Flying Change Equine Therapy

12/20/2025

This is what many people don’t want to deal with: aging, the slowing down and the extra steps it takes each day to keep an older horse going. It’s sitting in the barn long after the rest of the chores are done, waiting patiently while they work through their warm mash, knowing their teeth aren’t what they used to be and their body needs more time than it once did. It’s listening to the steady sound of them chewing while the world slows down around you. It’s realizing that what used to take minutes now takes patience.

It’s watching joints stiffen on cold mornings and standing there longer than planned, giving them time to loosen up before asking anything of them. It’s layering blankets just right, checking weather reports more closely than ever, adjusting and readjusting because comfort matters now more than convenience. It’s scooping supplements, soaking feed, scheduling farrier visits more carefully, and noticing every small change, because the small things matter most.

It isn’t always easy. Some days it’s exhausting. Some days it hurts to see the years written so clearly on a body that once felt unstoppable. But they gave you everything they had. They gave you their best year, their strength, their soundness, their heart. They carried you when they didn’t have to. They trusted you without hesitation. They showed up on days when you didn’t deserve it and forgave you when you made mistakes. They taught you patience, courage, and humility long before they ever needed it in return. They gave without question or complaint.

So when their steps slow and their needs grow, this is where we show who we really are. This is where love looks like time, like consistency, like choosing them even when it’s inconvenient. Love looks like staying late, spending more, doing more, and asking for nothing back.

The least we can do is give them patience, kindness, and dignity in their twilight years. To make sure they are warm, comfortable and safe. To let them age without fear or neglect, surrounded by the same care they gave us so freely.

Because they carried us.
Because they earned It
Because they deserve nothing less.

12/20/2025

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12/14/2025

Hey friends, add a little horse play to your holidays on Saturday 12/20 or 12/27!

Holiday movie night on the farm! Watch The Grinch, enjoy cocoa & popcorn, meet therapy horses. Bring a chair, dress warm. Kids get ornaments

12/12/2025

Brilliant!

12/11/2025

At some point, you have to stop fighting your own biology and system.

You have to stop and find a way to fall in love with your incredible brain and central nervous system, which have spent every second of your life working extremely hard to ensure you survive this perilous thing called life.

And, the moment you lay down your arms, surrender and turn your resistance into pure love for your biology and the thing you feel has been working against you all this time, is the moment where real transformation can begin.

This is also the moment when genuine healing can start to flood your fraught, tired system, bringing it back into balance and peace, and ultimately with renewed vigour and energy for life.

Expressing thanks and love each day to your body and brain can bring about real change and quite quickly too. And this makes it all the more easier for the change you so long for to start happening, as you’re in harmony now, instead of constant conflict.

Say it out loud several times a day and especially when feeling challenged/triggered/stressed, etc.

Try it, you might just be pleasantly surprised by how simply thanking your brain for keeping you always safe can make the world of difference…

Angela Dunning
The Horse’s Truth
www.thehorsestruth.co.uk
More articles & resources here: https://buymeacoffee.com/angeladunning

Art: 'Love knot' by UK sculptor Susan Leyland

12/08/2025

Breast Cancer Stereotactic Biopsy discharge notes, as conveyed to the Flying Change therapy horses by Osh Kosh B'Josh, Head of Herd, via the lowest tech press conference ever held:

"Care instructions for the La Mama are as follows: No strenuous activity, no lifting more than a gallon of milk, tissue in her right breast needs rest and peace to heal. Your support at this time is appreciated. I can take a few follow-up questions."

Moose: "Does chasing horses who are vehemently opposed to going back outside because circumstances are far too akin to Seattle constitute (checks notes) strenuous activity?"

Lilibet: "What is a gallon of milk?"

Chester: "How many gallons of milk are in a 50 pound bag of horse feed?"

Gracie: "Does La Mama even drink milk??"

Luna: "In this day and age, at the height of social justice, why are we discriminating against La Mama's left breast?"

Josh: "Very astute and thoughtful. No more questions at this time, thank you, thank you very much, La Mama appreciates your thoughts and prayers."

12/05/2025