The horses chosen for this program are the beautiful, rare breed called the American Curly Horse. These animals possess a number of wonderful traits that make them the perfect therapeutic animal. They are calm, quiet, not easily spooked and possess personality and disposition that tolerates all sorts of behaviors from their riders. Curlies also possess a unique trait all to themselves, curly hair. Due to the curly hair, they are hypoallergenic to most individuals. This allows for Dream on Curls Riding Center, LLC to offer more to the clients without the worry of allergies. Dream on Curls Riding Center, LLC is the first and only therapeutic riding center to use this unique breed exclusively.

The specific horses used within the program have been selected due to their extremely calm, tolerant manner, sweet personalities, and good sturdy conformation to handle most sizes of riders. The Therapeutic Riding Center can offer many heights and builds of horses to accommodate most all riders ~~ from pony size on up.

 

The specific horses used within the program have gone through a screening process to ensure that they will be able to meet the needs of both the riders and instructor. We expose our program horses to many stimuli to prepare them for their riders. The horses tolerate and accept natural, artificial, and assistive devices/aids (wheelchairs, walkers, braces, crutches, etc.) and rider imbalance. Some of our riders need to sit astride the horse in a somewhat unconventional manner- and the center horses are willing and ready to support their precious cargo.
 

~~ These are our lesson horses ~~