Bonjour!

Welcome back to another blog post – this time it’s about the amazing experience I had last week, for Take Our Kids to Work Day. Since neither of my parents have jobs that I can come along with, I went with my friend Alva and her mom to a horse farm in Langley, which is part of Urban Horse Project, the non-profit organization that her mom works for. The goal of the organization is to support people of all ages to interact with horses and the surrounding nature, while also learning and building their confidence, leadership and teamwork. As well, horses are very emotional and therapeutic animals, especially the calm and gentle and sweet horses chosen specifically for this program.

Throughout the day we got to spend a lot of time with the 6 horses at the farm (and we also met a super friendly and adorable puppy and two goats and saw some birds and the chickens) as well as doing lots of chores. One of the first things I learned was how to prepare a brush kit. I learned the names and the types of brushes and what they’re for/how to use them, and Alva and I brushed one of the horses. I also learned the four blind spots of a horse (behind them, on top of them, under them, and their forehead). After that, we scooped their manure out of their enclosure. We also fed them their lunch/dinner and refilled their hay nets. To end the day (other then a quick stop at IKEA for a snack :P), we walked to see the rest of the horse pasture, where we interviewed and had a lovely conversation with Nancy, the co-founder and Executive Director of Urban Horse Project, which you can watch in the video below. This video also includes my reflections on my experience at Urban Horse Project.

I am very grateful to have been able to come along for this opportunity and I had the best time with the sweet horsies! Thank you again to Alva and her mom and Nancy and Urban Horse Project! That’s all for this post!

Kaia out