In today's fast paced world the voiceless
members of society, children and animals are falling through the cracks
and finding themselves neglected and or abandon in some way or another.
At risk youth are landing themselves in prison after leaving
their group homes, foster care homes or family homes. We as a society
have become so busy we are leaving the children to raise themselves. We
want a quick diagnosis for behavior issues and medication to sedate the
child rather that taking the time to parent and nurture.
Horses
are helpless to mans reckless breeding practices and brought into this
world with no plan for a future, many of these horses are neglected from
the day they hit the planet. Pregnant mares are left with no care
during the pregnancy and the foals are often sent to slaughter in utero
as breeders decide they have more horses than they care to feed and
nurture.
For these children and horses bouncing from home/herd
to home/herd is normal place, these children and horses never learn to
bond with other beings. Consistency is so important in any young
impressionable children or horses.
At Zuma's we pair these
wayward souls in a nurturing healing manner and together they learn to
trust and love one another. Once trust of the horse/ child pair is
accomplished we can move into learning to love and nurture themselves
and others.
Only with trust and love developed can we begin teaching the basic life skills necessary to succeed in today's world.