Why equine therapy? eli5
Some days ago I was wondering why horses are used for therapy? How did it all started? Can the therapy be performed with any other animal? If yes, why are horses special?
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Horses, like dogs, are animals with personality and behavior characteristics that mesh/match really well with humans. Over thousands of years, they’ve been bred for that.
Not only do horses allow themselves to be trained/handled by humans, but the act of doing this is beneficial to the humans as it teaches them patience, empathy, physical skills and more.
Horses live a long time, so the skills they learn from, and teach to, humans provide a good return on time invested. Also, they’re interesting and cool enough to most people that even cynical or tuned-out patients look forward to interacting with horses.
They’re just a really amazing complement to humans.
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