Therapy Horse Job Description!

This is me back in my dressage days, that's my human mum on my back.....we had a lot of fun together. I especially enjoyed the game we used to play with the trailer!😂 That's the one where I pretended to walk on, eat the carrots and at the last minute reverse off at speed! It was even more enjoyable when people came to watch!
I don't do dressage anymore as my job as Head Therapy Horse at Lough Shore Equine is very important and takes up all my time.
As a horse I am highly instinctive and sensitive, this helps me to provide honest feedback to humans about their own feelings, emotions and behaviours.
I have a strong survival instinct of Fight, Flight or Freeze this helps me to avoid being killed by all the horse eating cows, sheep, plastic bags and the monsters that humans just don't see!
Humans have this same instinct and I am an expert at reading their subtle body language that tells me if they are afraid, relaxed, anxious etc.I reflect these emotions back and the help people to become more self aware and learn about themselves and how they respond to challenges in their life.
This is just one aspect of my job and over the next few months I will talk about some of the other ways that I help. Ibsen x🐴

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