330 for Shy Lowen, but the page is still open for donations now there's proof she actually did it if anyone would like to add to that total! Thanks so much to those that already have, it's much needed with winter on the way :-)
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sh elley-irving2

Urgent - this dog has been stolen from Berkshire.

Shy Lowen Trustee and Teddy's human for the last 26 years, Shelley, was already booked to do a bungee jump in Scotland next Monday to raise money for the sanctuary before suffering his devastating loss last weekend. She has bravely decided to go ahead with the trip and the event in Teddy's memory (he would be proud of her doing something silly and dangerous in his name, especially for the benefit of his friends!) so she would really, really appreciate any of you sponsoring her for any amount you are able, and if you are a tax payer, please add gift aid to your donation, as it means the charity gets an extra 25p for every pound you donate, without it costing you anything. Every single penny helps! Thank you xxx

Thank you so much to our very thoughtful friend Gareth at Creating Art for Autism for painting and gifting us this absolutely beautiful tribute to Teddy (and Shelley) after hearing the sad news yesterday xxx

Owing to the continued heavy rain lessons are cancelled again today. We are sorry for the inconvenience and disappointment.

This morning we had to make the heartbreaking decision to let our beautiful, wonderful Teddy cross over the rainbow bridge. Teddy was the only non-rescue horse at Shy Lowen, as he had belonged to the family who started the sanctuary since 1992, and he was the only horse still here who had lived at Shy Lowen since day one in 1999. Although he had a privileged life and was lucky to have always been very well loved and looked after, he worked tirelessly to raise money and awaren...ess for his less fortunate friends and made himself locally famous through public appearances, pony rides, school visits, TV and newspaper features and his work as an equine therapist. He also taught many of our volunteers their riding and horse handling skills, as well as subtly teaching them about life. He was a Haflinger, bred at the Queen's stud, and recently received a letter from Buckingham Palace thanks to some primary school children who wrote to let the royals know how he was doing. Last year, we discovered that at 33 years of age, he was the oldest of his breed in the whole of the UK. Teddy still acted like he was 10 most of the time, despite his age and ill health. He was also clever, cheeky, adventurous, hilarious, caring and gentle but so, so strong and tough at the same time. The world is worse off for his loss and he will be hugely and very sadly missed by all whose lives he touched, but especially his human family of the last 26 years, and his best pony friends, Curly and Tom. RIP SuperTed xxx
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Owing to the heavy rain we're experiencing the riding lessons are cancelled today. We will update in the morning for tomorrow's lessons. We're sorry for the inconvenience.

Happy Friday from little and large gingers Tom and Jasper :-)

What an amazing party for Tori today - all kids had a ball and the horses were amazing ❤️❤️❤️ Kelly was great with all 18 kids - it was all about the kids and the horses #perfect

WOW! What an amazing place. My daughter has just had her birthday party her, it has been her best birthday party ever! In her words 10/10 amazing day. All the staff are so helpful and have bent over backwards to help us and make her day so special! Thanks again

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Thanks to bernie an all the staff at shylowen lola had a fabulous 8th birthday party, she loved it and all her lil friends enjoyed it too. Thanks for looking after us on the day. � lola said thank you for making her day so special x

Thank you so much to all at shy lowen. Charli and her friends loved the party and all want to do it all again. The staff where fab .xx

Such a magical and calm place. My daughter has gained so much confidence and knowledge by attending the Saturday morning Pony Care sessions.



You can tell that staff and volunteers truly love being a part of Shy Lowen and doing such admirable work.



Thank you to all involved!

My 4 year old had a lovely time today caring for muffin & having a little ride on him. Lovely little day trip & friendly volunteers - highly recommend paying them a visit�

My 4 year old ASD little man first came here when he was just 3. He loves it and it is such a wonderful place that does so much good. Highly recommended!

My 2 year old took part in the pony experience. Staff were amazing and the animals so content. He loved the ponies and we can’t wait to go back. Would highly recommend, be sure to wear your wellies

Lovely friendly staff who are fantastic with little ones. My daughter really enjoyed the pony experience session which will now no doubt become a regular thing for us!

Just had a brilliant taster horse riding lesson for me and my children. Was so enjoyable. Staff were all lovely and gave confidence to me and the kids, as we were a bit nervous with not having really rode properly before. Thanks Bernie! Will definitely be returning x

If you love horses and ponies, you will love the work at Shy Lowen Horse and Pony Sanctuary, where they are looked after and brought on so well by Bernie and her team. The atmosphere is so serene, I have never felt so relaxed and safe, which in essence is how the horses and ponies who live there must feel.



It is a fanstastic place, run with love and dedication. If you can spare anything to help with costs, please do so. Sponsorship of one of the long-term residents, or a one off donation, it will mean so much to the horses and ponies.



Huge thanks to Bernie for the amazing Discovery Session today with Rolo and Hamish, special thanks to them both.



I cannot recommend this session highly enough, the sense of release and lifting of spirit is amazing. I did have a lot of self--discovery and can't wait to book the full course :)

I sponcer Fred and wanting to sponcer a friend of his but don't know who lol but I can safely say the person who I was walking to is very helpful and kind shy lowen is a very clean place as I can tell by the pics only wish I can give them more then five stars a thousand would be better millions perfect for shy lowen xoxoxo

Had a lovely day here for purple poppy day...lovely to see all the fab horses..great place..well done to all concerned..xx

Children had such a wonderful own a pony for a day day.

Amazing place to bring you're kids. Had a birthday party here for my daughter and it's so so lovely. Can't fault how nice the workers are with the kids and would really recommend doing you're kids parties here! Good job

Absolutely amazing place to visit help me a lot through a really bad time after loosing my gorgeous doggy, the horses are beautiful and take your mind off things, Bernie and the helpers are lovely and do an amazing job well done guys �

Absolute lovely place my kay had her first lesson here today An loved it all staff Wer really lovely highly recommend 5� c use next week

A massive Thank You to Kelly and her team for a fantastic pony experience for my 4 year old Birthday girl and her friends. It was a really informative and hands on hour learning to care for horses, groom them and prepare them ahead of a ride on the beautifully chilled Muffin and Rolo. A really special experience and an unforgettable Birthday treat x x x