A little News about our Therapeutic Program

On Wednesday October 15th, 2008, Dream On Curls Riding Center was excited to be participating in National Disability Mentoring Day. The third Wednesday of October has been nominated as the celebratory day since 1999, growing and expanding each year. This year is designated as the kick off for a year round effort for individuals with disabilities to get out and be mentored at different area business locations to further career development.
Here at Dream On Curls Riding Center, we had a woman come who loves anything horses. She spends much of her time reading horse books and magazines to study up on all the new things for horses. NARHA certified riding instructor Zoe Lirakis taught her how to clean saddles, an important job to keep everything looking new and in its best condition.

After finishing with that Zoe introduced the mentee to one of the lesson horses, Sudie Bee, for some much needed grooming. The participant was fascinated with the curly hair on Sudie, never having heard of an American Curly Horse before today. She also could not get over how quiet and sweet Sudie was for her grooming. Peggy loved both saddle cleaning and the grooming.

George had a chance to groom and ride Keri, one of our Curly lesson horses. Keri stands very still while George uses the big 3 step mounting block we built specially for our riders.

Being able to offer this special program to our riders is gratifying and we are so fortunate to have such wonderful horses that take their job of carrying their precious cargo so seriously.

Enjoy your day ~

All in all everyone had a great time and learned some new skills that may lead to more opportunities for the participant. Dream on Curls Riding Center looks forward to being a part of this national effort to dispel discrimination against the disabled and further their opportunities in the work force.