Hippotherapy horses are uniquely selected for their temperament, patience, quiet attitude, size and symmetrical type of movement they provide. Our horses are selected with those features in mind and yet differ from each other as pertains to the type of input they offer to our patients. Hippotherapy horses are exercised and "worked" throughout the week to insure fitness, soundness, and a calm temperament.
Natural horsemanship techniques are used solely to exercise and train our horses. They are taught to "work" off of a rope halter and become light and gentle in the hand. Part of this training requires from them manners, quiet temperament and a "flowing" style of movement rather than pulling and pushing.
We currently have two mares and one gelding in the program:
Nori, is a seven year old "silver" haflinger mare who hails from upper state New York. She is one of the smaller members of our herd and will be used for lessons, hippo and trail riding.
Mountain View's Zachary, is a fifteen year old UVM Morgan who is used for hippotherapy and horsemanship lessons. He is our senior member of the herd and is always ready and happy to be of service to our children.
We would like to welcome two new members of the HorseTalk Family.
Luca,is a six year old registered buckskin morgan. He hails from up state New York and is one of our best athletes yet. Though small at 14/2 hands, he is agile enough for reining, hunter and trail riding. He took a second place in Deerfield for morgan in hand this summer.
Annie, is a twelve year old registered quarter horse mare,
hails from Youngstown, New York. She is sweet and gentle
and is great for hippo, the ring and trail riding.
Other Family Members at HorseTalk Hippotherapy
Amadeus (The director's friesian gelding)
Remington or "Remi" (The director's shetland sheepdog)
