ARROHHH (pronounced Arrow) stands for Association for the Rescue and Rehabilitation of Humans Huskies and Horses.
Just like an Arrow - we get Straight to the Heart of the Matter - through Animal Assisted Activities and Therapy.
We are running the following programs:
1) Animal Assisted Counselling (especially beneficial for children)
2) Leadership And Team-building for Corporate and Schools - learning from the Sled dogs means learning from the Best!
3) Husky Office Visits - Book a lunch date for a Husky Office Visit if you want to lift the mood, reduce the stress and increase the productivity of your staff!
4) Husky Assisted Remedial Reading Programs
The practice of Animal Assisted Activities and Therapy has become a recognized form of therapy throughout the world today. Studies have been carried out to prove the value and success of this type of therapy in many different areas of life. The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) endorses the benefits of animal therapy with people suffering from Autism, PTSD and other conditions.
Our Vision is empowering the mentally ill and vulnerable through Animal Assisted Activity (AAA) and Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) Programs. We also rescue unwanted and abandoned Huskies in the KZN area through Husky Rescue KZN. Huskies as a breed are in a world wide crisis. We intend to give these unwanted animals a new purpose in life by using them in our AAA and AAT programs. Animals can teach us a lot, sleddogs even more!! Our Mission is to acquire land to developing a working farm to facilitate these animal assisted therapy programs for the above people, thus empowering them to process life’s trauma and assist them back into a fully functioning place in society once gain.
The Lebanon (which means white mountain) ARROHHH incorporates four areas:
•Animal Assisted Therapy which includes Animal Assisted Counselling for those suffering from Anxiety, Depression and PTSD.
•Animal Assisted Activities which includes Leadership and Team-building Programs for Corporate and Schools; Husky Office Visit to improve mood, morale and productivity, Husky Assisted Remedial Reading Program.
Newly established Assistance Animal Training Program in conjunction with a dedicated team comprising an Animal Assisted Therapy Practitioner and Professional Dog Trainer and Behaviorist. The purpose of this program is to assist people who could benefit from having either an Emotional Support Animal (ESA) or Psychiatric Support Animal (PSA) to help them cope better with the deficits of PTSD and other Anxiety related conditions.
•Husky Rescue KZN
The Benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy
The simple act of petting a dog:-
•Releases an automatic relaxation response through the release of serotonin, prolactin and oxytocin in the brain – these are our mood elevating hormones.
•The release of these mood elevating hormones naturally brightens one’s emotional outlook.
•Lowers blood pressure, pulse and breathing rates in people with anxiety because of its effect on the sympathetic nervous system.
•Provides a source of contact comfort thus promoting feelings of safety, while helping to create a rapport between therapist and client.
Provides comfort by providing a pleasant external focus for attention.
•Stimulates communication – a dog can help break the ice between therapist and client.
•Reduces a child’s stress in environments such as a clinical setting like a counselling room.
•Increases mental stimulation and decreases boredom which can be helpful in children with ADHD
•Reduces loneliness as well as feelings of isolation and alienation – especially beneficial in working with children who are victims of bullying.
•Decreases agitation – especially beneficial in those suffering from Alzheimer’s
•Last but not least increases productivity in the workplace.
Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble and tottering knees. (Isaiah 35:3)
