Hairy Henry

Hairy Henry Hairy Henry offers Therapeutic Riding, Care Farming and Animal-assisted Therapy to children and adul All have been trained specifically for this job.

We offer Therapeutic Riding sessions and Care Farm activities on our small farm in West Cork. Our team consists of Sandra, a fully qualified Therapeutic Riding Coach with 28 years experience of working with horses and 24 years of working in the health and social sector, and our extremely friendly and experienced therapy horses, Henry, Winnie, Flora, Daisy and Dolly, and lots of other farm animals

- our two dogs Trudi and Turnip, the flock of sheep - Sean, Otto, Tilda, Harriet and Mr. Lammy, the donkeys Nell, Eeyore, Gordon and Gulliver the geese and ducks and chicken and the rabbits Alex and Oreo and their families. We also offer animal-assisted therapeutic outreach visitis with our team of dogs, rabbits, sheep and donkey to nursing homes and hospitals - please get in touch for more information! Animal-assisted Therapy, Therapeutic Riding and Care Farming promote well-being, social confidence, sense of purpose and achievement - and offer long-lasting physical, psychological, social and educational benefits. Please, see our website www.hairyhenry.com for more details!

And we are off.....
26/04/2026

And we are off.....

Gangsta look for Skye tonight, to keep the dirty smudges off her shiny face, ahead of tomorrow's outing. First show for...
25/04/2026

Gangsta look for Skye tonight, to keep the dirty smudges off her shiny face, ahead of tomorrow's outing. First show for her in 16 months, so much has happened, but we are ready to bounce back!!!

Thanks to our teen group giving Daisy a beautiful make over, including plaited mane and wavy tail, and thanks to our TY ...
24/04/2026

Thanks to our teen group giving Daisy a beautiful make over, including plaited mane and wavy tail, and thanks to our TY student for brushing and washing Turnip, these two sparkled and shone this morning for their visit to Fermoy Community Hospital 🤩

What's with the fluttering pompoms and the spinning windmill on the jumps, Skye wonders. An affordable solution to pract...
23/04/2026

What's with the fluttering pompoms and the spinning windmill on the jumps, Skye wonders. An affordable solution to practise building resilience and confidence when faced with a scary looking fence and jump it anyway, Sandra answers. And so she did. Need to go back to the Euro shop now to buy more €1.99 scary items 🙈

Great team work today in our teen programme horsemanship challenge. The task was how to 'park' Skye within the poles on ...
23/04/2026

Great team work today in our teen programme horsemanship challenge.
The task was how to 'park' Skye within the poles on the ground, guiding her with body language and voice only - no touch, no lead rope. And they did it, working as a coordinated group, sending a clear message to Skye, keeping her calm and assure her so that she understood and obliged. Well done, lovely to see this talk done so harmoniously and effectively. Let me assure you, it is harder than you think to move a 1/2 ton creature without tools, but it is entirely possible with true horsemanship skills.

Some of ye might be able to relate 😅All the old rotted manure brought out to the fields as fertiliser, and the fresh ma...
23/04/2026

Some of ye might be able to relate 😅
All the old rotted manure brought out to the fields as fertiliser, and the fresh manure stacked neatly, very satisfying sight!

Learning by watching 👀Week 4 of our teen programme and we are getting deeper into all things horses. Today we had the gr...
22/04/2026

Learning by watching 👀
Week 4 of our teen programme and we are getting deeper into all things horses.
Today we had the great opportunity to see our farrier in action, putting new shoes on Skye, who was held (and cuddled) by one of our students...which she obviously enjoyed and which made it all that easier a job. Happy horse, happy farrier!

Turnip and Gordon enjoyed full hairclip treatment today at our visit to Bandon Primary School
21/04/2026

Turnip and Gordon enjoyed full hairclip treatment today at our visit to Bandon Primary School

First time full house since we converted the van. All getting on swimmingly, on the way to an outreach visit today to B...
21/04/2026

First time full house since we converted the van. All getting on swimmingly, on the way to an outreach visit today to Bandon Primary School 😃

Winnie is clearly eating for 2 💞
20/04/2026

Winnie is clearly eating for 2 💞

There's so much beauty in the small things!
19/04/2026

There's so much beauty in the small things!

The excited smile just before getting on her favourite horse 😍 make all our efforts worthwhile!!!
18/04/2026

The excited smile just before getting on her favourite horse 😍 make all our efforts worthwhile!!!

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Ballylickey
Bantry
P75AV82

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm
Sunday 9am - 6pm

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+353879389867

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We offer Therapeutic Riding sessions and Care Farm activities on our small farm in West Cork. Our team consists of a fully qualified Therapeutic Riding Coach with 30 years experience of working with horses and 20 years of working in the health and social sector, and our extremely friendly and experienced therapy horses, Henry, Winnie, Flora and Daisy, and lots of other farm animals - our two dogs Trudi and Annie, the flock of sheep, the donkeys Gordon, Nell and Ee-ore, the geese and chicken, and the rabbits and pigs. All have been trained specifically for this job.

Therapeutic Riding and Care Farming promotes confidence, communication, independence, coordination and balance, muscle tone and flexibility, cognitive functioning and emotional well-being - and offers long-lasting physical, psychological and educational benefits.

All animals, but especially the horses - and more particularly Hairy Henry - offer big hugs for comfort and support, which can help hugely in times of challenge.

Hairy Henry’s is holistic, inclusive and non judgemental and offers a quality professional service to people from 2 years of age onwards. More particularly, our services may be beneficial to those who deal with ASD, anxiety, dyspraxia, ADHD, learning difficulties, communication and emotional difficulties.