From Albuquerque Journal: "Miniature-equine therapy center in Cerrillos delights visiting kids" (Dec 10, 2022).

Article by Ollie Reed Jr. / Journal Staff Writer

Photo by: Eddie More / Albuquerque Journal

CERRILLOS – Serafina, a 6-year-old miniature donkey, is known for her gentle demeanor and intuitive response to those in need. But on a recent afternoon she was having what may best be described as a donkey day. She did not want to move and she wasn’t. Serafina is one of four miniature equines at My Little Horse Listener, an equine-therapy center that specializes in helping children overcome challenges ranging from reading difficulties to the trauma of domestic abuse. On this particular day, Serafina and her cohorts – miniature horses Thor, 8, and Hot Dog, 9, and miniature mule Melly, 4 – were being prepped for a visit with a group of first and second graders from the New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe. Serafina, however, was standing just inside a barn that opens onto the facility’s corral and had apparently decided that’s the only place she needed to be – maybe forever. But then the bus from the school drove up to the corral and stopped. Serafina’s long ears went into radar mode. She turned, walked to the corral gate and stuck her muzzle through it as eight kids filed off the bus. Kids. Turns out all Serafina needed was a good reason to move.

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