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In 2008, Victoria Nodiff-Netanel founded Mini Therapy Horses with her miniature horse, Pearl

The company, made up of nine horses, offers site visits to hospitals, schools, fire departments and wherever else extra care is needed

Now, Nodiff-Netanel tells PEOPLE how the viral idea came to be

Victoria Nodiff-Netanel has always been a proud "horse woman."

The former dressage rider knew she wanted to combine her love for horses with helping the community, which led her to become the president and executive director of Mini Therapy Horses . In 2008, Nodiff-Netanel founded the company with her first miniature horse, Pearl.

Nodiff-Netanel talks exclusively with PEOPLE about her charity and her horses, saying, “my whole life changed with this one little horse.”

“I started trai

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