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By Francy Chammings
For the Pine Knot News 

Find your stride at North Country Ride

 

March 8, 2019

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Kolton Gaebler gives Gambler a hug for a job well done.

They have fought in wars, plowed endless fields, delivered mail, and helped build civilizations for centuries. Their strength is still a measure of how powerful our machines are, and yet, their understanding and gentleness is being tapped to help heal bodies, minds, and spirits ravaged by illness and circumstances.

Horses, those beautiful four-legged animals, are working their magic in therapeutic establishments not only across the country, but in our community as well.

As early as the 1960s, people began to recognize that employing horses in therapeutic riding lessons resulted in improveme...



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