“Karen initially visited my ponies because she wanted to start riding again after a gap of many years, but visited recently following the tragic death of my older mare, Bryony. This left the other two at first distressed and then just depressed. She spent time checking that they had now accepted her passing and seeing how they felt about the change. The two ponies were quiet and communicative, and it was, as always, a peaceful process and one which enabled me to ask some questions as I was also keen to know why they had all been jumpy over the previous month.
Personally as a scientist the detailed level of communication with animals can be hard to rationalise and I have to overcome personal scepticism for messages about the past, but I found a really good match from what I would interpret from the behaviour I can see, and the messages that Karen passes on from them which helps me accept the rest. Hearing another point of view from the ponies has helped me open my mind to how they might feel about their environment, work and my attitude to them, which I am sure they appreciate. At the same time, I asked Karen to look at Chilli as something seemed to be troubling him. She scanned him and advised it was his right hind leg which matched my feelings whilst riding him. When I returned later that day after Karen’s visit, the ponies were unusually, lying down by the gate, which is an area they have been avoiding. So I think we all gained some peace from her visit on that day.”
FB
Dorset November 2016