Woman's Own

THE POWER OF PETS

‘More than just a horse’

Annie Connolly, 43, lives in Godalming, Surrey.

When I first heard about Cherry, no one else wanted her. A thin, flighty horse, she’d been rescued by a friend from a market abroad where she was being sold for meat. And, impulsive as it sounds, I agreed to take her.

You see, I had been having a hard time, too. It was 2013 and I’d been suffering from fatigue, hair loss and split nails. I was finally diagnosed with an autoimmune

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