EDITOR S NOTE: An earlier version of this story included a photo of taken at Walk On Therapeutic Riding from River Falls, which is not associated with River Valley Riders.
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In 1988, Ken and his wife, Katy, moved to their home and acreage in River Falls (and current program location). The Giskes started to populate their 20 acres with horses, dogs and cats. Ken, who has a degree in adaptive physical education and athletic training, was employed at Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute as the director of aquatics and Katy as a therapeutic recreational specialist in chemical dependency and mental health counselor at the time.Â
With two preschool-aged daughters, she decided to open a home day care. This allowed the couple to turn their âWhat if we tried to create an adaptive riding program?â dream into reality and Walk On Therapeutic Riding Program was established in 2001.Â