Viv and Desi Playing

As we work on developing the Wilderwood curriculum, we are looking for (and finding!) videos of the horses to incorporate. Here is one from about a year ago showing Viv and Desi playing on a summer day. Saeed is not particularly impressed with the antics of these young ones!

Vivaldi (The Baby) and Desi (Desperado) playing on a summer day.

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SHELTER

SHELTER It is in the shelter of each other that the people liveIrish proverb Dear friends of ours gifted us recently with a lovely book called Shelter by poet Margaret Hasse and artist Sharon DeMark. Our friends kindly dedicated the book with the following inscription: To Rebecca and Mark, who know and give shelter so […]

VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTIONS

VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTIONS As we move closer to our Volunteer Training Day and our amazing volunteers can have a better idea of the things that may be asked of them, we are providing links to job descriptions for the five volunteer areas. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far! We are looking forward […]

WILDERWOOD ON KRQE CHANNEL 13

WILDERWOOD ON KRQE CHANNEL 13 Several of our followers told us they saw us on KRQE Channel 13, but since that time have been unable to view the story. So, we are posting a link to the lovely work KRQE News reporter Anna Padilla did in helping bring attention to Wilderwood’s program and the work […]

VOLUNTEER TRAINING

VOLUNTEER TRAINING Excited to be finally opening the program after COVID delays. Our semester will start in March 2021. To prepare our volunteers for the tasks ahead, Volunteer Training will take place in February 2021. A HUGE thank you to U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union for the grant to help support our Volunteer Training Day! […]

FILMING!

filming! Filming is underway on the Wilderwood documentary. We are very excited to be working with such an accomplished director and are enjoying watching this project start to come together. Below are some photos from yesterday’s filming session. More to come soon!

HAPPY AND PLAYFUL

HAPPY AND PLAYFUL The Wilderwood horses, especially Desmond and Vivaldi, are more than happy to show off their playful side. These images were caught this week of Desi, Vivi, Odie, and Rae. Enjoy!

PLAYING VIVALDI STYLE

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BEYOND BLESSED

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Hautism in Strides!

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The School of Lightness

The School of Lightness We are very fortunate here at Wilderwood as we bring along Vivaldi and Desperado (Viv and Des) to be receiving assistance from instructor James Riedeman, one of only a handful of licensed instructors in the USA in the principles of the Ecole de Légèreté (trans. the “School of Lightness”). Here is […]

Viv and Desi Playing

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