Horse Whisperer for 'hire'!!!

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hiya xx
my freind recently told me about horse whisperers that can tell your horses past, what has happened to them, what they like/dislike etc.
it sounds really interesting and i would love to 'hire' one for my boy xx
the problem is i cant find one! i have scoured the internet and found nothing. anybody know where i can find a horse whisperer who is able to do this??? xxxx
thanks x :p
 
Search for 'animal communicator' and you may find them under that.
There are quite a few names mentioned on this forum that people recommend or don't recommend. Seems to be quite a mixed bag of results.

I have used Margrit Coates for my horse. Although she never mentioned anything about his past and him being a French Trotter from overseas I would have thought a mention would be made!
 
Catherine Walker is great. She has done readings for 2 of my horses, and both were pretty much spot on. Google Catherine Walker Talking Horse for her website :) She does readings from a photo that you e-mail to her.
 
I have met one of these so called 'communicators' and quite honestly they are as good at the game as a lot of (so called) clairvoyants.

The woman I met was one of the top animal communicators in the USA. She had been on Oprah and several other TV programmes.

She was brought over to 'talk' to a friends racehorse who was not giving his best. She said the horse told her he wanted a different stable, various other things and if these were fulfilled he would run better.
She was brought to meet us although not to 'talk' to any of the animals. She did want to show her prowess and stopped at a horse looking over his stable door. She proceeded to tell us that he was talking to her and saying that he was happy to be here but had had a rough time before having been galloped and jumped by rough men and hit frequently when he was doing his best.
He liked it here because he was treated nicely and given lots of treats.

No one said a word and she was frequently fishing for confirmation and for us to say something but we played it like a poker player and never said a thing until she had finished.
I then took great heart in telling her that the horse was only a 4 year old, he had never been galloped or jumped and was very ill with a viral infection that we could not get to the bottom of. He was home bred and I knew him from the day he was born and he had never been hit.
Not a word had been said about him feeling ill.
I will give her due in that she was very quick to retort that this was all in a previous life.

Now, had I been someone who wanted to hear the right things and had answered her veiled questions or just in general chatted to her, she would have found out a lot more.
As with many clairvoyants, people are easily 'read' and hear what they want to hear.

I am not saying that there are not true animal communicators just as their are genuine clairvoyants but beware of being conned.
 
Please con't waste your money. A friend of mine was having trouble with her horse and she had one of the lady's already named come to see him. She gave a lot of general info but never mentioned the fact that the horse was having trouble as my friend had recently given up smoking and had put on over two stone and it was too much for the poor little man!!
 
I personally haven't had one but have spoken to a few people who had the same person who all gave me almost the same story that she told them!! All horses wanted long flowing manes and things like that. Would personally never waste my money on one
 
LittleMouse said:
hiya xx
my freind recently told me about horse whisperers that can tell your horses past, what has happened to them, what they like/dislike etc.
it sounds really interesting and i would love to 'hire' one for my boy xx
the problem is i cant find one! i have scoured the internet and found nothing. anybody know where i can find a horse whisperer who is able to do this??? xxxx
thanks x :p
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LM - please don't waste your money. Nobody can 'talk' to horses and anyone who claims they can is just taking you for a ride (no pun intended :))
 
Petalpoos said:
LM - please don't waste your money. Nobody can 'talk' to horses and anyone who claims they can is just taking you for a ride (no pun intended :))
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Ditto! The so-called 'communication' - particularly from a photo - is bo**ocks!

A good horse person can tell you a lot about your horse from meeting it and handling it - we had one arrive tonight and within 5 minutes of it being in the stable I was able to say to the owner: "Hasn't had his teeth done for a while, has he!" (His teeth ground with the most ghastly noise as he chomped haylage slowly!) Owner was surprised - and admitted he couldn't remember when teeth were last done. Horse IS fat! But I'll put money on us finding some BIG hooks!

I could also tell you if your horse had been beaten at some stage, if he hadn't had much handling - or if he was in pain - in very short time. But not from talking to him - but by observation and 'listening' to him!
 
Personally i'd not waste your money, a friend of mine had her horse "talked to" for £30, the woman told her a load of old bull and then in conversation my friend told this woman that my mare was in foal, bearing in mind she'd never seen my mare or heard of me, she started telling my friend that my mare talks to her and wanted a message sent to me that she needs help as she is having twins - I was a little freaked simply because I was worrying about everything at the time of the mare being in foal, but of course she went on to have ONE very healthy filly. Complete trash and con IMO.

As JanetGeorge says, good handling and observation can tell you all what you need to know.
 
Although she never mentioned anything about his past and him being a French Trotter from overseas I would have thought a mention would be made!

That would be because she made it all up :-)
 
Dear Catherine,

I would just like to know anything that this horse wants to tell you! I love her to bits but we are having a lot of problems, I am thinking of putting her out on loan at the moment and would appreciate any clues as to how she's feeling :)

(This was the ONLY information Catherine had about me and Eris)


"I am feeling well and healthy." Although these are the first words that Eris greets me with, she gives me a cough at the bottom of her throat as well. This seems to come from a sensitivity to hay and she seems to think that haylage suits her better. "I like being outside, even when it's windy as my shelter is warm and dry inside." Although she prefers being out in the field, she doesn't show me any companions, just fields and hedges dropping away from view. (We live on a Welsh hillside, with American Barn stabling)

There is very much a feeling around her that she has let you down in some way. She shows me your hobbling round, as if you had broken your right leg and thinks she is to blame. (Just before the reading I had fallen off Eris out on the road. She panicked and reared above me, missing my right leg by about an inch when she came down) She doesn't want you to sell her and would rather stay with you and 'retire' than go to the wrong home. When she shows me your riding, it is as if she is watching a different horse, possibly slightly lighter in colour, but still a bay and you are show jumping in a field. (This is Yan, my old girl, who I competed a lot) Eris would like to do that too, but she thinks you'd be too scared and she really prefers flatwork or cross country fences.

Eris doesn't think you are an 'unconfident' rider, but that you are scared of her. "I'm not really scary, I just get worried if things aren't right." When being schooled, she is very responsive and tries hard to please, but when hacking out, whether with or without other horses, she is very much an 'I'm in charge mare.' When things around her change, she doesn't wait to investigate, there are too many potential problems, so flight is her first resort, which may be very inconvenient if you are on her back or in traffic. When on a long stretch of open country, she would just run away, when in the road, it is more of a problem to her as there are other hazards to prevent her clear flight. She lifts up at the front and spins off to the right, making you very unstable. It is not that you can't sit the rear, it's the spin that gets you and frightens her even more. (When I fell off, she reared, leaped then spun right. The spin was the bit that decked me)

One thing that she says you don't do to calm her down is enough consistent handling work on the ground. She needs very precise work that means that she must always be where you want her, every time you lead her, not just when you are working her on the ground - she shows me a lot of backing up exercises. Her groundwork needs to go right back to basics and remain consistent. Never let her take one step forward after you have stopped, always back her to where she was when you stopped. Be consistent with this even if you are only taking her in and out to the field. When she is relaxed, with her head low, still ensure that she sticks to the rules. This will give her confidence in you, when you take her out. (All true)

Her napping and spooking is only due to her wanting to get her and you away from danger. "This is worse now she has children to care for. What would happen to them if she got hurt while we were out." This is a hard one. Eris thinks that you have dependents to look after and that you might be in harm when you are out with her, so she thinks she had better look after you when she spots a hazard that you don't! (I have a young son)

Although she doesn't seem to spook at 'scary' things at home - plastic bags and things that are out of place - she is aware of misplaced things, like rolling buckets that have blown away, but she doesn't bother too much as you lead her past them and are always calm when you lead her. On her back, when she naps, your heart rate increases, so this makes her wonder why you're scared too and so she jumps away. A variety of despooking objects to lead her past and through will help her confidence in you, even though she doesn't bother too much about these objects generally, it is more to increase her focus and attention on you. (Very true)

If she goes out with another horse, she is more relaxed, but there is an older bay hunter type that she used to go out with when young, that isn't there any more and the only other horse is one that you ride. She shows me a small dappled pony, but says you haven't got it yet and she has to teach it its manners first. "So none of these will do!" She adds.
(True - the only other horse who was suitable to accompany her was Yan, who I wouldn't let anyone else ride)

Other things about her seem very mannerly. She isn't a 'bargey' mare, her manners are very good in the stable and even leading to the field. It is just when ridden that she thinks she has to be the one in charge. She most definitely wants to stay with you and to be useful to you, but certainly doesn't want to be a nuisance. If she can live nearby or go to 'auntie' she wouldn't mind too much. I can't see who 'auntie' is except she has horses that she does dressage with, on a small yard that has geese and ducks, not far from a busy main road. (She had just spent a day at a yard just like this, with the possibility of going there on loan)

When trotting loose in the field, her forehand is very free. When ridden at trot, she stiffens up somewhat and would like your hands carried higher. There is also a slight twist in her pelvis that tips it back slightly on the near side. She likes being long reined as it helps her loosen up and teaches her to be supple. Her appetite has been good although she has had some loose droppings that have cleared up now. She needs yeast, not pink powder, if it happens again. Her shoulder is "much better" - this refers to her off fore, which she slipped and knocked a while back. It just gets stiff in the morning in the stable but her rug keeps it warm. (All true)

When I ask is there anything else, she wants to know "Are there any apples left, or did we eat them all?" (The apples were finished. I bought some more that afternoon)

(So for me, this reading was spot on, and helped me a lot when deciding what to do with Eris. I appreciate everyone has a different experience, but my experience of Catherine's reading was that she is genuine)

(Everything in brackets has been added by me for the purpose of this post. Sorry it's so long!)
 
devilwoman said:
Maybe i'll start doing these "readings" I could do with some extra cash :D

Maybe i'm sceptical but I just think it is total and utter rollocks ......
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This. There are things that any experienced horsewoman can 'read' from body language and horsey knowledge, plus some clairvoyant style guess work, other than that it's complete rubbish.
 
mmmmmmmm ok there are people who can "see" - there have been cases of police being lead to murder scenes by people who can "see" but mmmmm to many jump on band wagon and as some one said earlier any good horse person can look at /spend time with a horse and get a glimmer of whats happened somewhere in a horses life - the eyes the face the muscles the way they move, react - its not rocket science if you really look - to me waste of money - rather spend time look at the world through the horses eyes an try to understand :) xx
 
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