Welcome to Texas Girls Ranch
Founded in 2003, Ranch Good Days (RGD) is a federally recognized 501c 3, nonprofit whose purpose is to provide a cultural therapeutic home for girl (10 - 21) that have suffered from abandonment, neglect or trauma caused by abuse or tragedy. Dr Donna Otabachian heads Ranch Good Days with a remarkable and an unselfish plan to help teen girls in need. Dedicated to the needs of the children, Dr Donna leads in the effort to promote the awareness of the challenges orphaned and needy teen girls face. Her dream and sacrifice is based on the lives the many children she has helped throughout North America.
A message from our founderRanch Good Days was created to be a safe haven for teen girls in the Rocky Mountains, especially serving those youngsters of the Mountain Indians, now the Ute nations of Colorado and Utah. The Ute Indians are matrilineal and a people from the horse culture. But they have very little support for their teen girls to mature happy, healthy, and college eligible. Our school's culture was emboldened by this situation and our program was designed to inform our teen girls about their heritage and encourage them to identify with leaders in which they are alike. We also wanted them to learn about the accomplishments of their people, to recognize their language and also to understand their history. We have since served girls from other tribes and nations, always maintaining the spiritual and cultural base to our program. |
The Equine Connection.
Many of the girls we have helped suffered from violence and sexual abuse, arriving emotionally shut down and untrusting of adults. Since horses require direction by our clients, equine assisted therapy opens up our girls to the horse and then subsequently to themselve. It is the critical first step in their therapeutic process as the seasoned therapy horse ensures we get off to a positive start. The horse exercises prepares our girls to go deeper into the therapeutic work, when bridging a connection with horse, and our clients.
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