16/02/2025
Good morning! Wanted to give you guys a LotusHaven update. We have been in contact with a few local nursing homes who are excited for us to bring the donkeys to visit with the residents. We've also been speaking with a few other places to do animal assisted healing. We are hoping to get some dates on the calendar for the spring! We are going to be teaming up with a national organization that will certify our animals at therapy animals. The animal and the handler will go through training then an extensive assessment then will be a certified team. We are going to start with 3 animals first and me and Levi getting certified. Levi has chosen to work with Jed. And I will start with Jubal and Seneca because they can likely pass now. Once they are certified we will add in the others but this will get us going. We need help from the community to make this happen. Here are the current needs to make this happen:
Expense for each animal breakdown-
Class and evaluation- $250
Boots (a requirement for each animal)- $200
Therapy halter and vest requirement- $200
Spring shots, teeth float and foot trim- $300
Which is about $950 per animal to get them ready. Or $2,850 for all three. This is in addition to our normal fees to care/feed them. If you would like to sponsor one or more of these guys please do so at the giving link. You can also sponsor them on a monthly basis. This week I will do some introductions for each of the 3 we are starting with incase you aren't familiar with them.
First up we have Levi, my special needs son who started all this with me and continues to be a part of it everyday, and Jed. Jed has been with us just over 2 years now. He was an owner surrender where he was well loved but they were unable to give him the care he needed. When we picked him up we had to go three different times to get him in the trailer. We had to practically take him to the ground to get a halter on. Now he willing puts on halter and walks willingly. Jed loves everyone and loves the attention. He is a sweet older soul and is sure to bring joy to many!!! Levi will be his designated handler on visits, and the two of them will work through the certification class and evaluation together.
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