Courage Reigns

Saturday was Luke's first week at Courage Reigns, a theraputic riding center in Highland Utah (about a half hour from our house). What an amazing place, we had such a wonderful experience there. It is a non-profit organization that offers therapeutic riding, hippotherapy and other equine therapy opportunities. Most of the employees are volunteers and worked so well with Luke.
So how does Luke like it? He was pretty nervous to begin with and did not like wearing the Helmet. But after a while his smiles were uncontainable.

Luke rides a beautiful horse named Hela.

"Hela belongs to Lisa Lindberg, a member of our Board of Trustees. She was our first Icelandic and it’s easy to see why her name means “Frost” in her native language. Her size, gaits and disposition are so suited to the needs of a therapeutic riding center. She is often a student’s first horse; her sweet, sweet spirit, her wonderful soft coat and not being so huge goes far to reassure many of our little newcomers. She even has special saddles to allow her to be comfortable as she does her special gaits. She can move pretty fast without having to bounce her rider up and down."

We worked on basic commands. "Stop" and "Go". I love all the pictures of Luke saying "Go".We also played a game. Ride to the bin. Pick up a toy. Put the toy in the saddle. Ride to the basketball hoop. Put the toy in.Awesome Day