Leading horsebox manufacturer Equi-Trek have offered support to Dinky Ponies, who provide animal therapy in a variety of settings, with a specially adapted Apollo Horse Trailer for all the ponies travelling needs.
The six adorable Shetlands will now travel to and from their special visits in the horse trailer that Equi-Trek’s dedicated engineers created custom built partitions for, providing a layout suitable for safely transporting four Dinky Ponies.
Horses have always been a part of owner, Sarah Woodland’s life and she was a freelance groom for top event riders. When Sarah ended up with six Shetland Ponies that had been given to her, she knew that they needed a purpose, and the Dinky Ponies team was born.
Sarah began doing enrichment visits to care homes helping to promote wellness and happiness to their residents, which soon became incredibly popular.
For residents with dementia, a visit from a Dinky Pony can make such a difference as their eyes light up and they engage and interact with the pony.
More schools and education providers are also seeing the benefit and the positive impact of animal therapy on children’s mental health, wellbeing, self-esteem and development of communication skills, empathy, independence, and relationships.
Each pony has a different job and specialise in certain visits. Some of the ponies are better with the elderly and others are better at coping with children where there might be unexpected noise and wheelchairs.
Said Sarah: “I was so pleased to take delivery of the newly adapted Equi-Trek Apollo, the team at Equi-Trek have been incredibly helpful to come up with a design and internal layout in the trailer that suits the needs of the ponies.
“I love getting out and about, meeting people with the Dinky Ponies and seeing the joy they bring to people, which makes all the hard work worthwhile and now we will be arriving in style in the Equi-Trek Apollo.”
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Suzanne Ashton, Founder of Everything Horse (Est, 2012), has a BA Hons in Marketing Management and a Diploma in Equine Science. Suzanne has ridden and owned horses all her life and has twelve years of experience in marketing, writing, design, SEO, and website creation.