Companion Animals in Retirement Homes

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Ever walk into a retirement home devoid of animals and say something like “you guys need a quiet kind dog in here” — only to hear the response “Oh, no, we couldn’t do that!”?  I understand there are allergies and fears that some people have, but I ask why I have yet to find one home with the option to bring in these life-affirming creatures?  Some people’s most devastating experience in entering a home is the loss of a beloved companion who is not allowed to join them.   Instead the default is “no animals, period.”  Is this a knee-jerk reaction or don’t people even consider how emotionally and mentally stimulating it is to have well-behaved animals around?  Are there laws getting in the way that need to be fixed?

Horse-centered retirement community?

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Looking to find or create horse-oriented communities, whether of property owners or renters.  Especially thinking of retirement communities.  I mean, how many retirement communities are built around golf or bingo or whatever.  Not me!  I love my horses, in the next few years will need to downsize, and have no intention of living without them.  Actually where I live now [north of Seattle] is absolutely perfect for the riding trail access, but I can’t honestly say this is a “like-minded horse community.”  Everybody lives their own lives, some with horses and some not.  I hear there are some in Arizona, though I think that weather is too hot for me on a year-round basis.  This concept has got to get nothing but bigger as the Boom gets bigger.  Even like a 55+ mobile home park centered around horses.  Great idea for developers, but they’d need to know there is a demand.  What do you think?