One of the ladies at the barn said she went last summer--she walked > with her horse down the road, went through someone's property and then > walked a trail but didn't really know where she was going. > > The boarders at our barn all do arena work--no one goes on trails--so > I guess the trails will have to wait until the summer when I move them > again. > >> Ride up and down >> hills, cross streams and enjoy the great outdoors. I promise that you will >> have a bran-new Orri in no time at all. > > Do you think groundwork (Parelli) will bore him before I can get to > trail riding?
Maybe - probably. Do you have a playground with "scary" things such as hanging bottles, plastic curtains, teeter-totters, platforms, big balls, poles, etc? If you don't, I would ask permission to walk through the private property. I had one horse (Sina's mother) who absolutely refused to go in circles. (I had a girl from Germany trying to lunge her.) And I must say that I secretly congratulated her - more power to her; she is too smart to consent to do something stupid. Anneliese
