08/03/2026
🐎🐐🌿 A Day at Montrose Hills Therapy 🐎🐐🌿
The morning begins quietly on the Conway farm
The goats are already curious at the fence, the chickens are busy scratching through the garden beds, and the horses move slowly across the paddock as the day begins.
A participant arrives and pauses for a moment, taking in the scene and wondering what their session might bring today.
Will they...
- Help prepare a special treat for the horses?
- Collect eggs from the chickens?
- Prepare the evening meals for the animals?
- Or step inside the therapy space?
Some days the gates open and the goats wander over, eager to say hello to their human friends or explore the paddock together.
Other days the horses walk up to the gate first, quietly greeting the participants. Sometimes it feels like the beginning of a conversation, or an emotional exchange that doesn’t need words.
Along the way there are small but meaningful moments.
Noticing how a horse communicates through the movement of its ears and body.
Watching a chicken dust-bathe in the warm soil.
Standing quietly beside a horse, sharing a calm and peaceful moment.
These experiences are more than farm activities.
Through Developmental Education and animal-assisted therapy, these moments can support emotional regulation, confidence, communication, and connection.
Because sometimes the most powerful learning doesn’t happen in a therapy room.
Sometimes it happens out in nature, beside a paddock gate, surrounded by animals who simply invite us to slow down and be present. 🐎🐐🌿
