{"id":6,"date":"2009-12-15T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2009-12-15T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T22:05:00","slug":"horse-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/horse-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this day and age, where \u2013 except in rare occasions \u2013 the horse is not an &#8220;implement&#8221; or &#8220;tool&#8221; anymore, as it was in the past, our horses generally provide a form of therapy.  Your therapy may come from the adrenaline rush of competition, the challenge and reward of training a new colt, or the comfort you get from your trusted old gelding when you&#8217;re heading home after a long ride and know he will get you there without any mishaps.  The horse can be a wonderful break from traffic jams, cell phones, bosses, co-workers, customers, you name it&#8230;and your trusted companion for any adventures you can dream up.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I guess we can chalk up another way that horses can prove useful in today\u2019s world.  I personally am really pleased to see someone who not only is willing to dedicate their time, but goes the extra step to include a horse.  I can\u2019t imagine using my high-strung mare to entertain shut-ins at a nursing home, but this mini and her handler seem to have it down pat!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2009\/12\/tiny-horse-brings-big-joy-elderly \"><strong>Tiny Horse Brings Big Joy to Elderly<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this day and age, where \u2013 except in rare occasions \u2013 the horse is not an &#8220;implement&#8221; or &#8220;tool&#8221; anymore, as it was in the past, our horses generally provide a form of therapy. Your therapy may come from the adrenaline rush of competition, the challenge and reward of training a new colt, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-horse-therapy","category-horse-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liverystable.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}