Resistance
February 27, 2015
I had the pleasure of conducting a Reading on the Run session with Kane and his owner Heather. Prior to the text session, I request a picture be sent to me so I can connect with the animal that the session is for. When I received Kane’s picture I noted how amazingly cute he was. He just oozed sweetness.
Resistance occurs when someone is not willing to move forward in life. Often when I work with horses’ resistance is a pattern the horses are not willing to let go of. When this happens a horse may refuse to listen to the rider or the trainer or the horse may find a way to injure itself so that it doesn’t have to do anything. A horse may even fake an injury (shocking I know) so that it does not have to move forward.
While back I wrote about a quarter horse I had for sale. His name is Shorty. He was the last horse of my late husband Ralph’s that I wanted to sell. The other three Ralph owned went to new homes right away but I kept Shorty because I wasn’t sure where he was to be. I knew that he wanted to stay with me only because I didn’t make him do much. He was free to roam in the pasture. I didn’t ride him because I felt he wasn’t for me. I’ve ridden enough horses to know when a horse was too much horse for me I just don't ride them. He was like that. So I left him alone for a while. Unfortunately for Shorty, he liked to eat far too much. When I finally sort of found a place for him he was really, really fat. And like many fat horses, he felt awful.
After a while at his new home, well kind of new home, because the sort of new owners didn’t really know if he was going to be part of their horse family, Shorty got with the program. Shorty lost weight. He felt better and went away to school. A couple of weeks into the training program he got injured. I got a phone call that the people wanted to buy him, but he was injured and was coming home from the trainers. I was glad that they were going to buy him because I knew that was where he was meant to be but said that I wanted to work on his injury. I really wanted to hear what Shorty had to say about his injury. I connected with him that night but he didn’t tell me much only that he needed a break.
Last night I worked with Shorty. Soaked his injured foot in warm water. Warm water that he tried to drink first. Funny guy. I worked with him until he comfortably with trust would leave his foot in the warm water. That feels good he said on the third soak. As he soaked his foot, he put his head close to my back as sat on a stool in front of him holding his leg while he soaked. Shorty has always been affectionate. I absolutely loved how his wraps his head and neck around me while I work with him.
After I saw his injured foot, I knew exactly what to do. When horses have a wound that is open I use a home made comfrey poultice that I sew up myself, presoak it in hot water that cools for about an hour before I apply it. I keep the poultice on all day, take it off and leave the wound open at night. I used this method first on the mare we got off the track in Grande Prairie years ago. Her wound was healed and closed in seven days. It was a miracle our trainer said. Not really I thought. Just Mother Nature’s bounty at work. How did I know to do this? I had a whisper that told me what to do. I listened and I have never looked back.
I had the pleasure of conducting a Reading on the Run session with Kane and his owner Heather. Prior to the text session, I request a picture be sent to me so I can connect with the animal that the session is for. When I received Kane’s picture I noted how amazingly cute he was. He just oozed sweetness.
Resistance occurs when someone is not willing to move forward in life. Often when I work with horses’ resistance is a pattern the horses are not willing to let go of. When this happens a horse may refuse to listen to the rider or the trainer or the horse may find a way to injure itself so that it doesn’t have to do anything. A horse may even fake an injury (shocking I know) so that it does not have to move forward.
While back I wrote about a quarter horse I had for sale. His name is Shorty. He was the last horse of my late husband Ralph’s that I wanted to sell. The other three Ralph owned went to new homes right away but I kept Shorty because I wasn’t sure where he was to be. I knew that he wanted to stay with me only because I didn’t make him do much. He was free to roam in the pasture. I didn’t ride him because I felt he wasn’t for me. I’ve ridden enough horses to know when a horse was too much horse for me I just don't ride them. He was like that. So I left him alone for a while. Unfortunately for Shorty, he liked to eat far too much. When I finally sort of found a place for him he was really, really fat. And like many fat horses, he felt awful.
After a while at his new home, well kind of new home, because the sort of new owners didn’t really know if he was going to be part of their horse family, Shorty got with the program. Shorty lost weight. He felt better and went away to school. A couple of weeks into the training program he got injured. I got a phone call that the people wanted to buy him, but he was injured and was coming home from the trainers. I was glad that they were going to buy him because I knew that was where he was meant to be but said that I wanted to work on his injury. I really wanted to hear what Shorty had to say about his injury. I connected with him that night but he didn’t tell me much only that he needed a break.
Last night I worked with Shorty. Soaked his injured foot in warm water. Warm water that he tried to drink first. Funny guy. I worked with him until he comfortably with trust would leave his foot in the warm water. That feels good he said on the third soak. As he soaked his foot, he put his head close to my back as sat on a stool in front of him holding his leg while he soaked. Shorty has always been affectionate. I absolutely loved how his wraps his head and neck around me while I work with him.
After I saw his injured foot, I knew exactly what to do. When horses have a wound that is open I use a home made comfrey poultice that I sew up myself, presoak it in hot water that cools for about an hour before I apply it. I keep the poultice on all day, take it off and leave the wound open at night. I used this method first on the mare we got off the track in Grande Prairie years ago. Her wound was healed and closed in seven days. It was a miracle our trainer said. Not really I thought. Just Mother Nature’s bounty at work. How did I know to do this? I had a whisper that told me what to do. I listened and I have never looked back.