Testimonials:
By Jackie Mc KillenDear Barbara,
I have been meaning to put pen to paper for a while now so here it goes. I wanted to explain how you have enabled partnerships to develop between myself and my horses. You firstly visited my elderly Anglo/Arab mare. She has had an amazing career in eventing, hunting and trekking but was always hard to float. I mentioned this to you on a day you were visiting about another matter altogether and asked if you could help. You went to Maisie and she went all soft in her eye and didn't fidget around as was her normal. You told me she had had an accident traveling and said I knew nothing about any accident. A few weeks later in speaking to her first owner I found out that she had gone through the floor of a moving float. You gave her drops for making traveling easier, they worked. I know they worked because when moving house the drops got packed and the movers drove away with them. I persevered without the drops and moved her ten kilometers down the road to our new home, the float bouncing all the way with Maisie stomping and kicking. I was so upset when we arrived and she hurtled out of the float covered in cuts and grazes. We never travel without our drops now.
My gelding, Chess walked all over me when we first met. I regretted buying him and wanted rid of him. I remembered the chat you and Maisie had so I asked you to come and see us. You told me he felt alone, you said he didn't trust that I was going to stay for him, you told me he was looking for a leader but that I was going to need to prove myself to him as he was used to being the dominator. Yes I thought, that would explain a lot. He hated leaving other horses becoming agitated the minute he left his paddock. I wasn't planning to stick around for him and I was so darn scared of him I was not any kind of leader. Two years later and a heap of hard work on both our parts we are riding out as partners on a long rein with no fighting or life threatening bucks, happy horse and even happier rider. He is definitely not for sale.
Barbara these are but two of many examples of how you have helped us. I listen now and it's amazing what you can hear. They tolerate my humanness and its amazing what they will put up with, we are friends and partners with a fun future ahead, thank you Barbara
Jackie Mc Killen
