Guide Horse Candidates

Shari Bernstiel & Tonto

Shari Bernstiel & Tonto are scheduled to be united in the fall of 2003.  Shari is a homemaker in Pennsylvania where she cares for her husband Jim and their four boys, including a set of identical triplets.

A lifelong horse lover, Shari was relentless in her pursuit of a horse guide.  Shari has passed her preliminary orientation and mobility skills assessment test and has traveled to the Guide Horse Foundation for preliminary work with Tonto, an talented two year-old blue-eyed Tobiano gelding , weighing in at less than 70 pounds.

Shari will travel to the Guide Horse Foundation in the fall of 2003 for an intensive three-week orientation where she will learn to use Tonto safely, mastering all areas of guide work including urban travel, traffic crossings and intelligent disobedience.

Janet Burleson Training Tonto in Henderson, North Carolina

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