Questionnaire

Horse Owner Questionnaire

Please complete and submit this questionnaire at least 48 hours before your scheduled visit. This allows Jaye time to thoughtfully receive your horse’s story and prepare for your time together.

About You & Your Horse

Choose Sex (Mare/Gelding/Stallion)MareGeldingStallion

Where does your horse currently live?
Please include the name of the barn, facility, or property, and the Town and State.

How long have you and your horse been together?

The Horse’s Story

1. Please tell me about your horse, in your own words. What would you most like me to know about who they are?

2. Please share what you know about your horse’s life before coming to you, including previous homes, caregivers, transitions, or experiences that are part of your horse’s story.

3. How would you describe the relationship you share with your horse?

4. What does a typical day in your horse’s life look like?
You may wish to share about their daily routine, time indoors or outdoors, feeding, movement, companionship with other horses, riding, training, or other activities that are part of their day.

5. Have you noticed any changes in your horse that you would like me to be aware of?
This might include changes in their behavior, movement, energy, appetite, daily routine, interactions with other horses or people, or anything else that has caught your attention.

6. Is there anything about your horse’s health or physical well-being that would be helpful for me to know before our time together?
You may wish to share about past or current injuries, illness, surgeries, physical sensitivities, medications, or other health considerations you feel would be important for me to know.

7. Is there anything you would like me to know that will help me approach and interact with your horse safely and respectfully?

8. Are there any changes or life experiences in your horse’s story that you feel would be important for me to know?
This may include changes in home or environment, loss or separation from another horse or person, changes in caregivers, training or activity, or other experiences that are part of your horse’s story.

9. Are you aware of any difficult experiences in your horse’s life that you feel would be important for me to know?
This may include known experiences of neglect, mistreatment, abuse, injury, or circumstances in which your horse may not have experienced consistent safety, care, or trust.

10. What has brought you and your horse to this experience with Jaye at this time?
You may wish to share something you have been noticing, wondering about, hoping to understand, or simply feeling drawn to explore with your horse.

11. Is there anything you especially hope to understand about your horse?

12. Who are the people regularly involved in your horse’s life?

13. Are there any decisions about your horse that you are currently considering?

14. Is there anything else about your horse or your life together that you would like me to know before we meet?

Thank you for taking the time to share your horse’s story with me.

I will thoughtfully receive what you have shared as I prepare for our time together.

With Grace, Jaye