Please watch the link below all the way to the end.... This is what Remember When Ranch will be able to do, helping people using horses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMj2K2-K8wo
This was seen on Animal Miracles hosted by Allan Thicke. The horse's name is Shag RA. Listen to his story as well as Phyllis... This does show you what animals do for people and what people can do for animals. May God Bless you all.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Horses Healing Humans
Horses Healing Humans
There is a growing trend throughout the world in which horses are being used to heal humans. With several thousand therapeutic riding programs operating on the planet and programs in which at-risk teens interact with horses, plus millions of everyday people enjoying their interactions with horses, there seems to be emerging a very clear message. Interaction with horses is healthy for humans from all walks of life.
Close To The Earth
Wild horses also known as mustangs are different. The old saying, " The farther you get from the earth, the farther you have to fall" seems to apply here. These horses never leave the earth. They don't get into trailers to hurry to events or have their feet manicured every six weeks. They exist as wild creatures in a herd that protects them against the natural elements in the universe. They know exactly where their feet are coming down and don't fear water, boulders, logs, or shadows. They are raw-boned creatures with no preconceived notions of what life will offer. They just deal with it everyday and accept it. Acceptance is the key word here.
Domestic horses are dealt a different hand. They learn to sense our moods and desires. They have human-related temper tantrums. They worry and develop bad habits and attitudes that we often enable unknowingly. Domestic horses are vastly more complex largely because of their dependence on humans who are not consistent, but really highly unpredictable. How can the horse be perfectly predictable if the handlers aren't? They can't. So we live with this reality as we attempt to fit humans with horses as we embark on the new millennium.
Mustangs, while truly wild, are very calm by nature. That calmness deep inside is a very desired quality for dependability. Dependability is the most important and desired element for the handicapped riding programs mentioned earlier. Additionally, these programs need sound dependable horses with many years of active life in front of them. Reaching that dependability requires patience and empathy far beyond most human's capacity. Patience and empathy are often the very elements lacking in the men and women who end up in incarceration, as well as the at-risk youth who are headed in the direction of a troubled life which may very well put them behind bars. Pairing mustangs with prisoners and teens is not only logical, but it is working astonishingly well. When the mustang is gentled and ready for a life with humans, isn't a logical step to put them into a therapeutic riding program?
The Great Vision
There are approximately 50,000 wild horses managed by the Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. They need to be managed just like wild game with one big exception: they are not hunted and killed, but captured and auctioned off to the general public. With a base price of $125, it is a losing proposition for the government. When the animal can command more value, the numbers make more sense. The value is in horses healing humans. Envision this:
Capture the wild horse as humanely as possible that is presently being accomplished. Have the prisoners do the initial gentling for several months. Move the gentled horses to an at-risk teen program for several more months depending on needs. Then . . . Place the horses into a therapeutic riding program for potentially the next twenty years.
What does this concept accomplish?
First, the excess mustang problem is alleviated as horses are ultimately adopted and placed into therapeutic riding programs. The prisoner learns a usable skill while reaching deep inside himself to accomplish this task. The prisoner understands that the very animal he is helping learn to cope with life may very well touch the lives of numerous disadvantaged humans. The prisoner is also " earning his keep" from the fees generated with his training. The $125 horse is now leaving the prison as a $750 or $1000 horse. The horse is taken to an at-risk youth facility. The students have learned the skills needed to work with the horses. This builds the confidence of both parties.
The horse remains at this facility adding value to the program until ready to move to the handicapped riding center. Again, the teens fully understand just where the animal is going in an attempt to pull them into the bigger picture, enlist their empathy and teach altruism.
This concept comes full-circle when the general public become involved. Ideally, sponsors are located who will furnish the initial adoption and training fees of approximately $2500. The horse will be named by the sponsor and the tax benefits realized. In this win-win scenario the sponsor gets excellent P. R., and the horse a meaningful life that benefits three distinct groups.
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There is a growing trend throughout the world in which horses are being used to heal humans. With several thousand therapeutic riding programs operating on the planet and programs in which at-risk teens interact with horses, plus millions of everyday people enjoying their interactions with horses, there seems to be emerging a very clear message. Interaction with horses is healthy for humans from all walks of life.
Close To The Earth
Wild horses also known as mustangs are different. The old saying, " The farther you get from the earth, the farther you have to fall" seems to apply here. These horses never leave the earth. They don't get into trailers to hurry to events or have their feet manicured every six weeks. They exist as wild creatures in a herd that protects them against the natural elements in the universe. They know exactly where their feet are coming down and don't fear water, boulders, logs, or shadows. They are raw-boned creatures with no preconceived notions of what life will offer. They just deal with it everyday and accept it. Acceptance is the key word here.
Domestic horses are dealt a different hand. They learn to sense our moods and desires. They have human-related temper tantrums. They worry and develop bad habits and attitudes that we often enable unknowingly. Domestic horses are vastly more complex largely because of their dependence on humans who are not consistent, but really highly unpredictable. How can the horse be perfectly predictable if the handlers aren't? They can't. So we live with this reality as we attempt to fit humans with horses as we embark on the new millennium.
Mustangs, while truly wild, are very calm by nature. That calmness deep inside is a very desired quality for dependability. Dependability is the most important and desired element for the handicapped riding programs mentioned earlier. Additionally, these programs need sound dependable horses with many years of active life in front of them. Reaching that dependability requires patience and empathy far beyond most human's capacity. Patience and empathy are often the very elements lacking in the men and women who end up in incarceration, as well as the at-risk youth who are headed in the direction of a troubled life which may very well put them behind bars. Pairing mustangs with prisoners and teens is not only logical, but it is working astonishingly well. When the mustang is gentled and ready for a life with humans, isn't a logical step to put them into a therapeutic riding program?
The Great Vision
There are approximately 50,000 wild horses managed by the Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. They need to be managed just like wild game with one big exception: they are not hunted and killed, but captured and auctioned off to the general public. With a base price of $125, it is a losing proposition for the government. When the animal can command more value, the numbers make more sense. The value is in horses healing humans. Envision this:
Capture the wild horse as humanely as possible that is presently being accomplished. Have the prisoners do the initial gentling for several months. Move the gentled horses to an at-risk teen program for several more months depending on needs. Then . . . Place the horses into a therapeutic riding program for potentially the next twenty years.
What does this concept accomplish?
First, the excess mustang problem is alleviated as horses are ultimately adopted and placed into therapeutic riding programs. The prisoner learns a usable skill while reaching deep inside himself to accomplish this task. The prisoner understands that the very animal he is helping learn to cope with life may very well touch the lives of numerous disadvantaged humans. The prisoner is also " earning his keep" from the fees generated with his training. The $125 horse is now leaving the prison as a $750 or $1000 horse. The horse is taken to an at-risk youth facility. The students have learned the skills needed to work with the horses. This builds the confidence of both parties.
The horse remains at this facility adding value to the program until ready to move to the handicapped riding center. Again, the teens fully understand just where the animal is going in an attempt to pull them into the bigger picture, enlist their empathy and teach altruism.
This concept comes full-circle when the general public become involved. Ideally, sponsors are located who will furnish the initial adoption and training fees of approximately $2500. The horse will be named by the sponsor and the tax benefits realized. In this win-win scenario the sponsor gets excellent P. R., and the horse a meaningful life that benefits three distinct groups.
Reprint from Horses Healing Humans for Information Purposes Only: Copyright © 2000-2005 by Dances With Horses, Inc., P.O. Box 819, Rexburg, ID 83440, Ph: (800) 871-7635, Fax: (208) 356-7817, E-Mail: frankbell@horsewhisperer.com
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