When I got Dalia in July, she was a nervous, scared horse with a fiery temper. That made me feel nervous and scared too, and we got stuck in a bad cycle. She was so hard to handle – she wouldn't stand still and I worried she'd inadvertently hurt one of my kids. Even the farrier couldn't trim her hooves and told me to get rid of her.

Regretfully, I put her up for sale, and the day the first adoption candidate showed up, I saw how scared she was of people and the world. I decided to fix our relationship, so I tried the Parelli method for a few months.

I'm lucky to be an empath. I could tell Dalia didn't like me or the way we were together. She just wanted to be with her horse friends and would run away at the mere sight of a halter. Through pressure and release training, I could eventually make her stop and wear it, but inside...she still hadn't accepted it.

Then I found Hatha Equus. One of their first videos taught me about subtle stress signals in horses. I realized Dalia was always stressed around me. Lots of guilty tears that night 😞.

Then, after one (ONE!) session of Co-Creational Horsemanship, she changed completely 🥹. I taught her to stand calmly for 20 minutes, then let her out to join her friends. She left for a second, looked at me, then came back! We continued our session for an hour until I myself got tired and called it 😂.

From that day, as soon as she sees me with my equipment on, she runs to me, sniffs me, and waits for me in the arena. She goes in at liberty, by herself! My other two horses see her so excited that they want in too 😂. One of them is old and usually only interested in food and friends, but now he craves to work with me, too.

Seeing Dalia so happy to be with me makes me emotional every day. It's amazing to feel how relaxed she is now. At last, she trusts me.

Thank you so much, Hatha Equus. I've been searching for years for a way to work with horses that matches my values of respect and understanding.

Finally, I've found it 🥹🙏🏻