Details about the beginning of his life aren't known to us, but when we met this 16+ hand Shire it was clear he was carrying more than his fair share of burdens. The horse we met was the shell of a horse. He stood in his stall with a vacant look...
If you’re lucky enough to have a friend that buys in on your passion, supports your dreams & loves you even when you’re not at your best, then you know how special that relationship is. I have been blessed to have a friend like this in Lola. Lola...
To be able to connect with someone you can’t be worried about the future- anxiety – all the “what if’s” rob you of the present. You can’t be reliving the past, hashing out the coulda/shoulda/woulda’s all day keeps you from being available to make your best...
“To gentle” is a verb which means to take a horse from legit wild to being able to touch it with your hand, lead it, pick up its feet, get in & out of a trailer without it thinking you are a mountain lion trying to kill it. It’s a crazy powerful phase in working...
The leap to incorporating an untouched mustang into our program was several years in the making. I (Allison) had always been intrigued by the herds of wild horses & had heard of the prisons that utilize mustangs in their programs. Then a local gal started working...
Equine Facilitated Counseling and Equine Assisted Learning are designed to be personal experiences. I often get odd looks when I first start to explain what it is we do out here at the barn, so I would like to take time through this blog to share some of our...
We have found that everyone is drawn to different animals & sometimes horses aren’t the top attraction here at Summit Equestrian. I think it’s appropriate to take a minute to tell you who you might run into and a little about their role here at the barn....
Here at Summit Equestrian we understand there are a lot of unknowns when you are coming here for the first time. What to wear, what you’ll do, when do you get to ride??? We’d like to wrangle the most commonly asked questions here. What do I wear is dependent on...
Why horses? Why not dogs or goat assisted therapy? Good question! Horses are unique partners in therapy, their physical size sets the stage for a big impact, then their natural instincts & character touches us right to our core. You don’t have to like them or be a...