 Letter Of The Month: August, 2004
Hi Frank,
I wanted to let you know what great results I have been
having with your 7-Step Safety System (7-SSS). I rode my 17 hands high Dutch
warm blood the other day for the first time he has been here since January and
had been led around all his life with a chain! I was told how much he hated
gates (going in and out of them) and how he was herd bound. Well, he is the
most wonderful horse now after I worked with him using your 7-SSS. I had been
doing your first six groundwork steps and he finally invited me to ride, and
wow did I jump on that chance! All my volunteers cheered when I got on him and
we are now buddies! The 7-SSS is working on all my horses here at my
rescue/equine retirement center – the young ones as well as the old retirees
that have had bad experiences in their lives.
I just wanted to pass on a little more good news. I had told
your Accredited Instructor Sylvia Scott about an
Arabian gelding that had sustained over $6,000 damage to his mouth by a
“trainer.” This horse had also been run into a wall and the horse fell down
with the trainer on him, who would not get off the horse. That trainer was
using spurs, which even left marks on the horse. The owner is an older woman
who has had little experience with horses, but loves them this was her first
horse. She paid a lot of money for this Arabian and was very excited initially
that she was going to have a beautiful and well-trained horse for herself and
her granddaughter.
After the tragic incidents, this owner called me and asked
if I would be willing to come over to take a look at her horse and to help her.
The horse was bucking a lot and had thrown her granddaughter, cracking her
helmet. I felt that the horse must be in pain and I let the owner know that I
wanted to check those things out first, along with the fit of the saddle.
Sylvia gave me a lot of wonderful advice there, which I have used and am still
using with this horse.
To make a very long story short...after only one session
with me, the horse came down a hundred degrees I did all the bonding and
intimacy and then all of the remaining 7 steps in your system, and that horse
sighed a huge sigh of relief and happiness at the end. I told the owner that I
felt that the horse was very sore from all he had been through over the past
few months and that he needed time to digest everything we had just done. I
indeed found a sore spot just below his withers and he really related to me
that it was painful. Anyway, I went back for our second session yesterday and
the woman was standing waiting for me and she started crying. I thought maybe
something bad had happened, but she instead exclaimed emotionally, " I
cannot believe this is the same horse!! I didn't have to cross tie him to groom
him
he is so calm, and he is not trying to bite me or run over on top of me!
What a different horse he is now!"
We still have a ways to go there this horse has really been
through it in life, but your system and Sylvia’s ongoing coaching advice to me
have kept this woman from selling her horse, and they are making positive
forward progress. I am so happy for her, but more importantly, I’m thrilled for
the horse!!
I regularly relate my training activities to Sylvia and know
she is cheering me on always. I can hardly wait to become a Frank Bell
Accredited Instructor and a member of your team!
Just wanted to pass on all this positive news. Thank you,
Frank.
Take care in the spirit of the horses,
Rabiah Yazzie Seminole
Founder/Director
Blue Horse Mukwa Equine Retirement and Rescue Center
Chesapeake, Virginia
Website: www.bluehorsemukwa.org
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