At right: Karma and Snowball feast on hay, carefully watchful of a stranger taking their photo. At far right: Diane Royall, with treats in hand, gives Johnny, a 9-year-old paint, an affectionate rub, while Andy watches. Johnny’s owners became unemployed and signed over the well-treated horse to Royall. He’s been adopted and will move to a new home soon. happening in that child’s mind. It’s something just short of a miracle.” Other physical and emotional challenges are harder to see, such as the anxiety with posttraumatic stress disorder or the diffidence in attachment or oppositional disorders seen in children. In those cases for healing wounds, Pettyjohn said, “We give the client a task to do with the horse that it normally wouldn’t do voluntarily and have the client, without force or intimidation, get the horse to do it. When they’re successful, it establishes a bond of trust.”
“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” – Winston Churchill
The road ahead
“We want to be recognized for equine communication and for potential owners — a little bit of knowledge goes a long ways in protecting these horses,” Jackson said. “Brian is
the reason we are even dreaming of setting up a horse rescue facility for Clallam County! He and his wife, Joanne, each have their own individual histories involving horses and they both share our love of them. They want to help us help the horses and through them bring equine-assisted therapy programs to our community.” “When people need help, we’re glad to educate them but we need help, too,” Royall added. “There’s no worse sinking feeling than seeing the hay go down and wonder when funds are going
to come in, but we’ve never let anybody go hungry.” To make a tax-deductible donation to Eyes That Smile/ Olympic Peninsula Equine Rescue, contact PO Box 252, Sequim, WA 98382, or call 855-504-6773 for donation information or rescue calls. The organization will have an open house from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, June 20 at 554 Roupe Road, Sequim. Some of the rescued horses will be on-site and there will be training demonstrations.
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