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Now on New Hampshire Outlook: How the birth of a colt could mean big bucks for the University of New Hampshire's equine program. Also ahead: |
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The benefits of Therapeutic Riding-- we'll tell you how the program works. And later: |
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Why dozens of rescued horses call a Chichester farm home. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. NH's agricultural industry pumps 750-million dollars into the state. The fields and pastures of our farmland -- provide greenbelts around our towns and cities and the silos, and barns that give our state its special character. As for horses, standardbreds & throroughbreeds raised and trained here in NH are vital to the racing industry. Today, we're coming to you from the UNH horse barns in Durham -- where the school has just received a unique gift from the horse community -- a foal. Born in August of 2004 -- He's the son of dressage champion Pik L. The mare & stallion were loaned to the University for breeding. The owners generously donated the offspring to the school. Producer Phil Vaughn met up with the horse barns manager. |
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When it's sold the foal is expected to bring in up to 10-thousand dollars. The proceeds will benefit the school's equestrian program. |
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Here at the University, there's also a Therapeutic Riding program -- which has been providing treatment to children and adults with disabilities since 19-89. Therapeutic Riding orginated in Europe in the 19-50's. Today there are more than 500 centers in the U-S. The program takes advantage of the special bond that seems to form between the horse and these riders as we hear from Producer Chip Neal. \ |
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Intro Therapeutic Riding 01:01:23 The UNH Therapeutic Riding program has been providing therapeutic treatment to children with physical, emotional and mental disabilities since 1989. They take advantage of the special bond that seems to form between a horse and one of these children. See a child riding VO Parent 02:15:38 Parent - we started w/ Catherine when she was 3, Brian when he was 3 as well. Katie was an exceptional child, she didn't have any words, she had 3 words when we came here and w/in 3 months of being here she had sentences that she could only form after being out here. She could only speak originally when she was riding on a horse See child riding more 01:02:11 Cindy - we have a variety of students in the program and their experience is tailored to whatever their challenges are. They range from autism and ADHD, cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, spinobifida. They can be confined to a wheelchair or self-ambulatory. The benefits depend on the student, but they range from emotional confidence of being in charge of an animal, being able to move the animal around, ot physical benefits such as balance, strength. The movement of the horse triggers a sensor response in the legs of the rider. We can help stretch hip muscles. So a wide variety of benefits. See group working with a child 2:16:53 - Parent - When we first came to therapeutic riding, my children were labeled as autistic children and we weren't sure if they'd ever come out w/in society and as we went through the program, we found that they were just sensory integration dysfunctional. A lot of that was due to the socialization w/ the animals and the people and the way it was done. It was very much a miracle for Katie. We had her tested in he april timeframe and when she went to school in September people could not believe the difference. It was 2 different people there; it was great. 01:04:54 HOW DOES A CHILD IN A WHEELCHAIR BENEFIT FROM WORKING W/ A HORSE? 01:05:00 Cindy - the benefits can be pretty widespread. We can help them to build up muscles strength, we work on an exercise called posting where they go up and down. They can help build leg strength. Also, the emotional impact of being confined to a wheelchair, now you're tall, you're up on a big animal and able to move I around. So it's a pretty amazing program. Watch a child working 01:06:32 Cindy - the parents like best about our program is in some part they don't have a role. That's a huge relief to them, they can entrust their child to us for 45 minutes. They can stay there and watch and just relax … They're a partner w/ us in the program, but they're also able to step aside and take a break. 02:16:31 WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED AS PARENTS? 02:16:33 Parent - that animals and the connection between children, even though it looks a lot like play, it's very helpful for them. Therapeutic riding has been a godsend for my children. 02:19:28 Other parent - I think the main thing for my son is building confidence. For someone having insecurity about their body, being so high up and navigating a horse has given him awareness in a fun way w/ a live being…. it's meant a lot to my son. What I was looking for was to have him have an experience of conquering a fear. He was afraid to come and he's got a lot of challenges in life. To see him go from that to working up, it's really meant a lot to him. 02:00:14 … So when we have a new horse that becomes a part of the UNH family that we think might be a good subject for our program here, we generally start by bringing him into the area and just getting a sense of what, if anything the horse might be afraid of. And do in this case we've determined that he might be a little afraid of the color yellow but you can see that he doesn't move his feet and that's sort of what we're looking for. 02:00:38 Woman: That if he's in a new environment and something scary comes at him, is he gonna bolt sideways? Or is he just gonna lift his head up and look around? And that's sort of a good sign that he's not moving his feet right here. So this is his very first day in here and we'll bring him in here every day for a series of weeks until he's pretty much unflappable, we're convinced that he's not going to be scared of anything. 02:01:04 LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A TACTILE PART OF THE TRAINING HERE TOO 02:01:06 Woman: Yup, because sometimes as the kids are playing games, you know they might... a toy might inadvertently, or perhaps on purpose be thrown against the horse. So we wanna make sure that they don't mind that and so they have to be okay with things flying all around at them. You can see for his first day here he's looking a round, he doesn't seem too extremely upset about anything... 02:01:32 WHAT'S HIS NAME? 02:01:33 Woman:... a pretty good first response. His name is bartender's bowtie 01:07:24 Cindy - we have some riders here, one who wouldn't speak who said her first word on the horse. So there are huge benefits that parents attribute that they might otherwise not have seen. They're mostly very enthusiastic. There's always a smile on their face. You can have a rider who's having a bad day and they get on the horse and that's all gone. See kid working with group Chip Sign off Tag The UNH Therapeutic Riding Program runs three times a year. Their next program starts up in October. |
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The UNH Therapeutic Riding program runs three times a year. The cost runs from 190-dollars to 210-dollars per session. There is a scholarship program available and a web site at www.trp.unh.edu |
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What happens when horses are abandoned? Animal shelters often provide a home for cats and dogs -when owners can no longer take care of them. But where do horses go? "Live and Let Live Farm" in Chichester specializes in taking in homeless horses, rehabilitating them, and putting them up for adoption -- Julie Donnelly brings us that story. |
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track 1: LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM IS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR FOUNDER TERESA PARADISE. 45:54 I went to the racetrack to work. I quit school…make a difference for horses.46:13 48:02 after I went to the race track, I did different things….to be able to have these horses 48:27 track 2:THE HORSES -ALL 51 OF THEM - EACH HAVE A STORY. SOME HAD LOVING OWNERS WHO BECAME TOO SICK TO CARE FOR THEM. SOME WERE ABUSED. AND OTHERS WERE JUST LABELED PROBLEM HORSES. 53:22 chunky had a lot of bad habits.takes a lot of work…dealer could not find someone to take chunky. and the family just loves him 55:22 51:01 teddy bear was rescued.he was beat almost to death…go get him, and two blind pot bellied pigs. First he was very afraid…51:48 track 3 BUT THEN TEDDY BEAR AND KIMBER'S SISTER BRIE BECAME FAST FRIENDS **17:00 I just comed here and I really liked this one track 4: NOW THE PAIR HAS WON BLUE RIBBONS TOGETHER, THROUGH THE FARM'S CO-OWNERSHIP PROGRAM 49:48 if you want to buy your child a horse…then they can end up with their own horse, - that have adopted three horses, it's changed their whole life, their building a barn in their whole life 50:32 52:54 we also are training Teddy bear in clicker training so he can represent the farm at schoolsstart getting involved with 52:56 **9:08 the way we introduce a horse to clicker training…keep doing this…they catch on…horse figures out he gets a treat…using food with horses…get out of their range…approach a horse…it does work…more polite11:15 track 5: PATTY SANBORN IS ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER TRAINERS AT THE FARM **4:41 it was a method adapted to marine mammals…so animals understood…7 years ago some horse people started using it…positive training…changes the trainer.right already…5:52 track 6:PATTY AND THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS ARE HARD AT WORK MAKING THE HORSES WELL. BUT AT LEAST ONE VOLUNTEER BELIEVES THE HORSES ARE HELPING HER GET WELL **29:39 I was laid up for awhile with juvenile arthritis…we're hoping to move to a new house for them to all come in **31:38 HOW DID YOU CHOOSE WHICH HORSES YOU WANTED TO ADOPT?…in a sense 32:08 HORSES CHOSE SARAH WEINGARTEN BACK WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL SCOUT. SHE'S A STUDENT AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY WHO IS LIVING AT THE FARM FOR THE SUMMER. **35:18 I came up to visit in March…Cheerios.trading his and my board for everyday work, training the horses35:34 IT'S EASY TO SEE THE RAPPORT BETWEEN SARAH AND THE ANIMALS. ONE THING YOU DON'T NOTICE RIGHT AWAY IS THAT SARAH IS LEGALLY BLIND. **36:35 with the horses I've just worked with them long enough…I can see enough for everything I do I just can't drive a car or read regular size print…horses are so big…I just have a good memory…I know where I put things…usually thee when I come back for it 37:07 SARAH SAYS SHE WORKS HARD BUT SHE DOESN'T MIND. **40:05 a lot of places you go to ride, you get everything handed to you, but here horses need other things…how to feed, how to take care of feet…adopt a horse from here…wwalk trot and cantor and go over jumps 41:03 having the extra responsibilityactually have a horse 41:15 THAT IS THE GOAL HERE, TO GET THE HORSES READY TO BE ADOPTED. IT'S EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING TO QUOTE BRING A HORSE BACK. BUT TERESA PARADISE WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY. 57:52 as a child I only dreamed to work at a non profit….by a long shot, I guess 58:02 FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK, I'M JULIE DONNELLY |
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"Live and Let Live Farm" is a non-profit organization -- supported by donations, sponsorships and grants. It costs -- on average about dollars a year to take care of just one horse. |
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That is it for this edition of our program from the UNH horse barns in Durham. I'm Beth Carroll. THANKS for watching. We'll see you next time. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 12/14/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 17:00 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook:How the birth of a colt could mean big bucks for the University of New Hampshire's equine program.Also ahead: The benefits of Therapeutic Riding we'll tell you how the program works. And later: Why dozens of rescued horses call a Chichester farm home. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. NH's agricultural industry pumps 750-million dollars into the state. The fields and pastures of our farmland provide greenbelts around our towns and cities and the silos, and barns that give our state its special character. As for horses, standardbreds & throroughbreeds raised and trained here in NH are vital to the racing industry. Today, we're coming to you from the UNH horse barns in Durham where the school has just received a unique gift from the horse community a foal. Born in August of 2004. He's the son of dressage champion Pik L. The mare and stallion were loaned to the University for breeding. The owners generously donated the offspring to the school.Producer Phil Vaughn met up with the horse barns manager. What happens when horses are abandoned? Animal shelters often provide a home for cats and dogs -when owners can no longer take care of them. But where do abandoned horses go? "Live and Let Live Farm" in Chichester specializes in taking in homeless horses, rehabilitating them, and putting them up for adoption Julie Donnelly brings us that story. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: Sue Bruns\UNH Horse Barns Manager, Teresa Paradise\Founder, Live and Let Live Farm, Brie Acorn\Bow, Patty Sanborn\Volunteer, Nikki Hudson\Volunteer, Sara Weingarten\Volunteer |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 12/14/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 08:37 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook:How the birth of a colt could mean big bucks for the University of New Hampshire's equine program.Also ahead: The benefits of Therapeutic Riding we'll tell you how the program works. And later: Why dozens of rescued horses call a Chichester farm home. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Here at the University, there's also a Therapeutic Riding program which has been providing treatment to children and adults with disabilities since 1989. Therapeutic Riding orginated in Europe in the 19-50's.Today there are more than 500 centers in the U.S.The program takes advantage of the special bond that seems to form between the horse and these riders as we hear from Producer Chip Neal. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: Joyce Racicot\Catherine & Brian's Mother, Cynthia Burke\Program Manager, Karen Turner\Nikhil's Mother, Brian Racicot\Rider |
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