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Peeperpuppy
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More questions than answersMy Lippi mare is away in training so for the moment we're down to just the Grulla sisters - Harley & Gunny in our pasture. Harley is my husband's mare, Gunny is mine. Our trainer tried to talk us into switching horses. In the beginning, my husband favored my mare & wanted to switch too except Gunny's short & he favors a taller mare. The reason our trainer's trying to get me to take Harley is because she's a real baby sitter. Very uncomplicated mare. With time & experience she's going to be the time you can put a small child on & trust Harley to take care of her. With my back problem, this is the ideal horse for me except 2 things - my husband has less experience with horses & he needs a horse that he can just get on & ride with very little pre-flight checks & he really REALLY loves his horse.
Of recent I've become very connected with my Lippi mare. I've had some pretty cool communication experiences with her. But have had no luck connecting with Gunny in that way. Or I'll get 'not yet' or 'not my turn'.
Yesterday I went out with a halter, a rope, a brush & groom mit. I just wanted to brush & spend time. Now Gunny could only care about the grain bin. My husband was cleaning out the well house & was rattling the barrels & Gunny just couldn't tear herself away from staring at the well house. Harley was watching but seemed very receptive to a good brushing. I never put a halter or rope on her. She just stood there and really seemed to be enjoying the experience. It's interesting to me that Harley is the herd boss except Gunny is very possessive of me. She'd tolerate Harley having my time... for a little while & then she pin her ears & move her sister off. Harley accepted this & I got the impression that Harely 'gets' that she's not my horse & yields.
Gunny stood also with no halter/rope for brushing but definately wanted me to concentrate on neck and shoulders most of all. She'd forget about my husband & get a little jumpy when hay would go flying out of the building. Harley looks at her at times like this like her sister's a little daft in the head. The moment she'd think about moving I'd send her off & Harley would take her place.
It struck me odd last night as I lay in bed. Both my Lippi & Gunny seem to try to guard me. Ok, I feel a bit special in that these prey animals become guardians when I'm in the field - not just towards each other - but with stray dogs, large birds, or neighbors with chain saws. The Lippi will go into full out combat mode. Gunny's more subtle. She'll stand between me & anything she thinks is dangerous. Harley will too but there's a different feel to it. Harley mothers. That's what mom's do. But Gunny & Mis become a problem in the pasture because they seem to try to guard me from one another. I haven't yet tried to work the two of them together to tamp down on some of the animosity between them. Gunny irks Mis like oil & water.
I know with my back problems & some other things I have going on, they learn to be careful in what they do around me & I appreciate their care/concern but it bothers me that I seem to be the bone of contention. With the Grulla sisters I had only to assert myself with Gunny & say, "hey, worry about me... not Harley" And as soon as I backed Gunny up 2 steps... she got it. That does not work with Mis & Gunny together. It does with Gunny... I'm hoping this will change when/if Gunny will participate in a little communication with me.
This sort of thing always leaves me with more questions than answers. Mis is definately a High Sensitive. Gunny is pretty sensitive. Who knows, she may be HS too & is just waiting for me to be ready to deal with 2 of them (Mis & her). ((Sigh))
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bit
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I just read Henry Blakes, "Talking With Horses". He said when a horse defends you, they consider you, theirs. You belong to them. Eclipse does the same thing, lots of ear pinning, and an occasional left brained, slow mo, reach out, peel her lips back, and bite. I don't worry so much about it anymore. I used to. Now, I make sure when we are having quality time, I have a slo mo bite waiting for anyone else that messes with our bubble. Hope I'm letting her know, "you belong to me, too." 
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Peeperpuppy
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Thanks Bit, I never really thought about it quite like that. I have so much stuff going on with me right now. This section of the message board Carol opened up has really brought about changes in my life - for the good - but right now I feel like I'm caught in a bit of a tornado where I'm only getting bits & pieces of things that I comprehend.
I went to the book store & got Riding Between The Worlds. I should have started with Tao of Equs however there was stuff in the book I got that I needed NOW. Henry Blake's book is on my reading list too.
Through what I've learned thru Sarah in my Gray horse discussion I have had a life changing experience... but I still feel like I'm in such a muddle & I'm still trying to make sense of things.
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bit
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hmmm, maybe you are thinking too much. Getting yourself empty, and in the moment is where this all happens.
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southerlywind
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Hi. I'm new here so not sure if I'm on the right thread . .I was just reading your comments about 'communication' from your horse and take it you mean spiritually? I can 'hear' / 'listen' / 'receive' call it what you will but not always reliably, as in recievability (if there is such a word!).
When I was 17 I had a mare who was so great at connecting with me, even at 2am in the morning with her 4 miles away and freezing cold. She woke me from my sleep, turned me to ice, I was convulsing with cold then I realised it was her. Jumped up, dressed and got on my bike. Pedalled like hell to the yard and found her in a shivering bundle. Once suitably blanketed, hayed and a warm mash feed we both felt much better and I returned home to my bed.
Then I grew up, had kids, turned my life upside down then right way up again and now I'm getting stuff thick and fast but have also found it quite a strain. Deliberately haven't been open this week as I just wanted a rest from it mentally. Silly, but spent years and years wishing I could hear them all and now I think 'be careful what you wish for'!!!
Would love to hear other experiences of 'newbie' communicators. Sometimes I feel a bit bonkers x x
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Sunny
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Re: Hi. I'm new here so not sure if I'm on the right thread | southerlywind wrote: |
Would love to hear other experiences of 'newbie' communicators. Sometimes I feel a bit bonkers x x |
No, you're not bonkers! It looks like you just found yourself a soft place to land. Welcome to the zoo!!!!
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imagele
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Re: Hi. I'm new here so not sure if I'm on the right thread | southerlywind wrote: |
Then I grew up, had kids, turned my life upside down then right way up again and now I'm getting stuff thick and fast but have also found it quite a strain. Deliberately haven't been open this week as I just wanted a rest from it mentally. Silly, but spent years and years wishing I could hear them all and now I think 'be careful what you wish for'!!!
Would love to hear other experiences of 'newbie' communicators. Sometimes I feel a bit bonkers x x |
Sounds about normal to me - Welcome to the "bonkers" club  .
I am not a newbie to this sort of work - for me it started to seriously happen when I did Reiki II about 10 years ago.
With time you find ways to cope with what happens sometimes. In my case it is never the same way twice though - not with how each animal chooses to communicate or with what I might need to do to get myself back in balance when it is not my choice that this communication happens.
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