Horses Heal
Equine Assisted Therapy Benefits Horses are amazing and intelligent creatures. They can help children and adults with various cognitive disorders such as; depression, aggressive tendencies, eating disorders and many more. They can also work as service animals, substituted for seeing eye dogs and emotional support animals. That job is usually reserved for mini horses, since […]
Animals Helping Humans, Part 3: Horses
Equine animal-assisted therapy is beneficial in that horses are very good at mirroring the mood of the human they work with. Horses also need more grooming than cats or dogs, and patients find the repetitive motions of grooming to be calming. People in physical therapy who ride horses often find that the calm walking gait […]