I try not to be too picky about words, but words do have meanings. I do not like for my horses to be referred to as “therapy horses.” I do not object to the term because it suggests that there are people out there who need horses for therapy. I object because the term suggests that there are people out there who do NOT need horses for therapy.

Horses are therapy for whatever the problem is!
Overweight, high blood pressure? Ride
Back, knee, joint pain? Ride
Husband left you for another woman? Ride
Wife left you for another man? Ride
Hate your job? Ride
Got obnoxious kids? Ride
Got obnoxious parents? Ride
Is the problem such that riding is impossible?

– The Solution –
Brush, lead, handle a horse. Is the problem such that that is impossible? Sit and watch them in the pasture. There are very few holes that exist that horses cannot plug.

By Steve Edwards | Mill Swamp Indian Horses (Virginia)