Our Mission

To serve Veterans and First Responders in a nontraditional environment by providing a space to renew their valor through the relationship built with a horse.

Our Why

We use equine facilitated interaction to give Veterans who have served overseas or First Responders in the line of duty an opportunity to explore the experiences gained while serving, and to provide an outlet for the challenges that may come from this.
Horses have a sensitivity to a human’s non-verbal cues and emotions. Horses are able to provide a sense of acceptance, along with assisting one’s emotional regulation and insight into themselves. We facilitate an opportunity to bond with a horse, with the hope that the bond will comfort those who are burdened and eventually lead to a trusting, healing relationship between horse, Veteran or First Responder.

Equine Assisted Learning (EAL)

  1. An experiential learning approach designed to help participants identify, face, and work through life issues. EAL is similar to Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP), but instead of conducting psychotherapy, the focus is more toward education and skill enhancement. EAL programs often focus on social skills and leadership development.
  2. EAL utilizes a different approach than traditional horsemanship programs in that the clients do not ride. The horses play a completely different role in the learning process. The goal of EAL is for clients to interact with horses from the ground, observe the horses’ reactions to them and then identify ways these reactions could be metaphors representing something going on in the client’s life.

Benefits of Our Program

Increase Trust
Decreasing Isolation
Higher Self Esteem
Effective Communication
Self Acceptance
Positive Identity of One’s Self