Minature Therapy Horses
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
September 25, 2015 8:09am CST
These minature horses help out at trauma centers and assisted living facilities, homeless shelters, hospices, libraries along with childrens hospitals.
Therapy horses are just like full-sized horses in terms of personality, preferences and intelligence.
They go through two years of intensive training.
Some of the groups with these horses will even travel to people who need them for comfort.
These tiny creatures bring a special kind of love where it is needed the most.
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it really helps to have animals around sad people 
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
25 Sep 15
These are beautiful Marcy.
What a great idea..wish I had one.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
26 Sep 15
@Susan2015
I haven't ridden in a while either but I have a son who has a horse ranch and I could go there (out of State) to ride one of his.
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@kevinakash (2084)
• Sri Lanka
27 Sep 15
Really mostly people think only about dogs,cats and other animals. There's a day for service dogs but is there a day for these intelligent ,nice,beautiful,smooth and soft creatures. ???????????????????
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
27 Sep 15
@kevinakash
It is good to know how others feel about these therapy animals and I am glad you like these kinds of posts, You are Very Welcome. 
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@kevinakash (2084)
• Sri Lanka
27 Sep 15
@Marcyaz That's right.Every animal every plant is very much important to all the human beings. It is very good to post these kind of posts Thankyou..
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@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep 15
That is so cool. I write articles and one of the sites I write for is for horses. One article I wrote was about a place that uses horse as trauma therapy and a man there also worked for a youth foundation for troubled teens and he used these horses for that as well Gives them something to look forward to and work toward.
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
27 Sep 15
Every miniature pony I have ever seen has had somewhat of a mean streak when they can get away with it. Hubby grew up with horses and he told me it was because of them being small and having a chip on their shoulder. They are certainly little cuties though. I like the little outfit that one is wearing.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
27 Sep 15
I have never heard that they had a mean streak because of being small. I am going to be checking into that and see what is up with it. I do know they go through two years of intensive training before becoming therapy horses to make sure only the best are accepted. Those little outfits are really cute on the horses.
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 Sep 15
There are many varieties of therapy animals but many people are using non-therapy animals for personal reasons giving the whole professional animals a bad name.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
26 Sep 15
That's just so cute. I wouldn't mind having those cute horses around if I live in those facilities. 
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@Shyamalaa (525)
• Udaipur, India
26 Sep 15
Looks like size of a dog! Are they specially bred to be that size?
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@garymarsh6 (24025)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 15
How lovely and I bet they are very well treated too! They used to have aquarium with tropical fish in dentists waiting rooms to help calm people before seeing the dentist Animals can be quite a comforter if you like them.
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@inertia4 (27978)
• United States
25 Sep 15
Now that's a new one on me. I never saw these therapy horses. That is so cool actually. And I love that picture. That little horse is wearing little sneakers. Awesome. That is actually a good thing. If I were in a facility like that I would like to see these horses around.
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@LeaPea2417 (40037)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Sep 15
That is really interesting.I never knew small horses were used in this way. That is great.
