If only my 16 year old self could see me now. I always loved horses although I grew up in the middle of the city. I would not eat lunch and save my money to buy posters of horses to plaster my walls. Luckily my parents let me get away with that, because they sure didn’t let me get away with much else.

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When I was 15 years old and out of town visiting a sister, my parents mysteriously sold both of their businesses and moved out of state. I was taken in by a different sister, and started life over without a single item from my childhood except what was in my suitcase.

I was absolutely overjoyed! What a wonderful surprise! I no longer had to live with my parents who were let’s just say, not the nicest people to me. But I didn't know what was in store, but that is a story for another time.

My sister that I moved in with, her husband was infatuated with me and would buy me lots of gifts. Not being used to being cared for much at all, I didn’t think much about it. One day, he took me out to an Arabian horse farm to look at horses for sale. I petted the horses and tried not to be too hopeful as they made negotiations. Then the next thing I knew, he had purchased two horses, one for himself, and a two year old bald faced chestnut filly named Penny. My wildest dreams had come true!

Yet now the story actually begins, because, like my volunteer from a couple of weeks ago, I had absolutely zero experience actually being around a real horse, just posters and Breyer horses, so handling a two year old chestnut Arabian turned out to be not exactly what I had bargained for.

As much as I fell in love with Penny, I had NO idea what I was doing and it’s a wonder I didn’t get killed. By all accounts buying that horse was a terrible idea. But I learned a lot, and poor Penny went through a lot because of me. I have a lot of karmic making up to do, for what ended up happening to her. And that is the way it is with animals. Our journey is to learn new things and get better all the time, and animals are here to help us and sometimes take the fall for our ignorance.

If you love animals with all of your heart, and want to do what’s best for them, I would say leave your ego at the door. Assume you still have a lot to learn, no matter how much you think you know. Love them enough, to face that there may be more to learn, be open, and if you are not embracing positive reinforcement training, or don’t even really know what it is, learning that, is your first step to unlocking a truly magical experience with all of the animals in your life. Now who doesn’t want that? If only I had known about it back then, I really think I would have kept Penny for the rest of her life. But I didn’t. Poor Penny.

So if you are curious, and brave enough to learn how to use a tool that you might not even have known existed, (that also just happens to be the scientifically proven safest, fastest and hands down best way to train any animal to do anything), and you want to get this transformation FAST (did I hear someone say epic Christmas gift?!), then get my accelerator programs where you get not only the Horse Training Masterclass, and me right by your side with weekly calls and accountability to make sure you achieve amazing results, FAST! Here is the link https://www.resqranch.org/drqsaccelerator-a

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If you have any questions about the program, or the class, or what happened to Penny, drop them in the comments down below. I hope you will catch me on Great Day Colorado today.

Today I am grateful for the experience of getting Penny (although it breaks my heart still to this day to really think too much about her), I am grateful I didn’t have to live with my parents anymore at age 15 (although in many ways my life got much worse after that), I am grateful I have learned about positive reinforcement now in my life (and can’t regret I didn’t know sooner), I am grateful for the opportunity to get to go on live television and talk about my horse rescue (wow, what would 15 year old me think of that?!), and I am grateful to you, for being here, for reading, for loving animals, and understanding they impact a person’s life, you Animal Loving Angel.

Today, take a moment to sit and contemplate the day, next week, and even next year. What will an amazing 2026 look like for you? Look at yourself in the mirror today and tell yourself you are doing alright, or you would not have woken up today. So there is a purpose for you yet, get out there, find your purpose, and have the most fun day ever doing it.

​Have the best Friday ever!

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