Four-year-old Owen was so relaxed on the back of Welsh pony Sherbie that he nodded off. © ABC Riverland: Catherine Heuzenroeder

By ABC/Catherine Heuzenroeder

Four-year-old Owen loves to climb and dance but when he sits on gentle old Welsh pony Sherbie his little body relaxes and he dozes off. 

The preschooler has Down syndrome and has been having sessions with the pony as part of an equine-assisted learning program that has opened in his regional community, in the Riverland of South Australia.

Owen's mum, Jennifer McCullough, was keen for Owen to experience being around horses and knew he responded well to animal-assisted learning sessions.

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