Debranne Pattillo owned and operated a sport horse lay-up and boarding facility for six years. It was during this time that she discovered the benefits of equine sports massage for the rehabilitation and the preventative care of these equine athletes.

In 1993, she sold the ranch to enable her to work on an established monthly clientele of various disciplines, which included: dressage, hunters, jumpers, endurance, cutting, pleasure, as well as the geriatric retiree. She was able to continue with the rehabilitation portion of her work at a local facility for another few years until Equinology demanded more than her full attention.

This passion led her to developing Equinology in order to raise the standard of education for those in the equine health care industry. She is the president and founder of both Equinology, INC®, and Caninology.   Early on she used the term “Equine Body Worker®” in order to distinguish her graduates from other programs.

Debranne is an internationally recognized lecturer and clinician in equine sports massage, advanced equine sports massage techniques, stretching and intensive anatomy courses for equine health care professionals.   Since 1994, she has been the lead instructor for more than 90 courses in equine sports massage courses, in six countries to more than 1 000 course participants. She holds the Master Equine Body Worker® Certification, a certification which takes participants 2-3 years to pursue.

She is the author and facilitator of Equinology’s unique Equine Body Worker® Certification Course (equine sports massage, stretching and specialized techniques), the signature course for Equinology, Inc. that has been presented since 1994 in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada , South Africa, and the United Kingdom. This course serves as the professional qualification in the BSc in Equine Sports Therapy presented by Writtle Agricultural College and University of Essex, United Kingdom.

Debranne is the co-founder and past Chair of the United States division of the International Equine Body Worker Association (IEBWA); a leading international association that aims to support and foster equine body work practices and ethics.   She is currently the Division Head of the IEBWA for USA, Australia and New Zealand. Current Treasurer of the United States division of IEBWA.

Debranne is a regularly invited lecturer and guest speaker for demonstrations and lectures in anatomy, stretching and massage at colleges, universities, private educational institution and various equestrian facilities and venues.

Debranne has been additionally featured in various regional newspapers as well as on web sites.

Her “Painted Horse” which is the backbone for presenting equine anatomy since the courses started was showcased in United Kingdom’s BBC television program Countryfile in 2001. She was also the featured therapist in the video, “Stretching for the Equine Athlete” in Australia.

Acupressure Convention - w/ Dr. Caine, DVM & Dr. D. Giniaux, MV,

Biology

CESMAS (Conference on Equine Sports Medicine and Science)- Saumur

(2002) and Oslo (2004),

Conformation clinics including Sporthorse Judging -Glen Ellen, CA

Diagnosing Back & Tendon Issues - Dr. JM Denoix, MV and   Dr K. Allen, DVM, 16 hours,

Diagnosis of Poor Performance - Dr. A. Couroucé-Malblanc, MV and Dr. E. Hammer, MV,

Dr. Desmond Greaves -Maryborough, Australia-mentor in complementary equine modalities

Equiken; Anatomy in Clay by Zahourek Systems Anatomy-4 sessions, 160 hours,

Equine Acupressure - Dr Peggy Fleming, DVM-1 session, 72 hours,

Equine Acupressure -Dr Kerry Ridgway, DVM-1 session, 72 hours,

Equine Acupressure -Susan Tenney, CMT, EBW-2 sessions, 80 hours,

Equine Biomechanics & Applied Anatomy -Deb Bennett-1 session, 16 hours,

Equine Biomechanics -Barb Crabbe, DVM-3 sessions, 120 hours,

Equine Biomechanics -Dr. Hilary Clayton-1 session, 32 hours,

Equine CranioSacral Techniques I by Upledger Institute USA-1 session, 24 hours,

Equine Dentistry - Dr Mitch Benson, DVM-2 sessions, 16 hours,

Equine Dissection (Head & Neck)-Dr. Deb Bennett, PhD - 1 session, 24 hours ,

Equine Dissection - Dr. Deb Bennett, PhD -2 sessions, 80 hours,

Equine Exercise Physiology - Dr. Hilary Clayton, DVM- 2 sessions, 64 hours,

Equine Lameness - Dr. Michael Ross, DVM-1 session, 6 hours,

Equine Locomotion Conference - Michigan State University (2005),

Equine Myofascial Release -Ruth Golladay, CMT, ESMT, PT - 2 sessions,

80 hours,  

Equine Nervous System & Function -Chris Pasquini, DVM-1 session, 40 hours,

Equine Nutrition - Dr. Carey A Williams, PhD -1 session, 24 hours,

Equine Nutrition -Dr   Robert Bray, Phd -2 sessions, 48 hours,

Equine Postural Release - Zarna Carter- 1 session, 14 hours,

Equine Sports Medicine & Science - Dr. Steven Wickler, DVM- 1 session,

32 hours,

Essential Oils - Catherine Bird- 1 session, 24 hours,

Farrier Science and the Current Trends -Patrick Reilly- 2 sessions, 32 hours,

Gait Abnormalities -Dr Bob Norrie, DVM- 3 sessions, 72 hours,

Hands on Horse Care- Diana Thompson,

Horse Handling Skills for the Equine Body Worker®- Terry Church- 2 sessions, 48 hours,

Horse Handling Skills for the Equine Body Worker®-   Tina Hutton- 1 session, 24 hours,

Master Equine Body Worker® certification Equinology, Inc.,

Monitoring of Health and Performance in Sports Horses - Dr. Anne Couroucé-Malblanc and DrA. Lindholm, MV,

Physical Therapy & Stretching -Nancy Spencer CFI, 2 sessions, 48 hours,

Principles of Farrier Science -Ed Laney, California-2 sessions, 48 hours,

Principles of Farrier Science -Stuart Greenberg-college semester, 3 units,

Reiki Level One certification -QLD Australia

Saddle Fitting - Dr Kerry Ridgway, DVM- 3 sessions, 72 hours,

Saddle Fitting -Andrew Foster, England-seminar,

TTEAM - Linda Tellington Jones-seminar,

Ultrasonography of Equine Articulations - Dr Jean-Marie Denoix, MV,    

Zoology

Debranne currently resides on the beautiful Northern California coastline at The Sea Ranch with her husband, Paul Hougard. Paul is “Mr. Equinology” and the flagship of running the education company out of their Gualala, CA office.