Lydia met my horse in person maybe 5-6 years ago at a fundraising show. I think it was $50 (to charity) and I just thought it would be fun. This was this horse’s first show back after having had major surgery to remove a sinus cyst. I can’t recall how “fresh” the wound on his forehead was, but this was a few months after surgery and after he had been put back to work, so obviously the staples were out, but I believe it was fairly noticeable. We didn’t focus on that at all though. In fact, the stuff I remember her saying had nothing to do with the obvious scar situation.
I remember Lydia saying some things that were eerie at the time: Like horse asking why we weren’t showing that day, when actually we were showing later, but how would Lydia know we hadn’t already shown as it was mid-afternoon at that point?? answer, I was wearing rust breeches (this was 6 years ago remember) and maybe she figured she would have seen me? still weird.
Horse also said he really liked the marshmallows, which I thought was weird as I had never given him marshmallows. Spoke with barmate a few days later who said she had given horse the last of the lucky charms box, hence the marshmallows. Again, eerie.
Some things didn’t pan out. She said horse requested a beer “the kind in the silver can”. I have offered him Coors and Asahi, neither of which he liked. He is an ex racehorse. Maybe I should just try Guinness. Maybe he’s color-blind?
She also said that he was sure his cyst was completely gone (which it has been since then, though it’s not like I x-ray him yearly at this point), but I’m not sure how she or he would know that so I just took that for what it was.
Another friend had her read her horse and she had the same experience. Some stuff dead on, some didn’t make sense. Her horse requested a fruit tray, which my friend made for him later and he was so excited for it, snorting and winnying, like someone had…read his mind.
Lydia made some recommendations to an equine chiropractor and said my horse requested an adjustment and had a sore neck (which I’m sure he did, but that kind of rec seems like something that would/could apply to every horse).
Overall, I would say it was definitely entertaining and I felt like she was “worth it”, but I was mostly there for a good time and was open minded.
More recently, I had a different AC read both of my greyhounds at the annual picnic (so in person) and she was way more hoaky. Lydia was just like a normal person who talks to animals. This lady was very new age and crystals and fringed shawls and stuff like that. First, she called my dog, whose name is Linus, Lioness the whole time and I figure if he were talking to her, he would have asked her to call him by his correct name. Hopefully he doesn’t think his name is Lioness. I forget everything else about her because she was so off on stuff.
I think if you are open-minded, it’s for sure an entertaining experience and it’s not like she’s gonna say he wants to be stabbed or something bad, she’ll make recommendations and claims and you can try them or not, but I doubt that it would be a net negative experience for you or the horse. The phone part does seem strange, but lots of people do it that way so who knows. I would go for in person if you can but either way I think it’s an experience.
