My cousin Katrina heads out with a bag of apples – no whip, no quirt – to see if she can distribute them to the herd and keep calm.
Then we visit the horses at the waterhole, Makah checks out the new dog run, and Raven is upset about something.
Enjoy the visit with us at the Singing Horse Ranch, near Vernon, BC, Canada 🙂
Notice how Katrina uses her body language to stop the horses approach. She also has to gather her energy and make it bigger.
It’s interesting to watch how different people behave and respond in the same situation. Katrina Patel is an environmental biologist who cleans up oil spills and other environmental disasters. She’s used to running a team of people in emergency or high pressure environments.
I’ve noticed that the horses will push her harder than other people – to get her to up-level, when she’s already quite skilled, they have to turn the volume up.
It’s fantastic training in holding your energetic space and pulling that through to physical reality. And if you want more training in this, remember we have a workshop on exactly that (on sale now).
Jini Patel Thompson is a natural health writer and Lazer Tapping instructor. She began riding at age 2 in Kenya, and got her first horse at age 8 in Alberta, and so continues a life-long journey and love affair with these amazing creatures.
Hi Jini, I’ve been trying to figure out how to get my horses back together I have a 25-30 year
Old large miniature gelding and a 14 year old mare. They have been together for 10 years. During the 10 years my miniature was slowly loosing his vision. He had been mostly blind for a long time now. Recently he had to have an eye removed and is now totally blind. Upon bringing him home after his surgery, the mare kicked him. I separated them so the little horse doesn’t get hurt. There is a fence between them. They will stand together at the fence sometimes. Can they ever be together again? Or will they have to remain apart. This has all of us out of sorts I guess since there was a definite relationship between them. Can you give me any advice that could help. Thank you!
Hi Suzette, ah that would be stressful indeed. I would keep them with a fence in-between until I saw them grooming or nuzzling over the fence. Then if that happened, I would start by putting them together for an hour with me watching the entire time, with a quirt handy in case I needed to move the mare fast. Gradually increasing the time together until you’re confident they’re good.
The other thing I would do, is pull a medicine card for each horse – asking each of them, “What do you want me to know?”
Here’s the method I use:
https://listentoyourhorse.com/using-medicine-cards-for-clarity-with-your-horse/
Keep me posted!