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.
Pickles and Arthur going from their lorry and back to relax in the fields with the other therapy ponies after visiting Woodfield school in Hemel Hempstead today. These two adorable ponies were meant to be helping the children with their lessons, but not a lot of work got done with two cute ponies distracting the teachers and children!! 😂![]()
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We had 2 completely different visits today. 1st a SEND school in Stevenage to work with the wonderful children, then we were off to the North London Hospice to see some lovely people and their families.![]()
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Charlie and Arthur popped in to Hitchin Town Centre this afternoon to say 'hi' to the lovely Jo and John, owners of Lifestyle Emporium in Churchgate. We were made to feel so welcome both inside and outside the shop, and numerous juicy carrots were consumed by the ponies. ![]()
The passing public stopped to stroke and cuddle the ponies and we answered many questions about the amazing Therapy work all our ponies do. A lot of the public recognised our ponies or had been on the receiving end of their visits in the Lister Hospital in Stevenage over the years, and it was so lovely to hear how our visits had really made the patients stay in hospital more e#therapyponiesarethebestarethebest
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It's another beautiful morning. Our therapy ponies enjoy this time of the day. It's so peaceful, and the birds sing their hearts out as the ponies munch on the spring grass, relaxing and recharging their little batteries.![]()
Enjoy Sunday #therapyponiesarethebestarethebest