Tag: Animal-assisted Therapy
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‘Life can be good again’: Local program brings healing to vets, military families through animal therapy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Gillian Sirles came to the Remount Foundation nine years ago, she had survived multiple suicide attempts. Sitting on a picnic table outside the horse stables at the Air Force Academy, Sirles recounts her story of survival. Decades earlier, the Navy welder was discharged for…
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Goats, goats, goats: Nonprofit uses goats to help memory care centers around Colorado
DENVER • Opening the gate to the courtyard at Woodland Estates Senior Living, Jimmy Naron releases a parade of goats. Six bearded animals strut in, enthusiastically following a bucket loaded with alfalfa treats. It’s a sunny day outside, and about two dozen residents have been waiting in anticipation for the funny critters. As they trot…