The Tony Hawk School of Horseback Riding
Posted on September 20, 2009 - Filed Under animals, bitless bridle, children, horse, horseback riding, pasture, skateboarding
So I’ve been trying to work with Beautiful horse more since I’ve been pretty negligent over the past year. Yes, it’s been over 1 year since we brought these horses home and I’m not even riding! My feeling is, as picturesque as they are running around the pasture, if they don’t do more than eat a lot (which they do), then they might be better off elsewhere. Sigh. I’m becoming a hard ass when it comes to animals.
In any case, I’ve been trying to hook up with someone locally who could come out and help me a bit, but to no avail. So I’ve been trying to spend 1-2 hours per week actually saddling up, leading around, etc. Today, I led Jett around on Beautiful!
He was pretty freaked out at first: afraid he was going to fall off, that she was going to move to fast. None of which happened as we were just standing there, tied up to a post, wearing his skateboarding helmet for protection. I even through in a few skateboard metaphors: a horse is like a giant, breathing skateboard with no wheels…yah, not really. After a few minutes, he allowed me to lead him around. Then there was no stopping him. I couldn’t get him off. And when I finally did, he asked if we could do it again tomorrow. Which is good! Maybe he will get me motivated ‘cuz lord knows there’s nothing like a persistent, 7 yo know-it-all to get you off your butt if only to make it stop!
I also “rode” Beautiful. Notice the quote marks. I’m trying to get her to use this bitless bridle, but she’s fighting it and I don’t know why. We really didn’t get very far as a result. At one point, I actually thought she was going to roll me so that kind of ended our session. I was also wearing Jett’s skateboard helmet. Tony Hawk has been such an influence on my life lately. I wonder if he knows anything about horses?
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