Upcoming Events at Happy Dog Ranch
Healing with Horses: Unlocking Your Inner Strength
Are you a woman in or seeking recovery?
This might look like grief, trauma, chronic illness, just to name a few, and may lead to less than desirable coping skills like over-drinking, gambling, disordered eating, etc.
If this sounds familiar, this workshop offered by Women Empowered Recovery is for you.
Learn more and register at www.womenempoweredrecovery.com
Live by Living Volunteer Facilitator Training
Live by Living Volunteer Training | Deepening our Connection with Nature as Medicine
For information on Live by Living, click here. Contact Katie for information about volunteering.
Join Lina Yarbro, practitioner with Rewild Therapy and Wellness for an experiential workshop focusing on connecting with nature more deeply.
1. Explore the healing benefits of our nature-based interconnectedness
2. Experience a remembrance of these connections
3. Learn to facilitate these experiences for Live by Living hikes/walk participants
Space is limited. This free volunteer training will be held at the indoor arena. If weather permits we will move some activities outdoors. Please dress comfortably and bring appropriate layers for outdoor activities.
*Lina Yarbro is a practitioner at Rewild Therapy & Wellness who volunteers for Live by Living as a guide for equine and nature-based connections. She partners with horses and the natural world to help people restore wellbeing, increase confidence, and feel more at ease in their bodies. Lina specializes in nature connection, equine-supported relational work, navigating transitions, and building resilience.
Healing Touch for Animals - Advanced Proficiency
Healing Touch for Animals® (HTA) Advanced Proficiency Course
The Advanced Proficiency Courseis an entire 3-day course that builds upon prior HTA knowledge and introduces energy medicine protocols that work in cooperation with veterinarians and their diagnoses. Advanced Hara work and techniques supporting severe trauma and structural stability is demonstrated and experienced. Practitioners can use Advanced HTA techniques to enrich their healing applications for their clients and themselves.
Early-bird price deadline expires on February 11, 2025.
Find more information and registration details here.
Equus Coaching: Women's World on Wheels
Equus Coach Nancy McKay is hosting the first Women's World on Wheels event at Happy Dog Ranch Horse Sanctuary.
The nonprofit organization is for all women wheelchair users who want to expand their horizons and find support.
Gather Yoga: Creating a self-care practice with yoga, meditation & essential oils
Creating a Self-Care Practice with Yoga, Meditation and Essential Oils is part of a series of monthly yoga and healing events presented by Gather Yoga & Wellness.
To register, visit www.gatheryogaevergreen.com.
Healing Touch for Animals Course - Level 1
Healing Touch for Animals® (HTA) Level 1 Course
This course is for anyone interested in improving the lives of their animals through energy therapy. During the two-and-a-half-day course, you will be introduced to concepts of healing energy, and you will then apply that knowledge as you work with dogs and horses. You will also learn how these techniques can be used on all animals.
Find more information and registration details here.
Empowered Grace: A Day of Renewal and Resilience
Step into strength, find your balance, and reconnect with your purpose.
Connect with like-hearted women and the herd at the serene Happy Dog Ranch for Empowered Grace, a transformative 1-day workshop designed to help women embrace resilience and rediscover their inner power.
Learn more and register at www.womenempoweredrecovery.com
Nature Walk: Walking with Grief
Nature walk at Happy Dog Ranch. More details coming soon!
For information, email jenniferyarbro@protonmail.com.
Gather Yoga: Ceremonial Cacao and Sound Healing
Ceremonial Cacao and Sound Healing is part of a monthly series of yoga and healing events presented by Gather Yoga & Wellness.
To register, visit www.gatheryogaevergreen.com.
The Uncivilized Men's Initiation: 5-day retreat
A transformative process for men using the wilderness, somatic group work, decades of therapeutic wisdom, exploration of your deep nature, breathwork, and the wisdom of horses. (Part of the retreat is spent at Happy Dog Ranch Horse Sanctuary).
Click here for more information and registration.
Mark Rashid Aibado/Riding Workshop
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses!
Nature Walk: Walking with Grief
Nature walk at Happy Dog Ranch. More details coming soon!
For information, email jenniferyarbro@protonmail.com.
Gather Yoga & Wellness event
Happy Dog Ranch is proud to host a series of monthly yoga and healing events presented by Gather Yoga & Wellness. More details coming soon!
To register, visit www.gatheryogaevergreen.com.
Center for Horses & Healing: Call of Your Soul Workshop
The Call of Your Soul Workshop
Is your soul and spirit calling you to accept, transform and integrate your experiences to embrace the sacredness of your life? Join Sharon Bringleson and the Happy Dog Ranch herd of horses for this three-day retreat.
Fri., April 18 from 1:30-7:30 pm
Sat., April 19 from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Sun., April 20 from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Click here for flyer and details; For registration, call 970-631-2379 or visit www.centerforhorsesandhealing.com
Nature Walk: Walking with Grief
Nature walk at Happy Dog Ranch. More details coming soon!
For information, email jenniferyarbro@protonmail.com.
Masterson Method® Weekend Course
The Masterson Method® Beyond Horse Massage Course taught by Kim Hollstein
In this hands-on weekend course, you will lear how to recognize what the horse is telling you through visual and palpable responses that enable you to get deeper releases of tension than the horse would otherwise be able to release on its own. This is a truly interactive process that results in a change in relationship and improvement in movement and performance.
Click here for more info and registration
Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies
This certification course is for practicing clinicians or professional coaches interested in learning Gestalt therapy and equine-assisted psychotherapy in the context of natural surroundings.
Click here for registration and additional information.
The Way of Spirit Workshop
Transformative 5-day workshop led by Ellen Coomber and Paula Jones. More details coming soon!
Grief Workshop
One-day grief workshop. More details coming soon!
For information, email jenniferyarbro@protonmail.com.
Center for Horses & Healing: One-Day Workshop
Center for Horses & Healing Workshop
Join Sharon Bringleson of Center for Horses & Healing and the HDR herd for a one-day workshop. Details coming soon!
For more info, visit www.centerforhorsesandhealing.com
Mark Rashid 5-Day Horsemanship Clinic
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses!
Equine Sports Massage - Level 2
Rocky Mountain School of Animal Acupressure and Massage (RMSAAM) offers Equine Sports Massage - Level 2. Classes run from 9-5.
Learn more and register here.
Mark Rashid 10-Day Intensive Workshop
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses! Mark’s 10-day clinics are relaxed, fun and deep. Clinic size is limited to 12 riders to allow for lots of personal attention. You’ll have plenty of support from Mark, Crissi McDonald, Mark’s assistant instructors and our own Happy Dog Ranch trainer, Gray Kyle-Graves (Mark’s only senior student instructor).
You must be an Intermediate or Above level rider and able to walk, trot and canter comfortably. The clinics include Aibado techniques in the morning, and riding in the morning and the afternoon.
Clinics are held Monday-Friday with a break on the weekend. Each day runs from 9 am to about 4 pm including a lunch break from 12-1 pm, and the day finishes with a quick wrap-up discussion. (Participants only, no auditing).
Fee: $3800 (includes breakfast and lunch, and use of a horse or stabling for your horse. There are no meals offered over the weekend when the clinic is not in session.)
Deposit: $1000 non-refundable deposit to hold your spot, with balance due 120 days before event.*
See descriptions of Mark Rashid clinics.
Please email info@happydogranch.org for a registration form and payment instructions. Once registered, you’ll receive an email confirmation and welcome packet.
Mark Rashid & Jim Masterson
This three-day clinic offers the chance to ride with Mark and Jim co-teaching, as they help both horse and rider.
Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies
This certification course is for practicing clinicians or professional coaches interested in learning Gestalt therapy and equine-assisted psychotherapy in the context of natural surroundings.
Click here for registration and additional information.
Mark Rashid 10-Day Intensive Workshop
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses! Mark’s 10-day clinics are relaxed, fun and deep. Clinic size is limited to 12 riders to allow for lots of personal attention. You’ll have plenty of support from Mark, Crissi McDonald, Mark’s assistant instructors and our own Happy Dog Ranch trainer, Gray Kyle-Graves (Mark’s only senior student instructor).
You must be an Intermediate or Above level rider and able to walk, trot and canter comfortably. The clinics include Aibado techniques in the morning, and riding in the morning and the afternoon.
Clinics are held Monday-Friday with a break on the weekend. Each day runs from 9 am to about 4 pm including a lunch break from 12-1 pm, and the day finishes with a quick wrap-up discussion. (Participants only, no auditing).
Fee: $3800 (includes breakfast and lunch, and use of a horse or stabling for your horse. There are no meals offered over the weekend when the clinic is not in session.)
Deposit: $1000 non-refundable deposit to hold your spot, with balance due 120 days before event.*
Flyer and details on all Mark Rashid clinics.
Please email info@happydogranch.org for a registration form and payment instructions. Once registered, you’ll receive an email confirmation and welcome packet.
Mark Rashid 10-Day Intensive Workshop
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses! Mark’s 10-day clinics are relaxed, fun and deep. Clinic size is limited to 12 riders to allow for lots of personal attention. You’ll have plenty of support from Mark, Crissi McDonald, Mark’s assistant instructors and our own Happy Dog Ranch trainer, Gray Kyle-Graves (Mark’s only senior student instructor).
You must be an Intermediate or Above level rider and able to walk, trot and canter comfortably. The clinics include Aibado techniques in the morning, and riding in the morning and the afternoon.
Clinics are held Monday-Friday with a break on the weekend. Each day runs from 9 am to about 4 pm including a lunch break from 12-1 pm, and the day finishes with a quick wrap-up discussion. (Participants only, no auditing).
Fee: $3800 (includes breakfast and lunch, and use of a horse or stabling for your horse. There are no meals offered over the weekend when the clinic is not in session.)
Deposit: $1000 non-refundable deposit to hold your spot, with balance due 120 days before event.*
Flyer and details on all Mark Rashid clinics.
Please email info@happydogranch.org for a registration form and payment instructions. Once registered, you’ll receive an email confirmation and welcome packet.
Mark Rashid 5-Day Horsemanship Clinic
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses!
Mark Rashid 5-Day Horsemanship Clinic
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses!
Unbound: an Uncivilized women’s 4-day retreat
A 4-day retreat for women to embark on a journey of deep self-discovery and growth, guided by the wisdom of the wilderness, the gentle presence of horses, somatic group work, breathwork, and years of therapeutic insight. (Part of the retreat is spent at Happy Dog Ranch Horse Sanctuary).
Click here for more information and registration.
Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies
This certification course is for practicing clinicians or professional coaches interested in learning Gestalt therapy and equine-assisted psychotherapy in the context of natural surroundings.
Click here for registration and additional information.
Mark Rashid Aibado/Riding Workshop
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses!
Gather Yoga: Restorative Yoga and Healing Sound Bath
Enjoy a Restorative Yoga and Healing Sound Bath session at Happy Dog Ranch. It is part of a series of monthly yoga and healing events presented by Gather Yoga & Wellness.
For more information, see flyer. To register, visit www.gatheryogaevergreen.com.
The Aspen Effect: Mentor Training
The Aspen Effect is connects young people with adult mentors, animal and the land.
This nonprofit organization is looking for adult mentors to spend some one-one-one time with youth at Happy Dog Ranch for a few hours a month during the school year (either Saturdays, or early morning or after school on a weekday).
You may be mucking horse paddocks, caring for goats or mini horses, or doing ranch projects. Most importantly, you will build a critical relationship with a young person who needs you. No horse experience required! Check out these Mentor FAQs.
Learn more at www.theaspeneffect.org.
To register for mentorship training, sign up here.
Equine First Aid Certification - Level 1
Want to improve your skills at taking your horse’s vital sign, preventing injuries, assessing an equine emergency, and stabilizing your horse during an injury or illness? This one-day certification course is for you! (Class is held indoors).
For more information, see flyer.
To register, please send your name and phone number to openairequine@gmail.com.
Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies
This certification course is for practicing clinicians or professional coaches interested in learning Gestalt therapy and equine-assisted psychotherapy in the context of natural surroundings.
Click here for registration and additional information.
Mark Rashid Aibado/Riding Workshop
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses!
Mark Rashid Aibado/Riding Workshop
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses!
Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies
This certification course is for practicing clinicians or professional coaches interested in learning Gestalt therapy and equine-assisted psychotherapy in the context of natural surroundings.
Click here for registration and additional information.
Masterson Method® Weekend Course
The Masterson Method® Beyond Horse Massage Course taught by Kim Hollstein
In this hands-on weekend course, you will lear how to recognize what the horse is telling you through visual and palpable responses that enable you to get deeper releases of tension than the horse would otherwise be able to release on its own. This is a truly interactive process that results in a change in relationship and improvement in movement and performance.
Click here for more info and registration
Canine Massage - Level 2
Rocky Mountain School of Animal Acupressure and Massage (RMSAAM) offers Canine Massage - Level 2. Classes run from 9-5.
Learn more and register here.
Healing Touch for Animals - Level 1 Course
Healing Touch for Animals® (HTA) Level 1 Course
This course is for anyone interested in improving the lives of their animals through energy therapy. During the two-and-a-half-day course, you will be introduced to concepts of healing energy, and you will then apply that knowledge as you work with dogs and horses. You will also learn how these techniques can be used on all animals.
Find more information and registration details here.
Mark Rashid 10-Day Intensive Clinic
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses! Mark’s 10-day clinics are relaxed, fun and deep. Clinic size is limited to 12 riders to allow for lots of personal attention. You’ll have plenty of support from Mark, Crissi McDonald, Mark’s assistant instructors and our own Happy Dog Ranch trainer, Gray Kyle-Graves (Mark’s only senior student instructor).
You must be an Intermediate or Above level rider and able to walk, trot and canter comfortably. The clinics include Aibado techniques in the morning, and riding in the morning and the afternoon.
Clinics are held Monday-Friday with a break on the weekend. Each day runs from 9 am to about 4 pm including a lunch break from 12-1 pm, and the day finishes with a quick wrap-up discussion. (Participants only, no auditing).
Fee: $3800 (includes breakfast and lunch, and use of a horse or stabling for your horse. There are no meals offered over the weekend when the clinic is not in session.)
Deposit: $1000 non-refundable deposit to hold your spot, with balance due 120 days before event.*
Click here for registration.
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Jillian Kreinbring clinic - Rhythm: The First Riding Necessity
This four-day course focuses on helping both horse and rider develop and feel rhythm. Riders & non-riders participate in classroom lectures and watch 7 riders learning from Jillian under saddle.
Click here for information, course format and registration.
Deaf & Autism Family Day
HDR is proud to host the annual Deaf & Autism Family Day on Sept. 7 from 10 am - 1 pm. (Advance registration required).
Sponsored by the Colorado chapter of Hands & Voices, this special day at the ranch is for children who have a dual diagnosis of deaf/hard-of-hearing and an autism spectrum disorder. Families who navigate hearing differences and neurodivergence have unique needs and are often under-resourced.
This annual event always offers a lot of fun with the animals and provides much-needed networking and education for parents.
Click here for flyer with more details.
Visit www.co-hv.org to register.
Sharon Bringleson
Dancing with Horses, Dancing with Life workshop - Experience the joy of dancing with your chosen horse dance partner in a weekend of authentic community while exploring and applying the principles of conscious co-creation.
Fri., Aug. 30 from 1 - 8 pm
Sat., Aug. 31 from 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sun., Sept. 1 from 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Click here for flyer and details; Click here for registration or text 970-631-2379.
Healing Touch for Animals Course - Level 1
Healing Touch for Animals® (HTA) Level 1 Course
This course is for anyone interested in improving the lives of their animals through energy therapy. During the two-and-a-half-day course, you will be introduced to concepts of healing energy, and you will then apply that knowledge as you work with dogs and horses. You will also learn how these techniques can be used on all animals.
Find more information and registration details here.
Mark Rashid 10-Day Intensive Workshop
Join us for riding, learning and lots of time with horses! Mark’s 10-day clinics are relaxed, fun and deep. Clinic size is limited to 12 riders to allow for lots of personal attention. You’ll have plenty of support from Mark, Crissi McDonald, Mark’s assistant instructors and our own Happy Dog Ranch trainer, Gray Kyle-Graves (Mark’s only senior student instructor).
You must be an Intermediate or Above level rider and able to walk, trot and canter comfortably. The clinics include Aibado techniques in the morning, and riding in the morning and the afternoon.
Clinics are held Monday-Friday with a break on the weekend. Each day runs from 9 am to about 4 pm including a lunch break from 12-1 pm, and the day finishes with a quick wrap-up discussion. (Participants only, no auditing).
Fee: $3800 (includes breakfast and lunch, and use of a horse or stabling for your horse. There are no meals offered over the weekend when the clinic is not in session.)
Deposit: $1000 non-refundable deposit to hold your spot, with balance due 120 days before event.*
Click here for registration.
Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies
This certification course is for practicing clinicians or professional coaches interested in learning Gestalt therapy and equine-assisted psychotherapy in the context of natural surroundings.
Click here for registration and additional information.
Horses & Art - a workshop for women to ignite your creativity
Take a break and immerse yourself in the tranquil beauty of Happy Dog Ranch as we blend the therapeutic presence of horses with the expressive power of art. Led by experienced coaches, this unique workshop is where creativity, horses and laughter go hand in hand.
Date: Sat., Aug. 3 from 9 am - 4 pm.
Small group of 6 people max. No experience necessary.
Fee: $395
Click here for flyer and registration info.
Jamboree at Jarre Creek - Benefit Concert & Open House
Happy Dog Ranch is feeling neighborly! Enjoy great music, fantastic food and tours of the ranch! Entertainment provided by the popular John Denver Tribute band - Brad Fitch, Mark Rashid and the Tropicowboys.