A Message from Sharon

As the festive period draws ever closer, some of our lovely animal family have been having a think about what they would love for Christmas this year…

Helping You Be The Best You Can Be! The HEARD Project offers people the opportunity to progress at their own pace and with the help of animals take that important step into their journey of wellbeing.

I f you feel like doing some good this month, here are three easy ways you can support Reanimate.

After eight years of valued work as an animal sanctuary and mentoring service, Katie's Cradle becomes Reanimate .

I came under the ownership of Katie’s Cradle 1 year ago under the external rehoming program. I am a little bit of a worry wort and I stress quite easily and because of this I scare some people. I have been lucky, I didn’t know what it meant being under the ‘protection’ of the charity but recently I found out what that meant. When my adopter could no longer keep me, (I got too stressed and in my panic kicked someone) I went directly under the care of Katie’s Cradle, this means I had been tried in a new home and when it didn’t work out, I go to Katie’s Cradle forever. This means that I won’t get passed from pillar to post, that would only make my stresses worse.

The sun rises on another day, another day that would be just the same, another day where no-one cared, or so I thought………..

This is a subject that appears to be quite in focus at the minute, with many differing opinions as to the best way for humans to interact with horses. Horses are very large animals and the size of them alone can cause fear in humans which can result in the human feeling the need to be dominant. As we know, anger quite often covers feelings of fear and as horsemen/women if we don’t understand these emotions then our approach to our horsemanship can very easily have an adverse effect.

Have you ever been in a situation where you feel your choices have been taken from you? Where your opinion is cast aside when it affects you? How did that make you feel?