Everything Horses and Livestock® November 2021 Vol. 6 Issue 4

Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine ®

In about 1 to 2 years in with the Rockies, we took him to a clinic where it was recommended that we return him to where we got him, because he would never work for our program. I left crying that day it was hard to hear. It Broke my heart that day, but every bone in my body told me, I could not just give up on him. I knew down deep in my soul I had to keep trying to give him a chance. He went to trainers, and we kept working on him, but he just kept giving to us everything we asked of him, but not connecting. He continued to just do it because of the ask, he never relaxed with us. Last year we took him to a sweet young lady that trains for us Elizabeth Schulte Brooke the founder of Hearts for Horses. She did and does amazing work with our Rockies.

Jasper has been with us for 6 years now; From the day we brought him home he was not a horse to come up to anyone to be petted. He would stand behind the others and wait for the humans to leave. He would shy away if anyone came up to try and pet him. Until one day. We had a family come to visit the horses. The horses walked up to the fence for the usual greeting and pets hoping for a treat. There was one little girl standing back behind her mother’s leg, you could see that she was very shy, she was 5 or 6 years old. Her mom encouraged her to go up to the fence, she hesitated but then slowly started coming up to the fence. Before I realized what was happening, I turned and looked, Jasper was there at the fence with the little girl, his head dropped down to her level. She was stroking his head. I was shocked. I leaned down to her and said that she must be super special, because Jasper never does this. He is very shy and stays away from people. She just beamed and started talking away to Jasper. I told the parents I could not believe what I was seeing. Jasper has repeated this scenario many times since that day. Only to specific people, so we know that something special is happening with him and the person he picked to connect with. He knows who needs him.

Our team started attending Faith Based Equine Assisted Philosophy certification program in 2019-2020 this is offered by “Unbridled Faith” founder Elaine Davis. We have attended several of her certifications. This year God has opened the gates for Living Life Ranch. Sending clients from all over Kansas and Missouri. Allowing the Holy Spirit to work with our team and our horses to help them begin working on the healing process. This was the year we made a breakthrough with this horse.

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