Penny & Melissa Struk

Someone else had noticed the remarkable change! It was not my imagination.

For the 3 years I’ve had Penny, it has been very stressful for both of us at horse shows. In the practice ring, Penny would dodge other horses coming at her fearing they were going to run into her. Once in the show ring doing a pattern, she always tries to over-please and wouldn’t wait for my cues. There had to be a solution to our problems. I wasn’t giving up; Penny had too much potential to give up, so we kept going to show after show with no improvement. I just couldn’t convince her that no one was going to run into her and when we do patterns that she needs to listen to me. I even tried to pony her, which she was hesitant about at first, but since both horses were going in the same direction, she accepted it after a short period of time. She just couldn’t accept horses coming at her. The faster they were coming, the worse Penny was.

I’ve known Nancy for many years and finally decided to call her to see if she could help. Shortly before the next show, Nancy communicated with Penny and then cleared her with Spiritual Response Therapy and told me to call her from the show if we needed more help. I noticed a difference the first day in the practice ring. Penny was calm, no dodging, very comfortable. Maybe it was just because the ring wasn’t overcrowded. I couldn’t wait to see what the next day would bring. Once again, the practice ring was uneventful, but we still hadn’t done a pattern yet. That would be the real test. The first pattern went off without any anticipation. Penny actually listened to what Nancy told her about waiting to be told when to do things. Now I really began to believe this was working! The third and fourth day were the same, no dodging other horses and no anticipation in patterns. In my mind, Nancy had cleared Penny of her fear of being run into, and Penny now waited for my cues instead of doing it on her own and not listening to me.

As I walked out of the ring when the last class was over, a friend of mine remarked at how calm Penny was the past 4 days. It was then that I disclosed the secret that I had kept to myself. Someone else had noticed the remarkable change! It was not my imagination. It was real – Penny was much calmer! I can’t begin to thank Nancy enough for what she has done for Penny. The shows will certainly be much happier for Penny and me!

With our sincere thanks,
~ Melissa Struk, NJ