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What are therapy horses?

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Therapeutic horse back riding.

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How can therapy horses help us?

Therapy horses can help by foacusing your mind onto something elce and having a good time.


Do horses and ponies have jobs?

Yes. They can be therapy horses, lesson horses, competition horses, ranch horses (like working cattle, etc), plow horses, police horses, and a few other jobs that I cant think of off the top of my head.


Can therapy horses really help you?

yes, in unimaginable ways. i have horses myself and have formed bonds with them that are stronger than with my own family.


How were the horses used and why?

Horses were used for many things. They were used as transportation before cars. They pulled plows for farmers before tractors. Horses are also used for therapy for many disable riders.


What is the job called where you are working with mentally challenged kids and using horses for therapy?

That is called "therapeutic riding".


How horses can be important in you life?

They can keep you company. They can also help provide you with physical therapy and exercise. Horses can also be important in that they can provide you with income through breeding and riding lessons.


What animals are used for pet therapy?

Dogs are the most common visiting therapy animals, but cats, horses, birds, rabbits, and other domestic pets can be used as long as they are appropriately screened and trained.


What kind of therapy helps horses?

A thing called join-up. It's hard to explain in one Answers.com answer box, but look it up on YouTube. Maybe add 'Monty Roberts' in your search box.A:There is massage therapy for horses that can help work out kinks in his/her spine and back and a few other places.


What dogs can be therapy dogs?

Horses, cats, dogs, aquarium fish, hamsters, rabbits, etc. If they can aid in physical, emotional, or mental therapy, any animal can be a 'therapy animal'.


What line of medicine is using hyperbaric chamber therapy?

Hyperbaric chamber therapy is used to to treat those with injuries. It is used as a form of cancer therapy. It has been used to treat sports players to enable them to heal faster and has also been used on animals like expensive race horses.


Do all horses live in stables how do horses sleep?

Horses mostly sleep standing up. Horses do lie down occasionally, but most of the time they feel too vulnerable to do so. You will be more likely to see a horse lying down to sleep in a stable than out in a field. Horses live anywhere from stables to pastures, to islands. Also, some miniature horses have also been known to live inside their owners' home when used as therapy horses.


Why are horses trustful?

The the reason I think horses a trustful is because they help releave stress that is why the are used for therapy riding. Horses also have a way to help you brain relax when you ride the. For example a in a book (true story) this little boy could not talk then when he meet this nice mare (female horse) he started to talk.