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VivaMotion

Glandorf, Germany

VivaMotion is the riding-training practice of Vivian Mulckhuijse in Glandorf, combining equestrian instruction with a physiotherapy background. The focus is the rider seat and body awareness — balance, posture and conscious movement — so that horse and rider communicate more clearly. Alongside work in the saddle she offers rider fitness and seat schooling, plus groundwork with the horse. Clinics and lectures are run regularly, and lessons are also given at client yards across the region.

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Farrier

Hufpflege Ottensmann

Gilten, Germany

Hufpflege Ottensmann is the hoof-care practice of Ralf Ottensmann in Gilten (Norddrebber), Lower Saxony. He specialises in barefoot hoof work and in advising owners who want to take their horse out of shoes, including a gentle staged transition and shoe removal. Every appointment includes a gait assessment at halt, walk and trot before and after the trim. Glue-on shoes are fitted where needed, and he works alongside vets, physiotherapists and other specialists.

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Hylanderhof

Gilten, Germany

Hylanderhof is a horse breeding and sport yard in Gilten, Lower Saxony, run by Sina Dierking. The breeding programme is built around Hanoverian jumping bloodlines, with the yard's own broodmares and stallions; the stallions are presented separately at hylanderhof-hengste.de. Competition horses are produced and campaigned from the sport stable. Sina Dierking also runs a veterinary practice from the same location.

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Gestüt Hörem | Hubertus Poll | Hengststation

Gilten, Germany

Hengststation Gestüt Hörem is an EU-approved stallion station and stud at Gilten in the Heidekreis, Lower Saxony, run by Hubertus Poll. It stands a collection of highly graded Trakehner stallions and supplies both fresh and frozen semen to breeders across Europe. Semen can be ordered directly through the website and the team advises on breeding terms and mating decisions. The stud also offers broodmares for lease (Pachtstuten). Its pages are published in German, English, Danish, Dutch, Russian and Spanish.

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Equine therapy

Horseairium

Gilten, Germany

HorseAirium supplies inhalation systems for horses, aimed at coughing and other respiratory complaints. The equipment is designed to be fitted into existing stables with minimal building work and comes in several configurations to suit different yards. The company also operates a salt centre (Solezentrum) where horses can be treated on a four-week programme. Yards can join the network as partners under exclusive territories across Germany, and consumables and accessories are sold through an associated online shop.

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Islandpferdehof Goldgrund

Gilten, Germany

Islandpferdehof Goldgrund is a small Icelandic-horse stud and boarding yard at Gilten, roughly 30 km from Hanover on the edge of the Südheide. Michaela Laufs breeds Icelandic horses with her own breeding stallion and a group of broodmares, all kept on large, sparse sandy pastures. Alongside the breeding operation the farm offers Pferdepension boarding places for outside horses. Visits and viewings are arranged by appointment.

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Equine therapy

Pferdeosteopathie 4H Johanna Heppner

Gifhorn, Germany

4H – Human and Horse is the mobile practice of Johanna Heppner, offering holistic therapy for horses and their riders. She works as an equine osteopath and, on the human side, as a physiotherapist, treating rider and horse as one system. Appointments are carried out at the client's own yard within roughly 50 km of Braunschweig, so the horse is treated in familiar surroundings. Treatment is planned individually for each horse and rider pairing.

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Equine therapy

Pferdeosteopathie Saskia Jungermann

Gifhorn, Germany

Saskia Jungermann, M.Sc., is an equine osteopath based at Gifhorn in Lower Saxony. Her practice treats horses with manual therapy, combining osteopathic work with trigger- and stress-point massage, dry needling, manual lymph drainage, electrotherapy and leech therapy. She travels to the horse rather than the other way round. The regular catchment covers the greater Hannover area together with Braunschweig, Wolfsburg, Gifhorn, Celle and Walsrode.

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Equine therapy

Tschukkis Pferdeosteopathie

Gifhorn, Germany

Tschukkis Pferdeosteopathie is a mobile equine osteopathy practice based at Ribbesbüttel in the Gifhorn district of Lower Saxony. Treatment begins with gait analysis and palpation to locate muscular and fascial restrictions, followed by manual release and limb mobilisation to break painful movement patterns. Appointments are offered as a 90-minute first treatment, shorter follow-ups within six weeks, and standalone massage sessions, with reduced rates for horses aged 25 and over. Problem-horse consultations combine hands-on work with training and management recommendations.

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Sara Bernstein - Pferdetraining

Gifhorn, Germany

Sara Bernstein - Pferdetraining is a mobile horse-training business based in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. Sara-Maya Bernstein starts and educates young horses, works on corrective and behavioural retraining, and coaches owners in handling their own horses. Further offerings include desensitisation and hacking-out training as well as mobile riding lessons at the client's own yard. Her approach was shaped by working with horses in Australia and is presented as fair and sustainable schooling.

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HFT Hufbeschlag Fachteam

Gifhorn, Germany

Hufbeschlag Fachteam is a master farrier business (Hufschmied-Meisterbetrieb) based at Zum Luisenhof in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. The team shoes horses of every breed, from leisure horses to sport horses, fitting each shoe individually to the horse gait and hoof health after a proper assessment. Sand and grass arenas and an indoor school on site let the farrier watch a horse move before and after shoeing for a precise reading of its way of going. The business works closely with a veterinarian so that hoof problems can be addressed together with the medical side. Horses needing long-term treatment can be stabled on the premises, and the team also travels out across the wider region from Wolfsburg and Braunschweig to Hannover, Hildesheim and Northeim.

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Tierärztliche Praxis für Akupunktur und Chiropraktik Dr. med. vet. Natascha Keunecke

Gifhorn, Germany

Dr. med. vet. Natascha Keunecke runs a veterinary practice in Gifhorn devoted to acupuncture and animal chiropractic, treating horses among her patients. Alongside acupuncture she works with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese herbal preparations, and is certified in chiropractic by several international academies. Her further techniques include myofascial release, applied kinesiology and craniosacral therapy. All of this is offered as a complement to conventional veterinary medicine, and appointments are made by telephone only.

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Tierarztpraxis für Chiropraktik Dr. med. vet. Inken Hilgenstock

Gifhorn, Germany

Dr. Inken Hilgenstock runs a veterinary chiropractic practice based in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. Horses are treated by a mobile service covering the Gifhorn, Braunschweig, Wolfsburg, Brome, Groß Oesingen and Uetze areas, while dogs and cats are seen at the Celler Straße premises. The work centres on veterinary chiropractic for horses and dogs, supported by physical therapies. Appointments are arranged by telephone on weekday mornings.

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Dr. met. vet. Tanja Tesch Tierarzt

Gifhorn, Germany

Dr. med. vet. Tanja Tesch runs vet4motion, a mobile equine veterinary practice based in Gifhorn and covering the Braunschweig and Wolfsburg area. The practice concentrates on complementary and manual medicine for horses, offering osteopathy, acupuncture, taping and leech therapy alongside conventional veterinary care. Equine dental treatment is also part of the service. Typical cases are lameness, neck and back problems and irregular gait, worked up holistically rather than symptom by symptom.

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Reitsportanlage Eichenhof

Gifhorn, Germany

Reitsportanlage Eichenhof is a family-run riding facility in the centre of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. It offers relaxed, pressure-free lessons for children from the age of six as well as lunge and group lessons for teenagers and adults. Riding holidays run during the school breaks and boxes are available for boarders. Everything sits on one compact site with stables, turnout paddocks, an indoor school and an outdoor arena, and open hacking country begins directly behind. The riding club RG Eichenhof e.V. is based at the yard.

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Reitverein Sankt Georg Gesellschaft der Pferdefreunde Gifhorn e.V.

Gifhorn, Germany

St. Georg Gesellschaft der Pferdefreunde Gifhorn e.V., known locally as Sankt Georg Winkel, is a riding club founded in 1957 in the Winkel district of Gifhorn. It teaches riders of every age and level, from lunge lessons for beginners through dressage, jumping and hacking out, using well-schooled club horses and ponies. Facilities include an indoor arena, an outdoor and jumping arena and riding terrain. The club also runs clinics, riding-badge examinations, youth work and its own competitions.

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Gestüt Birkenheide

Gifhorn, Germany

Gestüt Birkenheide is a stud and livery yard on the edge of Gifhorn in Lower Saxony, run by Nicole and Friedrich Sievers. Horses are stabled in modern boxes with generous outdoor paddocks, and the yard emphasises species-appropriate keeping. Facilities include indoor and outdoor arenas with professional footing, lungeing circles, wash and grooming bays, a solarium and heated tack and lounge rooms. Alongside the livery business the farm keeps its own broodmares and rears the resulting youngstock. Training is offered for both horse and rider, and homebred horses are sold from the yard.

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MP Western Freizeitreiten Marina Perner

Gifhorn, Germany

Marina Perner runs a western riding and horsemanship school at Gifhorn-Wilsche in Lower Saxony. Lessons cover groundwork, seat and aids, trail, ranch riding and ranch trail, an introduction to cattle work and guided hacks. She is an Art of Horsemanship trainer and prepares riders for EWU qualifications from the horse handler's licence and western riding badges through to Trainer C and B. Courses, seminars and lungeing badges are offered nationwide, and she also travels to clients' own yards.

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DR. SANDRA RUZICKA

Giesen, Germany

Dr. Sandra Ruzicka teaches an integrative approach to horse training and rehabilitation that brings together functional anatomy, learning theory and body work. She helps owners trace behavioural and physical problems back to their root cause instead of treating isolated symptoms, and works across all riding disciplines. Her services include on-site intensive sessions, online movement analysis, practical courses and ongoing online instruction, plus lectures and clinics for event organisers. She also runs a two-year certification programme for integrative movement therapists and has published books on the subject.

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Equine therapy

Johanna 4 Care

Gieboldehausen, Germany

Johanna 4 Care is the equine osteopathy and physiotherapy practice of Johanna Kresse in Gieboldehausen, southern Lower Saxony. She treats horses with gentle manual techniques, working the whole animal rather than an isolated symptom. Alongside treatment she looks at the interaction of horse, rider and saddle, advising on rider position and biomechanics so that the results of a session hold up under saddle. The practice runs under the strapline CARE 4 your horse / FIT 4 two.

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Veterinary clinic+1

Tierarztpraxis Dr. Jens Kopp

Gieboldehausen, Germany

Tierarztpraxis Dr. Jens Kopp in Gieboldehausen combines a farm-animal practice with a small-animal and equine department. For horses the practice offers preventive examinations, vaccinations, gynaecological ultrasound, artificial insemination, pregnancy scanning, colic treatment, lameness work-ups, digital radiography and pre-purchase examinations. The livestock side covers cattle and pigs with herd health, productivity and product-quality programmes. Separate lines are staffed for small animals and for large-animal call-outs, and the practice works with a network of external specialists.

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Veterinary clinic

Pferdepraxis Dr. Nicole Meemann

Gersten, Germany

Pferdepraxis Dr. Nicole Meemann is a mobile equine veterinary practice serving the Emsland region from Gersten. Dr. Meemann works out of a modern clinic vehicle, so radiography, endoscopy and ultrasound can all be carried out at the horse own yard. The practice covers orthopaedics, internal medicine, gynaecology, foal medicine, dentistry, ophthalmology, basic surgery and pre-purchase examinations. Consultations run Monday to Friday, with weekend appointments by arrangement.

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Riding club

RV Georgsmarienhütte

Georgsmarienhütte, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein St. Georg Georgsmarienhütte und Umgebung e.V. is a riding and driving club serving Georgsmarienhütte and the surrounding area. Members ride at four yards across Georgsmarienhütte, Hasbergen and Osnabrück, each with its own local contact. The club organises lessons, competitions and a fixture calendar for riders and drivers. Youth work includes an annual tent camp and other activities for younger members.

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Barbara Bensmann

Georgsmarienhütte, Germany

Barbara Bensmann teaches natural horsemanship in Hagen am Teutoburger Wald, working in the tradition of Pat Parelli. The focus is on building a trusting, communicative partnership between horse and handler through ground work and ridden work. Horses are taken in for training and rehabilitation, and riders are coached individually towards the same harmony-based approach. Handmade American western saddles are also sold from the yard.

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