I was introduced to Suzie and her amazing ability to communicate with animals through a mutual friend who had some spectacular results with behavioural changes after Suzie communicated with her horse. I own(ed) a very reactive, distrustful, fearful, rescue horse and despite having exhausted the extensive list of potential physical causes, tried all sorts of supplementation, and having worked really hard with a very experienced horse/human training/psychologist/therapist for the past several months with some amazing results, I continued to see a few behavioural issues that could on occasion be a danger to myself and my mare. It felt like these behaviours were mainly fear driven, and she would just lose her mind. At this stage, I should probably point out that she is a TB chestnut mare… and yes I can see all you horsey people rolling your eyes.

To describe a little of what was happening… she was always on high alert, looking for any potential threats and if she perceived even the slightest potential threat (real or imagined) whether being ridden or on the ground she would spook. She would lose her mind if she lost sight of her paddock mates (would literally try and run me down to get back to her paddock mates if I took her for a walk down the very quiet road outside our property). If riding out with more than one other horse, she would get easily agitated and kick out at other horses, and she meant it. She also suddenly decided several months back that after floating perfectly well on her own and with others for the first two years I owned her, that she would no longer float alone, but would still self-load, if there was another horse already on the float – major separation anxiety.

The first session Suzie had with my mare, supported my theory that lasting trauma from her past was contributing to her excessive fear of everything, her separation anxiety, and her inability to fully put her trust in anyone or anything. Suzie cleared 4 blocked chakras, spoke with Pixie about some of the issues we were having and then assured me that Pixie was feeling relief from the clearing and better equipped to try new things with me, including going away from the herd out on her own, and also in relation to floating on her own.

I decided to test this theory out a week after Suzie had communicated with Pixie, and I took Pixie for a walk down the road, away from her paddock mates. In previous attempts this resulted in one very anxious and agitated mare, along with one pretty scared human. This time, Pixie was like a completely different horse; she and I cruised down the road and even when her paddock mates neighed, she didn’t neigh back. There was no jig jogging, no running circles around me, no ninja kicks; she simply walked along beside me in an alert state, and eventually quite a relaxed state. The only time she was mildly nervous was when two dogs tied to a tree started barking, but we maintained our dignity and carried on. She didn’t even try and walk past me but staying just behind me on my shoulder on a loose rein. I was incredibly surprised to say the least. Just as we got back to the paddock she did try to speed up, but I popped my telescopic flagpole/flag in front of her and asked her to ‘whoa’, and she complied, and the rest of the walk was uneventful. Since then, we have had two more very successful walks, and we encountered sheep and cows, both of which she had a good look at, but didn’t seem overly concerned. It is literally unbelievable the change in her demeanour.

Suzie communicated with my mare a second time, a few weeks later, cleared more trauma and a blocked chakra, and had a lovely conversation with my mare about the fun we will have when we go out riding with others. My mare took this favourably and said she would try really hard with floating on her own, so she and I could go out and find some streams (her favourite thing 😊).

I have yet to try floating her on her own, but will attempt this soon, and will report back about her progress.

Many thanks to Suzie, for her help thus far, it has been life changing for both my mare and myself and our relationship.