This season reminds us that the humblest places — barns, pastures, homes — not only provide safety but connect us to something bigger. So many of these connections happen in the company of/because of our animal friends.
As an animal communicator and Let Animals Lead® practitioner, I’ve been privileged to share many such moments this year. Please enjoy this three-minute video honoring them. (Sound up … breathe.)
If you’re feeling stuck between what happened and what’s coming, you’re in good company. Tuff the camp horse had already nuzzled and checked me for treats, ditched his fly mask (twice) and decided he was tired of being on welcoming duty with two other horses (who’d moved to the other side of the pasture). Now here I was relaying the message that he couldn’t go back in the barn just yet. All he wanted to do was get on with his day.
I told Tuff he was welcome to share a Let Animals Lead® meditation with me in the meantime. He grumbled but took me up on it. After a few minutes, he stopped fidgeting, lowered his head and began licking and chewing. By the time he went back into the barn, he was much happier.
Horse trainer Monty Roberts said that if you act like you have 15 minutes it’ll take all day, but if you act like you have all day it’ll take 15 minutes.
Getting on with your day or your life is easier if you stop and refresh. Who knows, maybe that is getting on with your day.
Want to help your horse, cat, dog or other friend have happier days? Contact me for an animal communication or Let Animals Lead® session today.
What do off-track thoroughbreds remember about their racing days? Belle, pictured above, once told me she used to run like mad without understanding why. One or two other OTTBs I’ve known have pictured a person that could have been a groom or jockey. One showed me a huddle of human decision makers.
What they tell me most often is how glad they are to have made it to a life beyond the track, because not all of their stablemates did. Horses are acutely aware of comings, goings and breakdowns.
Even with increased horse safety awareness, too many race horses suffer and die. Twelve horses died at Louisville’s Churchill Downs last year. That’s horrible anywhere, but having lived in Louisville and seen what the Kentucky Derby means to folks, it especially tears at my heart. Could horse racing survive if it put horses ahead of money?
I can’t answer that. But if you want to place a winning bet, make a donation to a horse rescue.
All Creatures 