0:00:08 > 0:00:09Summer!
0:00:10 > 0:00:12'What is normal?
0:00:13 > 0:00:16'Not necessarily normal...' Come on!
0:00:16 > 0:00:17..but we're all a bit special.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19We're normal from the outside.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Come into the house and there's a horse on the sofa,
0:00:21 > 0:00:23it's a bit different.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35# I know I'd go from rags to riches
0:00:37 > 0:00:40# If you would only say you care... #
0:00:40 > 0:00:44The bet was I couldn't find a horse that was small enough
0:00:44 > 0:00:46that I could keep, because we'd no stable.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47We only have a small back garden -
0:00:47 > 0:00:50horses are renowned for needing space.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53So I went onto Google and Gumtree, and within two days I found Summer.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Little Falabella for sale.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58I had this built as a shed.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59It's like a wee workshop for me,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02TV and radio and all that.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06He clearly has given up his space which was the man cave.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07It's now Summer's stable.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12# Your love is all that ever mattered... #
0:01:12 > 0:01:15It has to be the best sort of quality of care
0:01:15 > 0:01:17you can give any animal.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19This is the wee camera there.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21This can be taken anywhere around the house.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25She needs heat lamps in here when we're getting her ready,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28so when you're taking her and grooming her, cleaning her,
0:01:28 > 0:01:30she doesn't get too cold.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31She's spoilt stupid.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36She's a wee pet.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39The first day home, she actually went into her new stable
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and she put her head over the door
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and Brad just dropped to his knees in front of her.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46When I came home, she was, like, at the garden
0:01:46 > 0:01:49and I was stroking her and all for a while.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51It was really good.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Bradley has Asperger's syndrome and ADHD
0:01:54 > 0:01:57and a thing called CIPD.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00She'll lick him, she'll nuzzle him, she'll kiss him.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03That is therapy for Brad. I think from then on in,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06I knew there was something very, very special.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11When I'm feeling, like, all bored, she just, like, calms you down.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13I loved it.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18We decided to branch out with Summer when we realised this was special.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20She had something to give.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27When I first saw Summer in the school, I was sitting in this chair,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29my door was open and I remember glancing up
0:02:29 > 0:02:31because I heard a bit of noise
0:02:31 > 0:02:35and I happened to see a little horse coming in,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38bright-pink coat on, fancy shoes, walking past my office
0:02:38 > 0:02:42and I thought, "Why is there a horse in my school?"
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Hello!
0:02:45 > 0:02:46It's worth doing it for the smiles.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51They squeal, they shout, they stamp their feet, they clap their hands.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Hi, guys!
0:02:52 > 0:02:54CHILDREN SHOUT
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Hi, everyone!
0:02:56 > 0:02:57The difference in our children
0:02:57 > 0:03:00because of Summer's visits is massive.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02She's very much a part of the Killard House family
0:03:02 > 0:03:04and a part of the education team.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Multisensory approaches work for our children
0:03:06 > 0:03:08and she's part of that provision.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13LAUGHTER
0:03:13 > 0:03:16For some of the children who are maybe more non-verbal,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19they don't have to talk. They don't have to try and communicate.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23They can just be at one with her and zone everybody else out.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26So we would then suggest that parents contact us.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30We would either go to their house or they can come to us.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34# If I were a carpenter
0:03:34 > 0:03:37# And you were a lady
0:03:37 > 0:03:39# Would you marry me anyway? #
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Hello, Jamie!
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Jamie has Bohring-Opitz syndrome.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48It's a rare genetic disorder and, to date,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51there are about 90-odd in the world.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56He has epilepsy, scoliosis, he doesn't walk or talk,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59he's tube-fed - a little bit of everything as we say.
0:03:59 > 0:04:05But any encounters with Summer have always been amazing.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06You know, he's content.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Others may not be able to tell, but we can tell and it's cool.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12It's good. It's great.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Lying on Summer's back is so comfortable for Jamie
0:04:19 > 0:04:22because he just moulds into the contours of her back
0:04:22 > 0:04:27and the heat that generates from her body is so therapeutic for him
0:04:27 > 0:04:31and so relieving of the pain that he must be in.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34It's just something that I suppose we'll never understand,
0:04:34 > 0:04:35but Jamie does.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41'For us, it's the smiles. It's definitely the smiles.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42'When we meet parents,'
0:04:42 > 0:04:45it's really nice to know that she has made a difference
0:04:45 > 0:04:50to their lives in that way that we can be classed as friends to them.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03It is harder. You never get immune to meeting parents
0:05:03 > 0:05:06of such children that are so special.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I've broken once.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13(Sorry.)
0:05:13 > 0:05:14'This is Jack's room.'
0:05:14 > 0:05:18We've left it pretty much as it was,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21only all the medical equipment's out.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23We hadn't a clue there was anything wrong with him
0:05:23 > 0:05:27when he was born. It wasn't until he was three months
0:05:27 > 0:05:30and he started vomiting and he wouldn't stop.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33So the neurologist came down, he said, "This isn't normal,"
0:05:33 > 0:05:37had a look at him and they found out he had epilepsy.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42This is it here.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Jack had just come into the hospice for end of life care.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Summer came in about one or two days after that.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Jack was so brain-damaged
0:05:53 > 0:05:57and...really...at the point
0:05:57 > 0:06:00where he was almost comatose.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03In this picture you can see his eyes
0:06:03 > 0:06:06are wide open, he's very alert.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11He's holding Sam's hand and also his hand's on Summer.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Summer just kept her head very still and it's almost as if
0:06:15 > 0:06:19she knew she had to be gentle
0:06:19 > 0:06:23and just sit there and have that moment.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24And that...
0:06:24 > 0:06:29It's a strange moment to explain but one that means so much to us.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34To say goodbye to him was the hardest thing I've ever done.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36It really was the hardest.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Because you think, you're not going to see him again,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40you're not going to hold his hand.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Sam is part of the horse, almost, you know.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47We talk about Summer, but Samantha trained Summer
0:06:47 > 0:06:50and made Summer what she is today
0:06:50 > 0:06:55and you can see that Jack's just really relaxed there and happy.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59That's the way we remember him, he's a happy baby. Yeah.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02So it's a great memory to have.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Newcastle is, it's heaven on earth.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22When we go up to the caravan, Summer has her own stable.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24It's bliss.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35I don't think I can put into words what she's done for us.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38She's given us so much in such a short period of time.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43She's worth a million of anything. Absolutely love her to bits.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Because I don't think you can get a horse as friendly
0:07:46 > 0:07:49or has as much character as Summer.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51And you meet so many people from it, you know,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55from friends to children that you've maybe had to say goodbye to.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57You still stay friends with their parents
0:07:57 > 0:07:59which is something you don't...
0:07:59 > 0:08:02you don't ever expect in that circumstance to have happen.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05The future's cheeky and bright.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07SHE LAUGHS
0:08:07 > 0:08:10# Can't you see?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12# Whoa, can't you see
0:08:12 > 0:08:19# What that woman, Lord she been doin' to me?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20# Can't you see?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24# Can't you see
0:08:24 > 0:08:28# What that woman, she been doin' to me?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34# I'm gonna buy a ticket now... #