Have your horses done something special to / for YOU?

[TinselRider]

As per title, has your horse done anything special to / for you? for exapmle helped you through tough times, regained your SELF confidence etc? If so please share I will start off.

My first horse helped me out of a terrible time in my life, I was severily bullied at secondary school (aswell as primary) (mainly due to my excema covering most of my face) and I was not coping well I was diagnosed with depression at a very young age and some of the thoughts going through my head at the time were bleak to say the least, It got so bad at one point I actually feared going to school and I would do everything I could to get away from everyone else.
Eventually I was pulled out of school and was home educated but by that point the damage was done and I was bed ridden with the depression for weeks and as stupid as it sounds I developed agrophobia aswell, fearing I would be "got" by the people giving me a hard time at school.


Apart from the love and support from my family the ONE thing that got me through the rough times was my horse, he would not make fun of me because of the way I looked, he would not be someone that didn't want to associate with me in fear of tauntings. At the time he was the ONLY friend I had and it was HIM that slowly built my confidence in myself and got me over the fears.

Sadly I lost him a few months later due to a broken leg but I done everything in my power to try and help him the way he helped me, unfortunatley it got to a point where nothing more could be done and I had to make the hardest desicion of my life

I will always remember him and will always be thankfull for everything he done for me.

RIP my sweet

EEEP sorry that was so long

 

[Sparkles]

Lovely post.

Everyday tbh. Just me walking into his field and him ambling over to me straight away,leaving the others and giving a slight nicker before wanting a mutual grooming session is enough for me! Easily pleased haha.

But no. He is just the most genuine chap and never said no to anything I've asked him for/put him through once yet at all. He is the sweetest boy ever and he owes me nothing and I owe him everything

 

[Bowen4Horses]

Raff changed my life.

He got me back on board (albeit nervously) and he's reignited my love for horses again. he's got me confident handling them again. and he's just been my world since the day i met him.



It's also because of him that we moved house, miles and miles away... so we could afford somewhere with land to have him at home.

It's because of him, i'm retraining completely and giving up my government job... and becoming an Bowen Therapist (human and equine) and saddle fitter.

And it's because of him i've met a lot of lovely people... the support i have had (when he broke his leg, my confidence problems etc) has been amazing.

Raff is the most genuine little man in the world. And i ruddy love him

 

[azouria]

the last few winters i've had really bad depression, linked with social anxiety disorder. I really think that Red has saved my life, things were looking pretty grim before I found him, and i'm not really sure how I would have coped or gotten through this winter. He is just my everything, and I love him more than I could ever explain.

 

[howengold]

Mony saved me from becoming a delinquent teenager. Got me through my parents nasty divorce and my own divorce twenty years on. She has been there when my son was diagnosed with MDS and when I felt my life going off track. I owe my way of life today, to my little grey mare!

Sovereign gave me back my confidence in riding different more forward going horses. Through her I found my interest in all things equine come back.

I love my two old mares so much. I love our other three but the two old gals have done so much for me as a person.

 

[SVMel]

The biggest thing the horses in my life have done for me is that they have opened my heart, my mind and my eyes to life, and just being around them makes me a better more humble person.

On the physical side, I suffer with chronic fatigue which in turn leads to depression and I couldn't keep going if I didn't have them. I had to get well enough to look after them physically, and they are the best therapy for my mind......

Words aren't enough. I love them deeply.

Thank you, my four legged friends.

 

[Kellys Heroes]

Kelly's given me that outlet and time to myself when going through some pretty rough times.
She's given me a route of stress relief being able to groom her and ride her! She's made me laugh, made me cry and has been the reason I've got up in a morning some days.
She deserves every bit of our love and care and I can only hope she feels the same about us
K x

 

[TinselRider]

Lovely posts guys, I'm glad I'm not the only soppy (NOT fluffy ) person on here

 

[*hic*]

Our little Section A started off the process of teaching my very traumatised daughter that she was in control. She'd been in a fatal car crash and had lost all her confidence and was a very sad little girl compared to the confident child she had been.

She started off the process by teaching my daughter that you have to control your emotions or the pony picks up on them. She also provided a listening ear for anything my daughter wanted to tell her. Please note the picture is the first day we got her - she hasn't been allowed to get that fat since she's been with us.

This Section D came to us severely abused and very traumatised himself. He taught my daughter to have compassion for others, to understand things from their point of view and that there are others worse off than yourself. They developed a very strong bond and she's still his favourite person in the whole world - even though she's at Uni and I'm the one he sees all the time. The Section A is a true child's pony and will put up with a lot. The Section D has to be confident at all times and you have to give him that confidence. You also have to ask him correctly and be quick to praise. He is a true bolter but he has never bolted with my daughter up because she learnt to make him trust her - another very valuable lesson he taught her.

This is their first time on an XC course for a play. I think he'd probably done it before. but she'd never been down steps or through water (look carefully in the pic)