About
DayStar Ranch began as a dream of Kathy Rutan-Sprague inspired by the joy growing up with horses gave her life. Working since 1971 as a nurse and later a flight instructor, she developed a passion for both healing and teaching. In 1991, horses came back into her life. Noticing that there is a difference between knowing what should be done but acting from habit was a part of her professional training as both a nurse and a CFI. Parents-to-be then, need time to practice new behaviors to make a new habit. Horses are better for this than newborns. With the support of family and friends, DayStar Ranch was started in 1997 and incorporated in California as a non-profit organization in 2001.
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We began by offering empathetic horsemanship lessons to youth and women. DayStar Ranch joined Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association in 2003, and sponsored a training with their founders the following year. We continue to associate ourselves with EAGALA, and even more so with Greg Kersten’s OK Corral Series as we have had more interest in Equine Assisted Learning than in psychotherapy.
