As with any nurse or professional caretaker, these therapy horses must be trained; whether it’s to be better equipped to remain at ease with special needs individuals, or to slow down its pace to that of an elderly individual. The trainers go through a multitude of exercises and training regimes to help the horses adapt to these daily habits, and ultimately, get ready for a day’s worth of meeting the beneficiaries.

From meal time to grazing in the paddocks, the horses’ schedules have been well thought out to cater to each of their individual behavioral habits. This in turn, helps the trainers to understand and assign the different horses to different groups of people according to what they’re most naturally attuned to.

Here’s a better look at some of the everyday things for the horses and trainers at EQUAL.