Well, @add_leg - at least your horse thought you were a fancy backpack 
Not just some plain old rucksack…
But yeah, that’s such a great description that I think we COTHers should keep it around!
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Sorry, I deleted a post because one of the photos wasn’t cropped so I had to go back and do that!
I was just going through Facebook memories and found this pic of Ella and me at a Horse Trial taken three years ago - its composition was similar to a photo taken of us when she was only about a month old.
(Between my DH and my DD, I am very lucky to have many hundreds of pictures of us from our years together! 
)
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Don’t worry, in return I call him my “bad idea bike”
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I read somewhere “a horse is a great pet for people who want a bicycle with opinions” 
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Beautiful photos, DrD! You can see and hear through your words how much love you have for your special girl. 
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When I was a rerider, I didn’t wear a helmet at first, because when I’d last ridden helmets weren’t a thing. Then I got badly lawndarted, right on my head. I thought to myself “What the actual F were you thinking? You always ride a bike with a helmet, yet you get on something that can think for itself, and no helmet??” I immediately went out and bought a riding helmet, which was good because I continued to get lawndarted.
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The only thing that made me curious was that I have a bit that was specially made, and Nancy did describe it to a T. Otherwise, I’m still skeptical because of my scientific training, but it’s cheap and interesting.
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I have an appointment scheduled with Skye for later this month, specifically for the four dogs and the cat ahead of us moving to the farm (and three out of the five are very geriatric). Super interested to hear how this go and will keep Nancy on the short list also! I’ve had a local AC out to visit the horses a couple times but I’ve never experienced an over-the-phone AC.
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Just had my call with Nancy!! She was really on for us too. When she did his body scan, she said he had a lot of weight in his hind end and would shift back and forth. She said his front feet, his right in particular was out of balance on the inside which is 1000% accurate and I’ve really been trying to be more aggressive with that inside but guess I need to get a refresher there. Also that his feet feel heavy. She didn’t note anything being out from a chiro perspective but said his poll feels weird (confirmed mineralization there). He also said he hates his bit because it’s too fat. It’s a double jointed baucher which is on the fatter side. I have another double jointed snaffle that will go back on his bridle tonight.
After she was done and we were just talking I told her about his Lyme diagnosis, and she said he is the first horse with Lyme that was willing to talk to her. And that likely accounts for the footiness he is feeling. I also told her that we treated a moderate EPM titer and she also thought it could be residual from that too.
Of much enjoyment to me:
- He told her is VERY happy
- He considers himself VERY handsome
- He likes all the “fussy” (his word) stuff I do with him and refers to his mane as his “crown”.
- He wont stop abruptly because he knows it jolts me
- I make him do strange stuff (boy do I), but he knows he is really smart and can do anything I can teach him to do.
- He thinks the BM is in a hurry and feeds meals too fast (this is no different than any other barn). I wonder if he would like more presentation
He also said his friend left which I was stumped about, but with a little more thinking, his winter TO buddy is now on the grass pasture overnight while Charlie is in the dry lot during the day, so I bet that’s what he meant. I was initially thinking like leaving the barn!
Of worth noting, the tone that she relayed back to be is exactly the tone I get from when our reiki practitioner gets communication feedback from him too which was pretty cool!
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Wow! 
Well, all of that is very cool indeed – so happy for you that you had a good session, and that Charlie was forthcoming with everything; sounds like she was spot on!
He sounds like a hoot 
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He very much is!!
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When I first got to know Nancy, I bombarded the poor woman with questions about HOW she does what she can do (and we do still talk about it off and on even now, as I am still infinitely curious). My scientific mind needed an explanation! She communicates more in images versus words and talks about energy (which honestly goes over my head at times as I have nothing to relate it to in my personal experiences). But it got me to thinking about things like flocking of birds and schooling of fish - things which we can readily observe but don’t truly understand the mechanism of. We know whales and dolphins can communicate using a variety of sounds and electrical impulses, often across huge distances. I personally wonder if communicators are using similar systems which for some reason functions for them when it does not for the average person.
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Did you explain to the participating horse that lawn darts are illegal? Or was this before they became illegal?
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…and a menu.
Sounds like a great session. I enjoy reading these.
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I’ve posted this opinion before on AC threads.
To me it’s a talent we all have to some degree, but the AC “pro”, has it in spades.
Like the Idiot Savants (apologies for the non-PC term) I’ve seen & read about, one part of their brain is highly skilled where others can barely use that part.
ADLs may be deficient, but that One Skill is Genius level.
Current example:
AGT’s autistic, blind pianist Kodi Lee
ETA:
Correct term: Savant Syndrome
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I tried to explain to my horse that lawn darts were illegal, but it didn’t make much of an impression on him.
The first episode gave me a bad concussion that still gives me problems (that was in fall 1999). The second one (in spring 2000) dislocated my shoulder and tore a rotator cuff (which I never got fixed). After the second one (with no head injury because I got smart and was wearing a helmet), I sold the horse. He went back to working at a nose to tail trail ride barn (which is what he was doing when I bought him), and the wranglers loved him.
In spite of my suggestion that they not put customers on him, they did it anyway, and he dumped a couple of people. But then they said a customer fell in love with him and bought him. I hope that was true, and they didn’t really send him to auction.
It was too bad as I liked him (other than the lawn darting), and took a big loss (for that time) when I sold him.
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Having read Rupert Sheldrake’s book “Dogs that know when their owners are coming home” I am a believer in what he calls “morphic fields” which support types of communication that we don’t understand.
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Please, don’t use that term. “Apologizing” for using it doesn’t make it ok.
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I have an appointment with Nancy Walker Thursday morning.
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