Published by veronica
on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 2/16/2010 04:02:00 PM. 
Thank you for considering LifeStriders as a possible new home for your horse. All horse candidates must pass a 90 trial period that prepares them to become a TR horse in group lessons. Please remember that therapy horses are used with patients who have various forms of mental, physical and cognitive disabilities. LifeStriders strives to ensure their safety at all times. Please carefully review the following guidelines to see if your horse matches our criteria.
**New horses are not admitted into the the program until May of each year depending on ground conditions.
1. Horses must be of sound body and mind.
2. Ages (10-18 years)
3. Less than 15 HH
4. Be well trained and able to walk, trot and canter (ridden within last year) and longe
5. No vices (cribbing, mouthy, bucking, kicking, biting or spooking etc.)
6. No supplementation required for health reasons (medications etc.)
7. Natural hoof preferred. We will attempt to transition to natural hoof if shoed
8. Belong to local owners that are willing to take the horse back at the en of 90 trial period if the horse does not meet training criteria. Lifestriders staff will contact owner throughout the 90 trial/training period process to update owner about horse's transition and how they are doing in the program. Ideally, we are looking for owners who would like to lease their horses to LifeStriders free of charge with the understanding that LifeStriders assumes all of the care, feeding and vetting.
9. Horses must be boarded locally so that LS staff can perform an initial evaluation.
10. Temperment- Therapy horses need to be bombproof.
11. Geldings preferred.
In our attempts to ensure safe riding experiences for our clients, we ask that you do not contact us if the horse has a history of bucking, kicking, biting or spooking.
If you think your horse would be a good candidate for LifeStriders Therapeutic Riding Program, please contact Monica Sprung at monica@lifestriders.org to set up an evaluation.
