Twenty-four tiny therapy horses work inside hospitals, assisted living programs, hospice programs, programs for Alzheimer patients and with adults and children with disabilities.
They also work with foster children and at risk and abused children.Thousands of adults and children are visited by Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses each year.
Congratulations are in order to Gentle Carousel’s mini horse “Magic”, who is currently featured in national celebrity magazine In Touch Weekly.
Another mini-therapy horse, Peanut, has been featured in UK’s The Daily Mail and The Telegraph and also managed to be in the news in China and Iraq.
Peanut’s real job as a therapy horse was highlighted when she helped cheer children with life threatening illnesses as Ronald McDonald’s look-a-like sidekick. Peanut is now undertaking a role with Disney to help terminally-ill patients.
Jorge and Debbie Garcia-Bengochea work non-stop with their Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses non-profit organization. Located in Gainesville, Florida, their 30-plus miniature horses visit thousands of children and adults in schools, hospitals and hospice in Alachua, Marion and surrounding counties.