We had an opportunity to attend a Piper riding lesson a number of days ago (actually also on her birthday) as we jumped at the chance of watching. It was a perfect day for it too.
Piper was given experience of each part of the prep work before actually mounting and the reasons for each task. This will ground her in the reality of owning a horse in later years.
In this lesson we watched Piper manage and direct the walk, giving little kicks with her heals, learning to pull back on the reigns and pulling one reign to indicate a new direction. The horse was very obliging but she had to be more forthright than she wanted to be or the horse would wait for a better signal.
Jasper patiently waited for a brief ride at the end of the lesson. He is not horse-mad like Piper but does expect a go before everything is packed away.
And Jethro happily walked about the place or sat with one of us. He is such an easy child to manage. We don't know if he will go horse-mad as he grows. At present he is happy to give those HUGE things on four legs a miss.
We had an opportunity to attend a Piper riding lesson a number of days ago (actually also on her birthday) as we jumped at the chance of watching. It was a perfect day for it too.
Piper was given experience of each part of the prep work before actually mounting and the reasons for each task. This will ground her in the reality of owning a horse in later years.
In this lesson we watched Piper manage and direct the walk, giving little kicks with her heals, learning to pull back on the reigns and pulling one reign to indicate a new direction. The horse was very obliging but she had to be more forthright than she wanted to be or the horse would wait for a better signal.
Jasper patiently waited for a brief ride at the end of the lesson. He is not horse-mad like Piper but does expect a go before everything is packed away.
And Jethro happily walked about the place or sat with one of us. He is such an easy child to manage. We don't know if he will go horse-mad as he grows. At present he is happy to give those HUGE things on four legs a miss. 
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