04/21/2026
It’s the dog trainer in me.
Bonus content included!
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1. How to potty train your horse — the following videos were taken between yesterday and today, screen shot of day/time at the end of each clip.
2. Always remember treats, praise and gratitude — I started by having a conversation with her to explain the why, which actually started a couple years ago, I wasn’t consistent.
3. Yesterday 11:35am — she started this on her own, again, after my inconsistency.
4. Surprise — I wanted to spray her with fly spray, she ran away, I followed encouraging a little lunging / movement to help loosen her up since she wanted to run away. She realized she had to go poopy and knew she could negotiate.
5. Reward: Treats or No Fly Spray — Telepathically I asked her if she would prefer treats as a reward or if bypassing fly spray was the reward she preferred. It’s her choice.
6. Yesterday 11:42am
7. More good girl poopies! — I was still outside doing some chores at 1:42pm and thought to see if she had done more in the same area.
8. A moment of silence and patience — She doesn’t prefer her feet wet; trauma from a past home where she had to stand in water, urine, muck.
9. As if she understands every word.😉 Inside joke.
10. Yesterday 1:42pm
11. Look at this! — I was hoping there would be more in the same spot this morning!
12. 9 piles! — and there was!
13. Be prepared to reward - More treats and praise!
14. Not to bring up the other pile, but…
15. Today 10:22am
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From Hoof to Heal:
Can you see it? It’s in both shoulders. It’s not physical, it’s emotional. She doesn’t have an injury, it’s trauma stored in the body. When both shoulders on a horse are stiff and sore often times the spiritual, energetic or emotional meaning has something to do with excessive burdens, a need to release control or a blockage and forward movement. For this situation, it’s a blockage and forward movement.
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Horses are highly sensitive and tend to mirror their people. The bilateral shoulder stiffness is actually Angel absorbing and reflecting back to me what’s going on in my own shoulders emotionally. A couple of months ago I tore something in my right shoulder which relates to heavy responsibilities that I’ve been carrying and the feeling of being stuck, as if I’m in a spiritual sit-stay.
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Shoulders are connected to what we shoulder in life, often times referring to carrying burdens that are not ours to bear, reminding us to put down and let go of everything that we can’t control, dropping the reins so-to-speak. Shoulders are also linked to the heart chakra which represents compassion and self love. Stiffness, soreness or an injury can be a reminder to open your heart, have more compassion for yourself, or heal emotional wounds that caused you to “brace for a blow”. Horses are master compensators as well as pray animals that try to hide pain. When it manifest in both shoulders it can be a sign for me to address the energy I’m bringing to our relationship. She’s also showing me that it’s safe to show vulnerability and to address whatever dis-ease I’m facing in my own life.
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This is all part of what Angel, Rey, Han and Lu have been teaching me over the past 18 months. Think of it like this, them as the therapists, teaching me how to do a deep dive on everything I’ve been experiencing not only the past eight years, but my entire life, and teaching me how to understand each injury, illness, dis-ease and dis-order I experience from a physical, emotional and energetic level.
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How is this connected to potty training her?
First, you can see it in the video and I know somebody’s going to ask if she has an injury. Next, it’s directly connected to what I’ve been going through with my shoulder. Finally, what I’m going through with my shoulder, and her going to the bathroom in one area is directly connected to something bigger that is coming.
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Now, I wish I could tell you exactly what’s coming along with the details, however, that has to be kept super secret and under wraps for just a little while longer. There are a few people that know (Jennifer Faith and 🤣), but I’m positive they won’t say a word, even if you beg them to! What I can share is this partial statement from Angel, “I will potty train myself when ____ happens!” Stay tuned!
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In the meantime, treatment for Angel (and I) is as follows:
- Reiki energy work and Homeopathy in water,
- Bodywork, massage, gentle stretching,
- Phototherapy, releasing trapped emotions, talk therapy (animal communication),
- And most importantly - Rest.
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