A colleague and very good friend from America emailed me recently. She was on her way to a barn to treat some horses chiropractically, when she noticed a horse in a field on its own looking pretty uncomfortable (pictured below).
She went to investigate further and saw this.
I had to look twice at the picture; I’d never seen anything like it.
Apparently the owner had had the mare (unnamed) since she was 6 months old (pictured here at 7 years old) and she was born with normal limbs.
After she foundered her owner had stopped getting her feet trimmed. Why I don’t know, as foundered horses need a good farrier more than most in my opinion but anyway...subsequently, as you can see from the photo, her left/near fore had rotated 180 degrees, (so her toe was actually facing her tail).
One can only imagine how painful this had been for her.
Although unhopeful given the severity of the deformity, my friend arranged for the local vet to come out to see whether anything could be done.
Prior to the vet’s visit, I contacted two excellent practitioners I’d worked with in the UK and asked them to send distance Reiki and energy healing, which they very kindly did. Both said they felt the mare’s discomfort and that she had shut down a lot of normal responses to survive her situation. On the positive side it was sensed that the mare was picking up on everyone's intent and feelings of good-will towards her, but that “she had she had absolutely no desire to carry on compromising”.
On her next visit, the animal chiropractor said the little mare seemed much quieter, calmer, relaxed and happier than she had been previously. However sadly, but not unsurprisingly, after consulting with the vet, it was decided that the kindest thing would be to have the mare put to sleep.
This poor little mare really does show how important it is to care for animals properly and get the information and advice of professionals who can help before things deteriorate to such a bad state that the point of no return is past.
Sometimes it is too late for conventional, complementary, alternative, holistic or natural medicine.
Prevention is most definitely better than cure.
At least the Reiki and energy healing helped her towards the end. I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who tried to help her.
Hopefully she’s pain free now and in a better place.
