Dusty Rose Ranch, LLC

12/26/2024

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12/16/2024

Time spent with horses can be physically and mentally healing. Just being around them can reduce anxiety, improve mood and support your body's natural healing process.
I know I have experienced this personally!
Have any of you experienced this? Please share your experience in the comments. I would love to hear your stories!

12/16/2024

I have the best barn help 🙂. It was 34 degrees and raining yesterday morning and Mable still insisted on riding in the wheelbarrow full of hay and making the rounds with me. He took a minute to dry off in the hay shed in between chores. (If you have volume on, you can hear the rain on the metal roof)
Chatty Catty also insisted on walking me to my pickup in the rain. That is true feline dedication!

12/11/2024

Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center’s equine program wrapped up an eight week CHAMPIONS curriculum by hosting a family day. This curriculum, developed by REFUGE Services in Lubbock Texas, was designed to teach youth how to handle difficult situations in a positive manner. For family day, the kids presented what they have been working on each week and then did an activity as a family with the horses. This was such a fun group!
Special thanks to Eastern Montana Fairgrounds and the extension office for allowing us to use the Pavillion and 4-H building. We couldn’t be doing this without their generosity! When communities come together, great things can happen!

11/23/2024

The kids came up with skits involving their horse partners during today’s session. They practiced negotiating, teamwork, and not giving up.
So many take aways and lessons provided by working with the horses. 🐴

11/14/2024

11/08/2024

We had to say goodbye to our sweet little Mama cat today. She was tiny, tough and so very sweet. She loved head boops and to rub her tiny little face on you. She will be very missed 💔

10/31/2024

Well of course I just had to make a post on National Cat Day! The tricky part was choosing from the THOUSANDS of cat pictures on my phone 😄.

10/29/2024

10/21/2024

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10/19/2024

I’d say Pippin enjoyed our little bit of much needed rain 🤦🏽‍♀️

10/18/2024

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SEABISCUIT
Like, he was born with four mismatched legs. All of his joints were at different heights. They were going to shoot him as a foal because they thought he would never be able to walk, and then he became this really amazing racer because people cared for him. He and his jockey(s) helped heal each other through injuries, both physical and mental.

10/09/2024

Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center set up a display for Baker’s Straw Bale Trail contest. We chose to set up our display to represent the Equine Program that is provided through our Youth Substance Use Prevention Program. My daughter used her creativity to make two of our horses, Sporty and Pippin, a part of our straw bale display. 🙂

08/20/2024

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35522233

Horses discriminate between happy and angry human facial expressions, according to research.

08/01/2024

https://www.radiobaker.com/2024/08/01/discussing-the-eastern-montana-community-mental-health-centers-equine-assisted-learning-programs/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3HfVkgoRDQMik1vb9WnOrO2FPRgzWX4sqN9YIFxucJd_RKKosfw04l-gk_aem_YjuxxXXWmLB9ad5cGS2dng

Link to a radio interview about the equine programs

Beth Regan with the Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center (EMCMHC) and Dusty Rose Ranch joined us to discuss the EMCMHC’s equine-assisted learning and horse-powered programs, which take a fresh approach to youth learning and mental health