Biscuit is a skewbald miniature Shetland pony. He was signed over to the charity after being cruelly thrown over a gate into a farmers field from the side of a transit van. He had a badly injured leg which needed vet treatment and was also found to have a nasty back injury. For a couple of days at his temporary home he was in shock and very quiet. Once at our centre he was stabled and his leg treated. He was becoming more untrusting of people to the point that if we tried to touch him, he would strike out and was terrified. We were able to get his back injury treated by a Equine Sports Therapist and he was put into a little paddock. After that we couldn't get near him. He was so scared and untrusting, not surprising after what he'd been through. Every time it seemed we were making progress, something would happen and we'd be right back to square one.  Physically Biscuit was fine, it was just going to be time and patience needed to bring him round.

He looked a very sorry state but we couldn't get near him to do anything about it.

We were making no progress with him in his paddock, so we had to bring him into a stable again and try to win his trust that way. Our Welfare officer, Cathy, handled him daily, and at times Biscuit seemed to be settling down. We were now at a point where he would let her do things, grooming his back, rubbing his face, but that was it. He was in desperate need of a farrier, but if we tried to touch his legs he freaked. We also needed to get him gelded.

At this point we knew we couldn't do this without outside help, and called in Alison Sandford, a Reiki healer we had previously used with great effect on another of our horses.

Alison had previously given us Sanjeevinis for Biscuit which we had given him and noticed a difference.

By the end of his session with Alison, Biscuit was standing quietly in the stable with both Alison and Cathy, totally relaxed and calm. He was like a different pony.

Since then Biscuit has come on in leaps and bounds. He has been groomed, walked out, even bridled. And is still calm and relaxed and friendly. It is such an amazing transformation, we really have to keep pinching ourselves. Where before we couldn't get near him, now he follows us around the field and is taking an interest in people and the other ponies and life in general. Each day he just keeps getting better and better. It's fantastic, and I can't praise Alison's work enough.

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