Changes bring insecurity

I thought I would take a moment to tell you about a beautiful gelding i met last week, we will call him George. George is 17hh TB X ID so a big chap, he has recently been brought by a client of mine for her husband to take hunting. I received the call to visit as they are having behavioural problems and wanted to know what I could find out.I arrived to find Joan waiting for me and George was still out in the field, i could tell by her energy that she was nervous and wanted me to go with her to bring him in. I walked down to the field and Joan told me that George had tried to kick her in the stable and had lunged at her with his teeth. she felt he was unpredictable and had not bonded with him at all. I could see that deep down she was more than a little scared of George so when we got him on the yard I undid his rug and she was able to stand back.I scanned George over with my hand, he did not like his right hind being touched and was sore in his saddle area. I have advised them to get his saddle checked and worked on releasing the soreness through his back. Every time I got towards his pelvis he did kick out, but it was a warning and a warning I needed to get to the bottom off.I carried on healing his left side and we did a lot of circling and he tried to intimidate me with his size, when his head is high he must have been 19 hands! I carried on talking to him and told him i would not hurt him.As I sent healing to his right hind he showed me pictures of very bad mud fever and weeping sores. He was young and by the looks of it turned out to grow, when he was brought in the leg had to be treated and this was a painful process and the memory of which George was holding onto. As he was showing me he became quite bolshy and I used my energy to be bigger than him, it didn't take much and he came back down.George is not a vicious horse yes misunderstood but definitely not vicious, as I was healing down through his back the word hireling came to me loud and clear. He told me that he was used for hunting and was good at his job so earnt his owners money, therefore his body was looked after. When people hired him more than one horse always went and George tucked in behind and did what was expected of him. George is not a very confident horse he is happy following a tail in front and dislikes having to make decisions. This explained to his owners why he hated going in front when they have been out hacking.George then became quiet his head lowered and his eye became soft, he showed me a picture of him with a man. I felt it was his old owner and that he was more of a companion to this man and he was following him round as he worked in the paddock. They had a good relationship and I did not feel that there was much riding involved. George had a paddock to himself and he was happy with horses along side and waiting for the man to come, I told Joan what I was seeing and she said it sounded like his old owner. I then felt a huge sadness come over me and a great loss and I turned to Joan and her husband and told them that George is homesick. He has only been with them for a few months and he has found the change very unsettling, in his old home he had an open stable onto the paddock and now he is turned out in the field with their other horses and then comes into the stable. The stable is bringing back memories of when he was hunted in Ireland and he has become tense and because he senses fear from Joan he is taking control so that he feels safe. George is feeling very insecure and like a person is lashing out, I told Joan and her husband that they need to be quiet around him and when his energy comes up to bring there's up which I showed them. If you shout or hit George his behaviour will not improve, like attracts like. What he needs is calm reassurance that everything will be alright, as I was explaining this George totally relaxed licked and chewed and then yawned as the tension left his body.I have left them with their homework and I will be going back in the New yearx