What Makes a Good Therapy Horse?

Criteria for Therapeutic Horses

• **Therapy horses walk, trot, and canter with ease. They get along with horses and humans and are easy to catch. Their age is often 6-23 years.

Benefits of Equine Therapy

• **Equine therapy uses the horse-human connection to enhance healing. Different forms suit different client needs. Now he’s the most reliable therapy horse for Bit By Bit Medical Therapeutic Riding Center. A rescue notified them he could be a good therapy horse. They don’t know his background but believe he was neglected and overfed for more money at slaughter.

Key Qualities of Therapy Horses

• **While any breed suits, Quarter Horses tend to have a nice size and even temperament. A therapy horse isn’t easily spooked and can be handled by different people without reacting. It needs to respond readily to direct input so clients associate their actions with specific outcomes. Most therapy horses are 8-16 years old, although some are older. All should be healthy, as many centers lack resources for sick horses.