[AG-EQ] Work with animals

Tue Nov 28 13:44:55 UTC 2023

Equine massage can be quite tiring.  I took a class on how to work with your
own horse and an equine massage therapist taught me a few things.  Also if
the massage causes any discomfort the horse can get a little jumpy or try
kicking.  You have to stay very alert and be aware of the horses behavior.

My current horse loves massage and will hang out with me as long as I will
do it.

Nella

-----Original Message-----
From: AG-EQ <ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via AG-EQ
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 6:57 AM
To: 'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List' <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: carcione at access.net
Subject: [AG-EQ] Work with animals

Hi Madison.
I have a couple blind friends who do animal massage.  Massage can be as
helpful to other animals as it can for humans.  One friend works mostly with
horses, and the other with dogs.  They went to a special program in Ohio, I
think, to learn how to do it.  That was a while ago now, but I'm sure such
programs are still around.  Perhaps you could look into it.
Tracy

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From: AG-EQ <ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Madison Martin via AG-EQ
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2023 3:31 PM
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Cc: Madison Martin <madison.martin2000 at outlook.com>
Subject: Re: [AG-EQ] hello to all

Hi all,
My name is Madison Martin, I'm 23, have been totally blind since birth and
live in Manitoba Canada (hope it's okay that I'm on the list...) with my
parents, younger sister, two cats and a dog. I've always been a huge animal
lover; I used to love reading animal books but now I'm more into non-fiction
sports books as I'm also a huge sports fan (really wish there was a chat
list for sports fans) but I still love collecting hard animal figurines
though I'm very picky about them being very realistic. In addition to taking
riding lessons my dad and I love going to our local dog/horse shows to
wander around and meet animals; it's a dream of mine to have and show my own
dog someday but I'm not sure if that'll ever happen as there aren't really
any show breeders of my two favourite breeds and when I've tried contacting
breeders farther away they either think they're too far away to be able to
help me or plain don't think I can show even though I know I can as people
with disabilities are allowed to have someone help them.
It's also my dream to have a career that involves working hands-on with
animals but so far I'm not having any luck as sighted people can do it
because of the safety factor but I strongly believe that I can as there are
work-arounds and I've been told before that I'm good with animals. If I
can't do that then I want a job where I can work alone as I'm very much an
introvert and quite frankly hate dealing with/being around people with the
exception of the special ones in my life; if it were up to me I'd just spend
basically all my time with just animals. I've tried volunteering at our
local humane society but of course that was a no-go too because of safety
concerns. Sorry for such a long message and not much of it had to do with
agriculture/equestrian but I don't have a lot to say about that though both
of my parents grew up on a farm and had animals but hope you enjoyed reading
it.
Madison

-----Original Message-----
From: AG-EQ <ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Nella Foster via AG-EQ
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2023 9:45 AM
To: 'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List' <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: jellybeanfarm at gmail.com
Subject: [AG-EQ] hello to all

It is so funny to have some activity on this list after all these years.

I wonder how many people are still signed up?

There used to be an agriculture and equestrian division in the NFB, but I
think it dissolved many years ago.

Can everyone please introduce themselves and tell about their interests?

Nella

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