Now that's something else!  Imagine being pulled in your wheelchair by a 
pony.


I took a ten year break from having horses. The last of the older ones had 
died at age 33 and I was working and then we started adopting and I was 
really busy.  But I so missed owning and handling horses that I couldn't 
even watch movies with horses.  I was doing some serious grieving.  I read 
an article in Country Living magazine about an organization called Driving 
for the Disabled and contacted the founder.  It was so taken with the idea 
that I bought a 14.1 h grade pony, broke to drive with harness and cart. 
Then I bought a nicer cart.  Then I bought two Welsh ponies.  Then I moved 
one pony to Creekside because I was running out of stalls at home.  Then I 
saw them all out riding so I started riding my driving pony.  Then I bought 
an enduranc horse, etc etc etc.

I never did put the kids in the cart.  The more I read, the more I decided 
it wasn't a safe activity.  They have ridden, however, and we have just 
built a wheelchair ramp for mounting.  If it ever dries out enough here, 
we'll try it out.

Nancy 

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