Today was all about teaching the ponies manners when being led on a walk. Most of the horses and riders  had some troubles when we first started, especially me. I was working with a pony named Jack. He was a more dominate  LBE with  RBI tendencies. His main problem was he did not know that I had a space bubble too. No matter how much I backed him, he was still coming right back up to me and trying to walk in front of me. Near the end of the first walk, Les helped me to teach Jack to stay back. Les told me that the reason I was having a problem with him was because his energy was higher than mine, so I couldn’t get through to him. Les matched Jack’s energy and when he did this Jack, stayed back and listened to Les. Jack did the whole second loop with Mariah walking mostly on a loose lead and staying back nicely.

While Les was helping Jack, I walked with Virginia and her mini pony, Moosey. Virginia rode him the whole walk and she did a great job of keeping him in line, even when he wanted to go off and eat. Sometimes Moosey would try to go fast to catch up with Raisin, who he shares a stall with. Moosey acts like Raisin’s child. He has a loving relationship with her and can’t stand to be a way from her. Virginia and Moose make a great pair. Virginia may be young but she is a GREAT rider!!

We walked a lot to day and at the end, we played games in the barn aisle. We learned the body parts of the horse and acted out the Seven games! What a great way to end the day. It was a good day. We all had a fun and everyone a had smile on their face every minute of the day!

Pony Pros 7/28/10

~Emma~