Equines are good for the soul :)

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Having a bad week and felt awful today. Didn't even want to go to the yard tonight. Got there and pony was so filthy and he trotted over and shoved his head on my shoulder which made me laugh (I was in work clothes) He was so beautiful, kissy and cuddly :D Hes not an affectionate type at all but tonight he was amazing. He made me cry, but in a good way. Spent an hour mutual grooming and snuggling him. Felt so much better I didn't want to leave.

They really are good for the soul. x
 
I agree! There is nothing quite like it to put your work day out of your mind. Felt much better after putting my two to bed tonight even though it was freezing cold and damp!
 
Everyone in my work is totally stressing out at the moment. I keep telling them they need a horse :) I go home via him and I am never stressed by the time i get home. Nothing beats a horsey cuddle
 
HaffiesRock said:
Having a bad week and felt awful today. Didn't even want to go to the yard tonight. Got there and pony was so filthy and he trotted over and shoved his head on my shoulder which made me laugh (I was in work clothes) He was so beautiful, kissy and cuddly :D Hes not an affectionate type at all but tonight he was amazing. He made me cry, but in a good way. Spent an hour mutual grooming and snuggling him. Felt so much better I didn't want to leave.

They really are good for the soul. x
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Aww! They are fantastic aren't they, brilliant therapists :)
 
I've been very depressed until recently. I was feeling very homesick and missing my family terribly (they all live in USA and I only see them once a year), my business is an uphill struggle to keep afloat, renters moved from our other property with no notice leaving me and hubby high and dry and I couldn't even muster the energy to get to the yard due to lack of time and appalling weather ... I said to myself last week I'm going to ride my horses every day for a week and see if I felt better as it was getting to the point where I couldn't justify the huge expense of keeping them both and never seeing them (they're both on full livery) which was making me feel even more depressed and guilty. Just been a really bad start to the year. However ... Following a week of fitting in riding both horses every early morning this past week I feel amazing! I don't know if it's because I have a focus away from just work, work, work or what but just seeing their smiling faces every morning and getting a new enthusiasm for riding has given me an incredible boost! Can't wait to get out of bed in the morning now :) they're such fantastic healers! Doctors should prescribe them!
 
Orls said:
I've been very depressed until recently. I was feeling very homesick and missing my family terribly (they all live in USA and I only see them once a year), my business is an uphill struggle to keep afloat, renters moved from our other property with no notice leaving me and hubby high and dry and I couldn't even muster the energy to get to the yard due to lack of time and appalling weather ... I said to myself last week I'm going to ride my horses every day for a week and see if I felt better as it was getting to the point where I couldn't justify the huge expense of keeping them both and never seeing them (they're both on full livery) which was making me feel even more depressed and guilty. Just been a really bad start to the year. However ... Following a week of fitting in riding both horses every early morning this past week I feel amazing! I don't know if it's because I have a focus away from just work, work, work or what but just seeing their smiling faces every morning and getting a new enthusiasm for riding has given me an incredible boost! Can't wait to get out of bed in the morning now :) they're such fantastic healers! Doctors should prescribe them!
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Thats lovely to read they are helping you. x
 
Horses should be available free on the NHS as therapy. I work some appallingly long hours and sometimes dont see my two all week. I am finishing work at 5.00 pm tonight and cant wait to see my two. The other evening Mini TX had done and ridden them for me and I called by the yard at 9.30 pm to have a kiss and a cuddle. It had been a horribly stressful day and I just spent ages giving my horse in particular a long cuddle and I had a chat to him as well about my day. I felt so much better afterwards, even the he did practically tell me to get lost and he wanted his haynet by head butting me out of the way!

I walked away then and I had to turn around and it was him with his head out of the stable door, and I could feel him saying he was sorry and he wanted another cuddle. Didnt have any trouble obliging him either.

I would be lost without them.
 
I'm feeling good today, which means pony will be his usual grumpy self, which I do not mind one bit as he makes me laugh with his silly face pulling :D
 
OH and I are both agreed on this :)

When he's particularly stressed out he goes to see his beloved mare Tracey, who dotes on him. I think he loves her more than me and she loves him about as much as I do ;)

I was having a crappy day last Thursday, got to the yard to muck out and the horses just perked me up with their daft antics. I seem to forget how awful people can be when I'm busy forking out muck or scratching Maverick/Derek/Laddie under the chin while they close their eyes!
 
I had a really stressful day on Weds at work, just none stop, went to the yard and had the best jumping lesson ever with my lil mare. Love her loads, she makes it all worth while :)
 
I'd been on anti-depressants for three years. Four months after I started riding again, I came off them. :D

Shame the NHS won't pay for horses, really!
 
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