Emotional Release Work Helps Abused Mustang to Feel Safe & Trust

While at a client’s ranch to apply equine EFT, I noticed an older, shy mustang in the corner of the corral. The owner, “Jerri”, said she’d bought “Timmy” at an auction to save him from slaughter. She felt a heart connection to this toothless, frightened horse.

She’d heard that he’d been captured in the desert with other abused horses when a border drug trafficking cartel was busted. Timmy’s health needs had been neglected by the traffickers. His scarred back and flanks attested to his being whipped or beaten. Timmy would only allow Jerri near him when she brought buckets of soft mash to feed him each day.

He trusted no other humans and only one other horse.

Timmy befriended Magnum, a horse boarded at the ranch who looked like Timmy’s taller, younger brother. Both chestnut geldings sported bushy blond manes and tails. They’d been inseparable since meeting, with Magnum protecting Timmy from the other horses. Jerri worried that Magnum’s owner, “Mimi”, would soon be moving him to her new ranch. Timmy would lose his friend and might not find another horse buddy. Jerri asked me to help the mustang if he allowed it.

I started my surrogate EFT work as I did every group equine client session, by quietly entering the corral and sending a mental message to the herd: “I’m here to help anyone who needs to feel better”.  Perched atop a large plywood cable spool that the horses played with, I waited for the first horse to walk up to me.

Magnum and Timmy watched as I surrogately tapped on myself for each horse patiently waiting in the emotional freedom queue. When no more horses needed help, I arose to leave and share my findings with Jerri. Magnum nudged Timmy toward me, gently pushing the older horse with his nose. I heard in my mind, “Help him” and saw Magnum pointedly staring at me.

Not looking directly at Timmy (so as to not act like a predator) I sat back down with my body angled away from him. I imagined my heart connecting to his, with the pure intention of healing. I began his emotional release work.
 

Throughout the EFT work, Timmy kept his distance but he intuitively sent mental pictures of his cartel life to me. I sensed his heartache, confusion and daily fear of the abuse. When I no longer felt his painful emotions I glanced over at him. 

His stiff body had relaxed, his eyes softened, and his big fuzzy head lowered as if feeling safe enough to doze for the first time in his life. My surrogate muscle testing indicated our work for the day was through. I whispered my thanks to Timmy for his patience and the honor of working with him.

Much to my astonishment he lifted his head, ambled over to me and nuzzled my hand. This precious mustang let me stroke his head, neck and back as we both enjoyed the EFT afterglow.  He then walked away to join Magnum and I disconnected our healing heart link.

When I told Jerri about our adventure, she was overjoyed. She hoped that Mimi might adopt Timmy as Magnum’s companion horse if he acted friendlier. She vowed to spend more training time with him, knowing that he felt safe enough to be friendly and trust humans again.

On my next visit, Jerri said Timmy had made a huge transformation. He’d allowed her to ride him and let children pet him, although he still shied away from men. She said he’d been like a different horse until Mimi visited.  Mimi repeatedly told Magnum that soon he’d be at her new ranch and they’d be together each day, to prepare him for the trip. I saw Timmy standing in the corral corner, head down, looking dejected.

I entered the corral, slowly walked up to Timmy and felt a wall of sorrow around him. I applied surrogate EFT to me for his fears of more pain, rejection and abandonment.

The mustang raised his head, snorted and stared at me. I clearly heard, “Timmy is not my name.” I wasn’t surprised. Many animals have their own preferred names, unbeknownst to their human caregivers.

“What is your name, please?” I asked.

“Sunny. I have a happy new life. I want a happy new name. I am Sunny, like the color of my mane.”

I relayed the information to Jerri and she agreed to the name change. 

On my next visit, the two look-alike buddies were missing from the corral.  Jerri explained that Mimi decided to adopt Sunny. I asked what had changed her mind.

Jerri said that Sunny showed his gentle, affectionate side to Mimi. He became especially fond of Mimi’s young son, even letting the boy ride him around the corral and on the trail.

When the day came for Magnum to be loaded into the horse trailer to go to his new home, Sunny confidently entered the trailer stall next to his friend. Jerri had visited Mimi’s ranch and was amazed to see Sunny looking years younger, cantering around the corral beside Magnum in his new forever home.

Emotional release work helped this terrified, untrusting mustang to overcome his fears and open his heart for a little boy and his mom to love him.

If you’ve adopted any animal, please consider using surrogate EFT to release the animal’s fears of not being safe, rejection or abandonment by the animal mother or previous human owners.  In my experience, using EFT with animals deepens the interspecies bond and enhances intuitive communications. It’s well worth the effort and a loving gift to our animal friends who give so much to us.

Contact Colleen for a FREE get-acquainted consult for you or your animal companions!