Dream River Ranch, LLC. Est 2007 Mindful Living Immersed in Nature
SW Idaho Prairie Along the Historic Oregon Trail
8894 W Martha Ave - Oasis, ID 83647 - 208-602-3265
Our Mission
Provide a safe environment for at-risk and/or victimized youths and adults
in which to use equine assisted activities as therapy.
Allow opportunities for one to discover one’s authentic self and self-esteem.
Build on the dynamics of family and community through developing
Good communications skills.
Click pictures below to see the links for the research.
Click pictures below to see the links for the research.
EAAT reduces stress in adults with autism.
Veterans build resilience through EAAT.
Horses understand human emotions.
Horses ease symptoms of dementia
Our
Students
-Re-connect with self
-Discover a new balance in mind, body and spirit
-Remember what trust and respect feels like
Our Students experience what it takes to become a reliable partner to their horse, their team and themselves.
Our Riding Academy begins its educational program at the hitching rail where students learn how to safely maneuver around a horse during grooming and saddling.
Safety checks on equipment are reviewed each time before mounting.
The riding session involves learning how to be a good leader to a herd of two... the student and the horse.
Here students learn to give clear signals for moving their horse forwards, backwards, left and right.
At the end of each session, everyone pitches in cleaning up the training area and putting away the tools and equipment.
The Riding Academy educational program aligns with, the Cowboy's Code of the West.
Ten Principals to Live By from "Cowboy Ethics" by J.P. Owens.
-Live Each Day with Courage
-Take Pride in Your Work
-Always Finish What You Start
-Do What Has to Be Done
-Be Tough, But Fair
-When You Make A Promise, Keep It
-Ride For The Brand
-Talk Less And Say More
-Remember That Some Things Aren't For Sale
-Know Where To Draw The Line
We also identify and celebrate Seven Core Values we can all share with others:
-Courage
-Optimism
-Self-reliance
-Authenticity
-Honor
-Duty
-Heart
Our
Horses
Provide
-Partnering-up for experiential learning
-Clients developing at their own pace
-Enjoyment of the simple pleasures in nature
-Being in the NOW, physically, mentally and spiritually.
It is a great honor to care for these magnificent beasts. They have much to teach we humans in a magical way.
In the horse training industry, there is a phrase many folks use called "horse whispering". "Horse listening" may be a more appropriate term. Active listening teaches us to intuit a horse's level of response to an "ask."
A horse may really only need just a little whisper of pressure when asked to perform a task; and if there is a "try", then the horse is rewarded immediately with praise.
This forms mutual trust and respect for each other. Think of it as "less is more." This can be a valuable life-skill for humans and is learned through experiential education using the horse as a teacher.
We are happy to serve these gentle beasts who for centuries served we humans by carrying warriors to battle, plowing fields for agriculture, providing transportation, and then providing hours of therapy for those who needed it after war.
Our
Excel-lent Programs Are
-Balance and Rebalance
-Leg Up... a boost back to confidence.
-Horses Helping Families, A Good Family Dynamics Project
-Working Equitation
"Enjoying the most simple pleasures of outdoor life like fresh air, good exercise and a connection with one of the most beautiful, graceful and yet powerful creatures on our planet, is a precious gift, and very nurturing for the soul." Willa Rose, Executive Director for S.H.E.
Balance and Rebalance - good for body, mind and spirit. A place to start learning how to balance and regain balance in movement.
Leg Up... a boost back to confidence.- for youths at risk using a cowboy leadership code of ethics, and adults needing confidence to get back in the saddle after a fall..
Horses Helping Families, A Good Family Dynamics Program - Join-Up in experiential equine assisted activities for families of adoption, autism, deployment, fostering and PTSD.
Horses Helping Corporations,
A great leadership program. - Join-Up and Follow Up experiential methods teaching intuition, respect, and compassion.
Adaptive Vaulting - Hands-free mounted exercises under supervision of a horse on long lines.
The history of riding therapies began in classical Rome with Hippocrites recognizing their value for balancing and re-balancing the wounded veteran.
In the early 1950s, polio stricken Lis Hartel won Olympic Silver in Dressage, a riding style that is the personification of balance. She and her therapist in Denmark started the first therapeutic horseback riding center in the modern world. They named it hippo-therapy after the Greek word hippos for the horse.
Today the name has evolved into Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies (EAAT) or Equine Assisted Services. (EAS),
Click pictures to see the links for the research.