Experienced Horse Leaders Wanted!

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ORGANIZATION: HORSES HELP

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Horses Help is looking for experienced horse leaders to begin training to volunteer in our classes. As a horse leader, your responsibilities will be to warm-up and tack assigned horses and then lead them for our therapeutic riding or hippotherapy classes. Additional trainings are provided to become a therapeutic horse leader. Other critical candidate requirements are:

• Walk at a brisk pace for 30 minutes
• Comfortable leading horses with or without a rider on board
• Comfortable working with and communicating effectively with team members
• Comfortable attending and passing an emergency dismount class
• Must be able to safely manage 50 lbs of weight to the ground
• Take and pass a series of horse leading skill sets for proficiency including emergency situations and leading with multiple riders up in an arena setting.
• Pass our basic horse handling skill set

Please visit our website www.horseshelp.org to fill out our Volunteer Application. You may fax it to us, scan and email it, or even deliver it to our facility located at 2601 E. Rose Garden Lane. While on the website you can also register for one of our monthly volunteer orientations. Lets talk about joining the team!