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	<title>Comments on: Ever wonder what your horse is thinking?  The Art of Dressage explores the field of animal communication.</title>
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		<title>By: Nikki</title>
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		<description>I have used a communicator in the past with my mare, it was extremely helpful.  The communicator helped to identify an emerging lameness issue, as well as let me know that she was not very happy at the barn where she was being boarded.  

The part of the experience that made me a believer was when the communicator was helping me connect with the horse and asked me to choose a memory were we where both happy.  I thought of an instance of us on a trail ride with friends, prior to this thought the mare was happily munching on her hay pile apparently ignoring us.  After I chose this memory, she lifted her head, pinned her ears and showed me her teeth!  The communicator told me to pick a different memory and when I did, the horse went happily back to her hay pile and started &quot;talking&quot; to the communicator about her thoughts and opinions!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="comment-toolbar" style="text-align: right"><input type="button" value="Reply" onclick="CF_Reply('387','Nikki');" /><input type="button" value="Quote" onclick="CF_Quote('387','Nikki');" /></div><span id="co_387"><p>I have used a communicator in the past with my mare, it was extremely helpful.  The communicator helped to identify an emerging lameness issue, as well as let me know that she was not very happy at the barn where she was being boarded.  </p>
<p>The part of the experience that made me a believer was when the communicator was helping me connect with the horse and asked me to choose a memory were we where both happy.  I thought of an instance of us on a trail ride with friends, prior to this thought the mare was happily munching on her hay pile apparently ignoring us.  After I chose this memory, she lifted her head, pinned her ears and showed me her teeth!  The communicator told me to pick a different memory and when I did, the horse went happily back to her hay pile and started &#8220;talking&#8221; to the communicator about her thoughts and opinions!</p>
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