My first ride on Britta

August 09 / 2007 05:11 PM Filed in: Britta
I just got Britta back from "baby boot camp," where she learned about everything up to the point of actually being ridden. The trainer did a bunch of ground work and round pen work, ponied her on trails, exposed her to lost of things, and saddled and bridled her. She also sat on her a few times, both in the saddle and bareback, to teach her things like stepping the front end over, stepping the hindquarters over, walking and stopping, and bending. So when I went to pick her up, I hopped on bareback to see what she's like. I was only up there for about eight minutes, working on some basic stuff, but she was so good! She feels like a drunken pony, but she seems to think being ridden is just another form of the attention she so loves. I'll probably have her lightly started next summer, when she's three, and then start doing more with her when she turns four. But she's going to be a fun one, and probably bigger than her mom, Belle.
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