Roo and Prada’s Story

Earlier last month Roo’s person contacted me after someone suggested maybe I could help them navigate what was becoming a tricky situation within their herd of horses.

What started out as a seemingly complex communication situation concluded with the most lovely harmonious outcomes for all involved. It was so heartwarming we all felt it would be lovely to share the story.

Since 2020 Roo had lived with his companion Prada, a beautiful huge hearted soul who was loved by everyone, including Roo. Roo was a cheeky, amiable, social character and enjoyed life with Prada by his side. Being with Prada was his reason and purpose in life so to speak.

Very sadly late in 2023 Prada experienced some sort of episode where she was exhibiting various symptoms of sweating, stamping and increased heart rate. At this time the vets concluded it as being unknown what was happening for Prada. Interestingly it was noticed that Roo was starting to display similar symptoms and that infact at this time his heart rate was even higher than Prada’s and it was like he was mimicking her symptoms in his body.

About a month later Prada was admitted to hospital and was found to have an incredibly rare cancerous tumour on her heart. One of only 30 horses in the world to have been known to have this. At this point the difficult decision was made to euthanise Prada and release her from her body.

From Roo’s perspective Prada disappeared the day she went to the hospital and he never saw her again. He still had his Shetland companion friend with him at this time, and another filly called Dior now also joined their herd.

Roo’s behaviour changed and it appeared like he was attacking the new filly, and over time this situation became more intense to the point of them needing to be kept separate. He had also become less interested in life in general and wasn’t his usual self. At this point his person contacted me as she was looking to introduce another mare into the herd, and was wondering how to do this when the current situation was less than harmonious.

(Throughout the time of the communication and next few days it was realised that Roo was just wanting his own space and didn't want other horses near him. Rather than he was attacking the filly, he was just defending his space and want for solitude.)

We discussed various options and possibilities of how the horse could live with the current facilities and land available, along with option of me tuning in with the horses to find out from the horses what might be the best outcomes for them. It was at this point that I started the communication with Roo to find out from him what was going on for him, how he was feeling and what he wanted the most in his life.

To begin with when I tuned in with Roo and offered to listen to him I received huge feelings of frustration and a very dense heaviness with him. He felt very closed and didn't want to open to me. 

So I turned to Prada, who felt instantly very present and was emitting huge amounts of love and heart energy. She showed me of the love that flowed between her and Roo, and her and many other beings. I found myself asking Prada how we could help Roo. Prada then showed me how she felt that she was the reason and purpose of Roo’s life. To be with her. They were deeply connected, and that now he was feeling lost. Like he had lost part of himself when she left his life. (She also showed me her left pectoral muscle twitching throughout this part of the communication, which I later discovered was one of the symptoms of hers that Roo had been displaying way back in the beginning when she was unwell.)

So the next thing I did was ask Prada how we could help Roo. How can we help him find his lost parts?

She replied ‘Go and be with him now, and take me there too’

So I followed her instructions and sat with the intention of calling and sitting with both Roo and Prada. A few moments later I had Roo, communicating very very intensely how lost he was. He felt very angry and a few moments later this swung into him showing me how he was feeling useless and helpless.  We sat together whilst I held the intention of ‘calling all the parts of him in’. Although he was very loved by his person, I felt he couldn’t feel any of this love as he had closed himself off from any connection with anyone or any horses.

Now Roo was tuned in with me and open to communicate I could listen to him and begin to ask him questions about what he might want and what might help him. Through this process it became very clear that he wanted to be someone’s ‘main’ horse. Like he wanted to find a close companion be that in a human or a horse, or both. In his current situation he is very loved but he is not his person’s main riding horse and he doesn’t feel bonded with his horse companions, and it was becoming clear he has been heavily grieving the loss of Prada too. He was feeling very alone, unconnected and there was a heaviness with him.

I started to explore with him the possibilities of him moving if the right home was there for him. He was very open to this as he didn’t feel connected to or like he really fitted in the situation he was in. Although he was deeply loved and cared for, what he really wanted and needed wasn’t available for him there.

On receiving this communication from Roo his person took a very deep breath and offered him to a close friend of hers who had lost her own 24 year old horse last year. This friend was currently thinking she might not ever have another riding horse and when presented with this opportunity she accepted the offer of Roo with open arms and delight. Within the following few days Roo was released with love to go off to his new home. He loaded straight onto the lorry, which apparently is not normal for him, he usually hesitates with loading, and went off to his new home. Roo’s person was really sad to let him go, but she released him with much love into his new life.

Just to be sure, Roo’s person had a vet check and full blood tests done before he went to be sure there was no underlying health issues that had been causing his way of being. The results from these all came back as normal.

After having only been in his new home a day or so Roo’s new person said he had already been intently watching her and the lambing season in full swing with much curiosity. He was really happy there and that she was absolutely loving having him with her.

And Roo's old person was in touch to say she could feel Prada's loving presence very strongly the last few days around the yard.

What a lovely ending for all the people and horses involved!