Miniature horses delight nursing home residents

 
Carol Lawrence | Published: September 3, 2009   

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There was the Alzheimer’s patient who uttered her first words in years: "She’s beautiful.”

And there was the elderly man who never said a word but managed a wide grin.

They are just two of many reasons Ginny Mills does what some might find unthinkable: She takes her miniature horse, Peanut, to visit lonely, tucked-away residents of the Pikes Peak region. View full article on Oklahoman.com

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