Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy

03/01/2026

The team at Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy would like to wish you all a safe and prosperous 2026. My year started with a severe dose of "man" flu 😷 🤧.

Yesterday we welcomed the newest member of our volunteers Delilah, to support and help my wife and I wash, groom all of our therapy horses and donkeys and get them ready for our visitors on Monday the 5th of January 2026.

2026 will be the fourth year Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy continues supporting mental health in the Wide Bay region through equine based support/therapy. We will continue helping participants build social well being, confidence and community awareness with our wonderful, caring horses and donkeys.

Stable Mind's diary is already starting to book out so please contact us through our website or page if you require any further information.

24/12/2025

Well 2025 is nearly over, and I have no idea where that year went 😔.

The team at Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy firstly would like to
acknowledge our very important sponsors who support our not for profit charity.

Hervey Bay RSL
Hervey Bay RSL Sub Branch
Breeze 102.5 FM
Rebel 90.5 FM
Wolfpack Print
Burrum Tavern
CLC Fencing & Hardscapes
AA waste disposal
Howard Landscape and Produce Supplies
Burrum River Clydesdales
Burrum Heads Blue Water Boat Club.
And my old friend John Thomas.

The team would also like to wish our volunteers, participants, and followers a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Year. Looking forward to 2026, which just so happens to be the year of the Horse 🐎

18/12/2025

The 2nd visit to Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy this morning was our regular visitors Emi and Mia. It's always a pleasure to host these guys.

And of course Piper had to be the first to greet Emi and Mia.

Mousey was asked to work again, and she loved it.
Emi and I did some ground work disciplines with Mousey, including flexing to yeald , then backing up off the lead rope and turning left and right off her rear legs.

After that Emi took Mousey for a walk using her skills as a leader. Mousey was fantastic and Emi did a brilliant job, the smiles speak volumes 😁❤️.

Then we had to visit Emi's favorite therapy horses Big Ringer.

Well done Emi, your confidence grows with every visit to Stable Mind.
❤️✅

18/12/2025

This morning Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy had 2 back to back visitors.

Firstly we welcomed first time participants Daisy and her mum Kym for a meet and greet with our therapy horses and donkeys.

Of course we had to say hello to my service dog Piper first.

Then Daisy and I worked with Mousey doing some basic lead training. Daisy did a great job and Mousey was so relaxed and was happy to have Daisy as the leader.

Then we did a paddock visit with the boys Ringer, Mac and King. The boys were very gentle with Daisy and enjoyed a bit of pampering.
King really bonded with Daisy.

After that we met our therapy donkeys, who also enjoyed being pampering.

It was a absolute pleasure to host Kym and Daisy this morning, and I look forward to their next visit.

11/12/2025

We at Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy are very fortunate to have ongoing visitors returning to work with our therapy horses and donkeys.

Today we welcomed back Krissy and her support worker Tarn.

Also supporting me today was Delilah who volunteers for Riding for the Disabled ( RDA ) Hervey Bay, and now helping at Stable Mind.

Krissy worked with our therapy clydesdale Ringer.

We started with the important pampering with the big fella with Delilah also helping.

Then we worked on flexing, back ups and moving his rear in left and right turns.

After that we did some important lead training.

Krissy did a fantastic job and with Ringer and by the end of the session Krissy was the leader, of course Ringer was an absolute gentleman.

Thank you to Delilah for your support today, and well done Krissy.😁

10/12/2025

Yesterday Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy welcomed back Amy and Holly with a special guest Amy's son.

Amy's confidence has grown exponentially since visiting Stable Mind, so yesterday we stepped up to another level of horsemanship.

Firstly we learnt how to catch and halter a horse in an open paddock by "facing him up" and putting on his halter .

Then Amy gave big Ringer some pampering.

Then I set out an obstacle course and Amy led the big man through the course.

Amy did great work as the leader and Ringer was his calm giving self.

After that we visited our therapy donkeys.

Well done Amy you're doing fantastic.

07/12/2025

My service dog princess Piper with her new bestie R***r 😁❤️.

05/12/2025

This morning Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy visited Forrest View aged care facility at Childers with our therapy donkeys Diego, Quavo and Rif Raf .

After the residents had their morning tea they came out to meet our donkeys in the grassy, shaded area near the main entrance.

The residents and support staff loved pampering our donkeys, and the boys were so patient with everyone. There was plenty of smiling.

A huge thank you to Lawana for helping to organize this visit and to the staff for making the visit very special for the residents.❤️

Also thank you to the newest member of the Stable Mind team ,Delilah for supporting me today(on short notice)you did a brilliant job, and importantly Delilah's mother for driving her to the falicity. Well done Delilah 👍

Aged care facilities are important to the team at Stable Mind because most of the residents, having grown up in a rural area have an affiliation with horses and donkeys and they get so much joy reminiscing on their younger years ❤️❤️❤️

04/12/2025

This morning it was a pleasure to welcome back Emi and Mia to Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy .

First to greet Emi and Mia was my service dog princess Piper❤️.

Today we worked with Emi's favorite big fella Ringer, and also Ringer's favorite human Emi 😁.

Firstly we haltered Ringer in the boys paddock and Emi led him to the house paddock with Mac and King following.

We gave Ringer a brush and of course Mousey wanted to help.

After that we flexed the big boy left and right then we did some lead working on Ringer's on and off side. Emi did a great job again and Ringer was fantastic and very giving to Emi, as usual.

Then we visited our therapy donkeys who loves it when Emi and Mia visit.

Well done ✅ Emi 👍

03/12/2025

I wanted to share this video of Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy horse King.

King raced under the name of Mount Horeb and as you can see he was a great race horse.

When he retired he went to Carratum Park , where Dezi retrained him and then rehomed him to Stable Mind.

We renamed him King and now he is such a beautiful gentle horse who absolutely loves his new job as a therapy horse and gives so much pleasure to our visitors.❤️

Mount Horeb gets his Maiden win out of the way in Albury 28/10/2017

02/12/2025

This afternoon Kara from Clean Creatures Mobile Hydrobath and Grooming came to wash my wife's dog Finn.

Then I asked Kara if she was able to help me cut out some knots under the belly of my donkey Quavo.

Kara did a fantastic job , thank you for your support today 👍

02/12/2025

Stable Mind Equine Assisted Therapy welcomed Hannah and her mum Cath this morning.

Today we worked with the horse that definitely bonded with Hannah on her first visit, Mousey.

The first exercise we did was to catch Mousey and importantly learn how to face up the horse to halter her.

After that Hannah gave Mousey a brush and some pampering. Then we did some lead training, working both left and right sides of the horse. Hannah did a brilliant job and Mousey enjoys being with Hannah . Once again the smiles speak volumes.

After that Cath and Hannah visited our therapy donkeys and Cath and Diego became immediate friends.❤️😁