By Randy Metcalf, | The Explorer |
Last week, the residents at Clare Bridge in Oro Valley were treated with a visit from a couple of mini horses, brought by the organization Little Hooves and Big Hearts.
This was the second year Tammy Mockbee and Amy Armour brought the mini horses to Oro Valley, which reside in Oracle.
Little Hooves and Big Hearts is a non-profit organization that was founded by people who wanted to share their love of horses through animal-assisted therapy along with visiting nursing homes, hospices and Alzheimer’s and dementia care locations like Clare Bridge.
On April 10, the horses Dolly and Lillie made their way through the front doors of Clare Bridge of Oro Valley led by Mockbee and Armour to a room filled with about 40 residents and their family. Each of the horses had on brightly sparkled and decorated shoes and a harness around each of the heads and noses of the horses displaying their respective names.
Brenda Murray, who is the life enrichment assistant at the facility, understands the success and why residents and their families alike requested Little Hooves and Big Heart’s return.
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