Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy

04/11/2025

03/11/2025

This morning Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy was privileged to visit the wonderful residents of Kirami aged care facility.

Supporting Stable Mind on this special occasion was Simon and Tomeka from Burrum River Clydesdales with their beautiful clydesdale Macca. Also Stable Mind's therapy horses King and Mousey were there for this visit.

Macca was first up to greet the residents and was well received, he is a stunning horse.❤️
Then King and Mousey did the rounds meeting the group and were brilliant, these horses love their job as therapy horses.❤️

And of course my service dog Piper had to be in the action and meet the residents.👍

Thank you Lorna and her team from Kirami for hosting us at your facility today, we at Stable Mind really enjoy these visits.😁😁❤️

31/10/2025

Last Thursday morning Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy welcomed back Krissy with her support worker.

When Krissy had a meet and greet a couple of weeks ago our therapy horse Mousey connected with Krissy, so we worked Mousey today and it was a very positive and enjoyable visit for Krissy and Mousey was so gentle and respectful.

We then visited our therapy donkeys Diego, Quavo and Rif-Raf.

This was a very positive session with Krissy who by the end was skipping back to her car, all her problems gone while visiting Stable Mind.❤️😁

24/10/2025

This morning Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy had a visit from Tony,Sue, Denise and Linda from the Burrum District Garden Club

The purpose of this special visit was to present Stable Mind a certificate and a donation of $200.00 raised by the recent sale of some plants that the club grew.

The directors of Stable Mind are so very grateful to the committee and members for your consideration and support of our not for profit charity.

Thank you all very much ❤️👍

23/10/2025

We welcomed Emi and her support worker Mia back to Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy this morning.

Firstly Emi and Mia had to greet my service dog Piper and my wife's Golden Retriever Finn.❤️

Emi and I worked with her favorite horse Big Ringer this morning.

Firstly we gave the boy a well deserved brush, and of course Mousey had to say hello. After that we worked on some ground disciplines. We flexed to yield left and right, then back ups, moving his rear in a tight circle,and walking around the yard doing figure of eights.

Emi did a wonderful job and has remembered everything she has been taught , also Ringer was an absolute gentleman.

Emi has been a regular visitor to Stable Mind for a few years now and it's been a privilege to watch Emi grow into a confident, polite well mannered young lady while participating in our programs.❤️❤️👍.

Also thank you Mia for making sure Emi gets to her appointments over the years 👍.

23/10/2025

Yesterday morning we at Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy welcomed for the first time Charli and her dad and grandmother.

Charli was very excited about meeting our therapy animals.

We worked with Mousey first up and she had a very calming influence on Charli.

It is always a pleasure to watch the calming effect our therapy horses and donkeys have on our visitors.

After we finished with Mousey we visited our therapy donkeys. Again Charli loved meeting Diego, Quavo and Rif-Raf.

This was a meet and greet and I am delighted to say that Charli and her dad are now going to become regular visitors to Stable Mind to support her confidence and social well being . 😁❤️

15/10/2025

Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy has some wonderful regular visitors to work with our therapy horses and donkeys.

This morning we welcomed back Amy and her support worker Holly.

Today Amy and I worked with King. King can be boisterous so today Amy was challenged to be the leader.

Amy settled her nerves and eventually had King working beautifully, fantastic job Amy 👍.

Then we said hello to Ringer, Mousey and Amy's favorite therapy horses Mac.

Again no visit would be complete without saying hello to our therapy donkeys, Diego, Quavo and Rif-Raf😁.

07/10/2025

This morning Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy welcomed first time visitors Krissy and her support worker Taren for a meet and greet.
Mousey was the first to greet Krissy, and a definite connection was established with Krissy and Mousey. The smiles speak volumes ❤️.
Then we visited the big boys Ringer, Mac and King .
The boys were perfect gentlemen and very gentle with Krissy.
Of course no meet and greet would be complete without saying hello to our therapy donkeys, even Taren liked the boy's.
It was a pleasure to host these guys and Krissy has requested that we set up regular visitations , which is wonderful.

18/09/2025

Yesterday Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy welcomed Amy and Holly for their second visit.

Amy and I first worked with Mac, her favorite therapy horse.

Mac was a bit overwhelmed at first but settled down and really responded to Amy's pampering. Amy was also fantastic handling/leading Mac with a very calm attitude.

Then no visit would be complete without saying "hello" to our therapy donkeys.

Again a very positive visit and as always the smiles speak volumes.

08/09/2025

Yesterday the Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy charity was at the Burrum Tavern for the Fathers Day celebrations.

Tanya, Wade and the staff did a huge raffle with the proceeds going to our not for profit charity. We at Stable Mind were humble to receive $1056.00 and a personal donation from a lovely Irish lady of $20.00.
On behalf of the directors, volunteers and supports of Stable Mind thank you so very much. This donation goes a long way to supporting the health and well-being of our therapy horses and donkeys.

There are so many wonderful people I need to thank for making this a very special event.

Stable Mind had our therapy horses King and Mousey to greet the visitors.

Also Simon and his team from Burrum River Clydesdales volunteered to support us by bringing their beautiful clydesdales Macca, Lady and the star their foal Major. These guys were a huge hit with the visitors.❤️👍.

We also had one of our sponsors CLC Fencing & Hardscapes Chris and Sharni who came along to support us at the event .
And Sharni did a fabulous job volunteering as a handler with therapy horse King.

A huge shout out to our volunteers , Lorna and my wife Melissa for selling the raffle tickets . Our go to horse handler Amelia for taking care of the horses and looking after Mousey, and Amelia's dad Craig for getting her to the venue . As I have gone on this journey with Stable Mind I have realized that sponsors, supporters and volunteers are the backbone of the charity.

Stable Mind would also like to acknowledge Jodie Sheppard from Rebal FM and Breeze FM radio station for promoting this event

Finally Tanya, Wade, head chef Matt and all the staff of the Tavern thank you for your hard work and importantly to the families who donated by buying the raffle tickets your fantastic.❤️❤️

06/09/2025

All ready to load our therapy horses King and Mousey in the morning and head to this special Father's Day event at the Burrum Tavern tomorrow.
The team at Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy and Burrum River Clydesdales look forward to greeting the visitors to the Tavern and taking time to meet these very special animals.
Thank you again to our wonderful supporters and sponsors and to all the fathers have a great day .