Pixie & Pickles Adventures offers a unique service using Shetland Ponies.
We visit your home or establishment with selected ponies for therapy visits. Our ponies even have special pants to wear so that we can avoid mishaps! Our ponies are kind, gentle and loveable and adore their role as therapy ponies.
So what are therapy ponies and how can they help?
Studies have shown that human interaction with animals provides many benefits in all age groups. The presence of animals not only improves a person’s emotional health but also physical.
Horses are known to be sensitive and intuitive and they mirror human emotions.
Horses allow people to relax as they accept everyone without judgement.
Benefits of Pony therapy include:
- Lowers anxiety and stress
- Stimulates endorphins helping depression
- Reduces blood pressure
- Stimulates memory
Our ponies can visit:
- Care homes
- Womens refuge’s
- Mens refuge’s
- Hospitals
- Hospices
- Schools
- Private homes
We can also come along to your event! Get in touch for more information.
It's Saturday which means it's a weekend of rest for our adorable therapy ponies. ![]()
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It's also overcast and damp, but they don't mind as they tuck into their breakfast consisting of some hay and an obligatory s#therapyponiesarethebestrapyponiesarethebest
Charlie accompanied Barney to help him gain confidence when doing indoor visits. Barney loved the whole experience and especially being the centre of attention!! In this clip you'll see how he follows behind his handler when he is uncertain and then walks beside him when his confidence grows (which is how we eventually want him to walk with his handler). ![]()
He didn't go into clients bedrooms on this visit but watched from their doorways to see how Charlie did it. ![]()
Time, practice and patience will see Barney grow into a wonderful thera#therapyponiesarethebestarethebest
Barney's journey to becoming a fully trained therapy pony continues. He is now confident to wear and walk about in his special 'underpants' and 'work gear'. He has learnt to stand patiently to be washed and dried with the hair dryer. He enjoys travelling in the lorry and has travelled miles over the past few weeks. He is growing into a calm, level headed pony who engages 100% in whatever we ask of him.![]()
Next step is working indoors......
When the weather is horrid and the world news is even more horrid, we are so blessed to be able to spend each day in the company of our adorable therapy ponies. Their world is always a happy place where they share with each other, love each other and any disagreements are sorted out quickly and then they carry on with life.![]()
If only our world was as easy as theirs!!![]()
Here they are enjoying a polo mint and hay today.![]()
#therapyponiesarethebest