Amid the frightening chaos and rush taking place as the Australian wildfires are being fought is a calming sound that helps both horses and humans. A woman transitioning from professional life as a doctor to retirement is offering solace to frightened horses with the soothing strains of a harp. At an animal evacuation center cloaked in eerie orange smoke, Carol Boothe helps bring peace to frightened horses, as she has for patients in hospice as a trained harp therapist. And, her observations have paid off, as her own horses, and several others seem to respond to the gentle sounds.
Most people have heard of some form of physical therapy. Well on horseback it is often called Hippotherapy, it is a commonly used for around 100 different conditions; autism, brain injuries, spinal cord injury, visual or hearing l ...
Long before horse assisted therapy became mainstream, I was involved with helping give hippotherapy to a little girl who had suffered severely crippling injuries in a car accident. At the time, we knew nothing about riding for the ...
Horse’s and ponies have been helping humans for a very long time. In fact, they’ve been useful enough that we’ve kept them around despite their being extinct in the wild. But, in recent years, equines have become more than just be ...
With an awareness of what it takes to stay mentally health and recover from mental issues comes many, what seem like, novel approaches to treatments. One treatment is equine therapy designed to help those dealing with mental healt ...
Montessori schools are known for their child-led education programs that are a bit different than regular public schools. The focus of Montessori programs is to provide an enriched environment for discovery and hands-on learning f ...
Recently, the FAA announced new regulations regarding service and emotional support animals on commercial airlines flights. Part of the new regulations recognize that horses are used in this capacity and they now allow miniature h ...
Flirty, a Miniature Horse and service animal was possibly the first horse to fly inside the passenger compartment of a plane. Her handler, who is allergic to dogs, took Flirty on a short flight, and this short video documents the ...
Amid the frightening chaos and rush taking place as the Australian wildfires are being fought is a calming sound that helps both horses and humans. A woman transitioning from professional life as a doctor to retirement is offering ...
There seems to be a lot of confusion around the status of service animals. The controversy exists because of there are people who maintain their pets are emotional support animals, guide animals even though they are not officially ...
A new study suggests that kids with autism and ADHD may benefit from horseback riding lessons. Not only does riding help with motor function, strength, flexibility and dexterity, researchers also felt that that participants in the ...
Blood Moon Creations has started off 2022 with a new record. BMC Broken Test has cleared 104.25 inches, a record-setting jump. The 15.1 hand Arabian mare reached the #3 spot at the age of 13 years while sitting in the #30 rank. At ...
There are still places in the world where men’s and women’s roles are very rigidly defined and there are some things that girls just don’t do. Kyrgyzstan is one such place and women are not traditionally hunters or participate in ...
New Year’s celebrations often include fireworks. Many communities have rules around the use of fireworks, while others have bans or no rules at all. Fireworks can be a hazard to animals and humans and it’s not unusual for horses ...
Wild horses recently brought traffic to a halt in New Mexico. While some see the wandering horses as hazardous, many people are glad to share the road with them. The horses are a common sight to locals of Ruidoso, a small town nes ...
As we jump into 2022 Mirky in a Box sets a new jump record at 104 inches cleared by their 15.1 hand Thoroughbred mare ! Vezina. Not only has this mare set a record, but she has also reached the #1 rank and earned 1,155,950 PB by t ...
*FT Tin Man rung the new year in with a showing in the #1 rank earning the Top Horse on PonyBox. The 14.3 hand Thoroughbred stallion from the Freezahs TBs stable had 378,800PB in winnings at the age of 14 and cleared 99.75" as his ...
The largest and most northerly region of Finland is called Lapland and some would argue is where Santa has returned now that Christmas is past. Whether or not Santa is in residence, it’s also a wintertime tourist destination and i ...
Lord and Lady Blunt began the Crabbet Stud near Sussex, England in 1878 and the three stallions in this footage are found in many pedigrees. Crabbet bred Arabians are still known for their temperaments, hardiness and often, their ...
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