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Three years ago this month I lost my equine companion, We had spent 28 years together, growing up and learning from each other. She forgave me in my lack of formal horsemanship training and I benefited from learning about her natural equine behavior. My most favorite memories are of joining her and her herd mates in their 36 acre pasture. This pasture was not all flat grass as one might envision at first. Plenty of open space beautified with running creeks and rolling hills, wooded areas interspersed throughout provided calming trails to wander at leisure. It was my sanctuary, it was her home. Often I would crawl up on her back and take cat naps. Sometimes all stretched out back to back with my head resting on her rump, sometimes turned over with my legs and arms tangling off her sides and my head resting on her withers. Other times I would reverse direction and lay backwards with my face on her pelvis. I can still feel the warmth of the sun absorbed in her dark bay coat upon my cheek. As her mobility decreased in her older age, I searched and searched for something that might make her more comfortable, to keep her in her home. She hated to be inside and her happiness was all I cared about. It took awhile to find that something - special thanks goes out to Amy Orris Beck - the gal that helped me find The Masterson Method. That introduction not only helped my horse, it transformed my life too!
So now, even though my Taffy is gone, I think of her everyday and the life she has given me. I also think about the owner's of her home, Mr. and Mrs. Wolford and their daughter Linda, who offered up their facility and their kindness of care for the many years Taffy lived happily with her friends DanDee, Fiddler, Prince, and Pizzazz. I cannot thank them enough for allowing me roam on their property at all hours of the day and night, they are a special kind of people! Each March is a new beginning, a signal of change, a growth of some sort...what kind of growth will you experience this year?
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The picture above was taken in the 1980's. I began my journey in horse massage for the love of my childhood Morgan mare, Taffy, who passed away in March 2013 at the age of 32. I continue to practice bodywork for the love of all horses. Archives
October 2016
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Wendy Shaffer
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Masterson Method Certified Practitioner
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