What are your Experiences with Communication with your Horse - Verbally, Telepathically, etc?

The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours,
they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear......Henry Beston.
Quote courtesy of Lauren Bode

How do you communicating with your horse? Verbally? Through body language? Telepathically?

What types of things do you say - and how do you know he/she is listening? How do your conversations with your horse influence other aspects of your life? What do you learn from them?

Tell us anything you like about your conversations with your horse!

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I'm sure that as people, some horses are better at communicating than others. I've certainly met many who have made their points very well known. But, there was one horse once ...

An excerpt from a book I'm writing about her:
" ... then stood directly behind me & slowly laid her jaw onto my shoulder, and sighed. I shall quite likely never forget the feeling that swam over me at that moment. It was as if an innumerable number of discordant pieces of the universe suddenly slid neatly into place, serenaded softly by her gentle breathing. The only way I have ever been able to suitably encompass this experience was to say it was like the quintessential “coming home”."

That was written about "BJ", a paint mare with whom I shared over 12 amazing years. I reflect back on the times that book relates to and smile at the thoughts I had then. There were times I wondered why I kept going as I did; amidst moments of learning & of sharing, emergencies & crisis, mysterious successes & crushing failures, labours of love & battles with demons. These were the tools with which she taught me how to care, and to unlock some of the deepest places in my own heart & soul.

There are words, there are physical nuances, there are thoughts that can be shared; but every now & then someone comes along with whom communication takes place from each other's souls.
I have my horses read by a communicator once a year each.... I have learned so much from them as they tell me their stories.... I also talk to them. I tell them why I am working so much, why we are not riding, why my trainer is there instead of me, whatever it is... I know they understand because I've spoken to them through a medium... this is one of my favorite topics.
Most recently--
A few years ago, the first time that I rode at Debbie's stable, she asked me what I had done, then she asked me to ride this Arab gelding, Glow, who was causing problems with her students. She was telling me about his running away with them if they got into his mouth too much.
At that moment Glow turned his head to look at me, and in my mind I heard the words "you don't hurt me and I'll be good." I sort of sent back the message that I would take even more care not to hurt him than than I usually do.
I had a great ride, I had 2 1/2 years of great rides, I never hurt his mouth, and he was always VERY, VERY good while I was riding him. The two times he started to take off with me, due to exciting occurances, he came back quite readily to my hand as I never hurt his mouth.
I LOVED riding Glow.
Eventually Glow went back to his original owner. I still miss him, so ardent, so sensitive, and with great forward impulse. To get good rides all I had to do was "listen" to him and correct everything on his list that he did not like about his tack and my riding.
Periodically I can call the herd in from the field telepathically. I don't know why it sometimes doesn't work, I think they 'hear' but shrug to themselves and say, "Nope, not yet, the grazing is too good."

Once, shopping in the local town, twenty mintutes away by road, I suddenly knew I had to go home, that something was wrong with a horse. I paid for groceries, left quickly and drove home, very concerned. I found a foal had gone under a single wire hotwire (blocking off a piece of very old barn that the adult horses all stayed away from) in the pasture and was very distressed that he couldn't get back to his dam. She was grazing some distance away, entirely unconcerned. If I had been a bit slower in getting home would he have become entangled in the wire and then fought it as it shocked him?

I have had incidents, where I 'know' something needs to be attended to, all through the years of riding/owning; somehow I learned early on to always listen to the hunches.
I like that, Ann! I work the same way with my pets and other people. Listening to your hunches is using your intuition, which always pays off. I know what you mean about the grass, happens to me as well.
I talk to my horse while I am grooming her. I ask her how her day was, tell her a little about mine, etc. I always thank her for lifting up her hooves when she is supposed to, or putting the bit in her mouth. It's just good manners. ;) When we are riding on the flat I communicate with her verbally too. I tell her she's a good girl when she does her transitions well or gets the correct lead when cantering. I tell her "easy" if she's too fast. When we are jumping I rarely talk to her because I am working so hard on concentrating during the course. But once we are done she gets big pats and lots of "good girls".

Even my husband has said how much he notices how being at the barn changes me. I can talk to him on the phone or through email during the day and be upset or stressed. And then I'll go to the barn and come home in a great mood, relaxed and happy.
When I got my mare , she was a big brute. She was well trained and had excellent ground manners, but as alpha mare everything was a game of make me. If my cues were less than perfect, she would ignore me. Even when I did get things right, she would only do things grudgingly. Our attempts at showing (schooling shows only) were pitiful at best, usually ending with us getting disqualified as I executed yet another "unplanned dismount". While we were slowly improving at home, away was another story. After a long and frustrating private lesson, working on getting her to halt squarely, without dragging me through it, I became so fed up that I said out loud "Would you just stand!" She stopped square dropped her head and gave to the bit. We tried it again, again it worked. My horse responds to voice commands! Now don't get me wrong, you still have to ride but she's like a whole new horse. I began verbally asking for the desired movement or response and was repeatedly rewarded. At our next show, just before we entered the ring I reminded her that it was her job to jump the jumps, and my job was to steer. We had a flawless round and our first ever ribbon together was a 1st. That was years ago and now I talk to her like I expect her to understand everything and she does. Sometimes I feel her looking at me and I'm sure she's thinking of what great job she did in training me.
I have had many a great conversation with both my mare and my friend's gelding who's stabled here, over the years. I am an animal communicator amongst other things, working spiritually as a healer as well, and it can be a great asset when taking care of your pets. It can also sometimes be a disadvantage, especially if you have deep feelings in the mix, so in those cases I often get another animal communicator to do the reading, usually one of my students. Cos very often it is about something I don't want to hear then, and I am the problem, not the pet.

Talking to them can be funny, they are very humorous sometimes and know what they want and don't want. For instance I have asked the horses many times to go outside to pee (they have free access to the barn and can go in and out as they please but since I am disabled and don't walk well, mucking out is harder for me, hence the request) and my mare does that but the gelding will not. He insists on peeing in the barn and won't give it up. Nothing much I can do about that, it is his choice and I just have to put up with it so I do.

Since opening up my spiritual skills I have had a much deeper and loving relationship with all my pets, recognizing the soul level before anything else. I have worked so much on my self over the years that I am much calmer and balanced, and also much more aware than I used to be and they all love that.

I have just read an excellent book by US author Sandy Lagno, who's an animal communicator. The book is called "Horses: From our side of the Fence" and is describing their lives from their point of view. It is very intesting and makes you think about how we really treat these highly spiritual and gifted animals. I truly recommend it if you are ready to have a look into your horses world. :-)

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