--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your Child's First Mount > by Karin Apfel > > Your child's first experience of horse ownership is > a crucial one. A good > experience can set a child up for a lifelong love of > horses and riding, and > a poor one can erode confidence and even cause > injuries.
I am already scheming about how I will get my nephew, not born until around Feb. 20th to want to ride horses:) My brother and I were both started in horseback riding lessons together, we were going to share the pony, then one day my brother rode our pony in the weekly lesson, I guess my brother was about 7 years old. The pony was on the the kids, he was a favorite before we bought him, anyway, Sequoia decided when he was finished with the riding lesson, he went over to the old wooden gait, opened it, and left (with my brother). I don't think my brother has ridden more than twice since then, it really scared him, even though Sequoia just walked back to the barn. My brother is not a huge horse fan. Kim
