Our residents were surprised and delighted to welcome Digby the horse and owner Jess to the Hopetoun Campus on Monday, as part of Jess’s equine therapy work with Inner Rhythm.
It was the second time Digby has visited the residents, and he was joined by students from the Hopetoun P-12 College as part of the final weeks of a 6-week program.
Jess often attends the campus with her three children to visit her pa, and her father shared the story of how Jess and her mother, Pauline, brought Waler horses from the Northern Territory, and how Jess spent time in Germany studying equine therapy.
The smiles on the residents’ faces said it all as they stroked Digby’s nose and patted him, and his visit was made even more remarkable when he made a special visit to a resident inside.