“Emerge Equine has become like a home to me. Every welcoming face I see on the drive in, to the drive out is a friend, regardless if it’s one of the horses I’ve seen for months or someone I’ve only just met that day. I knew other riding programs just weren’t for me, they didn’t…
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Teenager Living on the Spectrum
“I guess I really want people with kids struggling with anxiety and confidence (on the spectrum or not) to know how beneficial your program is. I really went in not knowing what to expect and it has exceeded not only my expectations but also our psychologist, occupational therapists and pediatricians expectations. It really has been…
A Safe Place to Express Herself
When sixteen-year-old Dee (not her real name) started coming to Emerge Equine, her mom was looking for a program that would help with Dee’s confidence and anxiety. Dee experiences life through the filter of ASD, developmental coordination disorder and Social Anxiety Performance-Based disorder.
Anxiety and Horses
People often think anxiety is being worried or stressed out about something, like a relationship, a test at school, job performance or a life change. They think there is a specific cause of worry, and fixing the situation will fix the anxiety. This isn’t typically the case. Anxiety can inhibit one’s ability to speak or think…
The Value of a Dollar
Lots of children participated in our riding camps during the summer of 2019. All the horses that were normally engaged with the kids were busy when a mom asked if her son, Ethan, could participate. She said he would be happy just leading a horse and getting used to having such a big animal around.…
Gaining Confidence
When a special girl and the right horse connect, a unique bond forms. Small and athletic, not super confident, a pre-teen girl joined in the riding lesson. Nichole listened and learned. The horse went along and more or less did what she asked. It was fun, but Nichole was unsure and wasn’t learning things like…
Not just a pretty face
With glorious colour, a powerful and athletic conformation, and energy to back it all up, Kitty is an incredible horse. She stands on high alert, likes to move and prance around. She flirts and interacts with geldings in the next pen at every chance she gets. As a two-year-old, she was chosen as an all-round…
The Training of a Roper
Frustrated, Aidan held on as his horse bolted from the roping box. Once again, he had no chance of having his loop land in the right place to catch the roping dummy. A novice roper and a horse not trained in the game of roping makes for poor results.
Protective Hug
A horse lover with a beautiful Arabian gelding of his own, Matthew is a local teenager who participated in an Equine Assisted Personal Development program held in the fall of 2018.
Are you worthy?
The client, a young woman in her twenties, was clear on what she wanted in life and how to get it. She could envision her future, her business and her property. But she was stuck. Something was in the way of her reaching for her dreams.