> I love working with the babies and young ones. I feel sorry for the people > who buy show horses who are fully trained to show. How do they ever know > what the horses naturally have to offer?
Well it's easier for one thing. I'll tell you...it's not easy being a fat old 50 year old out there walking through the snow beside an exuberant youngster. But the truth of the matter is...it's just so darn much fun. Dagur is having a blast and we always leave him wanting more so he's excited about the next training session. I feel so badly when I hear of youngsters being hard to catch or hard to deal with because they had a rough, thoughtless, fast...(keep filling in the blanks)...start. Things can be made so much easier for them. I think the next time we'll put the sidepull on Dagur and let him think through that. I really need to get a pic or video of Cara hopping on him bareback in all her winter rigging. Makes me yearn for my younger days. I don't know how she does it. Anyway, if the video ever loads, you'll see he has a nice relaxed frame and is really reaching quite nicely underneath himself.... BTW Judy...call your horses what ever you want. I can't believe someone has made an issue of that. My Amma used to say, "idle hands are the devil's workshop". Sounds like someone needs to go outside and play with their horses. Wanda
