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Maisey
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posted 01-28-2004 12:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
but I am home alone and soooooo excited! So I have to tell someone. A friend just gave me a horse cart! GAVE it to me!!!! She said it needed new tires and a new seat but I can do that no problem. I have dreamed about driving my mare for so long, I have books...I ground drive her all the time just for fun. Now picture this...Me driving my mare down a country road with Witt pulling Dooley in his wagon behind me...I'm so damn happy I could bust!

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Jamiya
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posted 01-28-2004 12:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jamiya     Edit/Delete Message
LOL! We will definitely want pictures. Congrats!

As long as we are off topic - if my daughter and I start taking riding lessons, do we want western or english?


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Maisey
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posted 01-28-2004 01:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
I personally think thats a preference. I grew up riding western. I had never been in an English saddle until I was 30. Some people think a person learns balance faster when starting out English...as a kid I mostly rode bareback and you definately learn balance fast that way. You could probably take both, my trainer teaches many diciplines. Research the styles and see which appeals to you the most. I think a western saddle gives a beginner a little more sense of stability, with that in mind I started my oldest daughter off western, but my youngest daughter off English. Mackenzie (my baby) has a very natural seat, she has a whole lot of guts and adjusts quickly so it was a good start for her. They were both in 4-H so got a good taste for different riding diciplines and what I didn't know about English, their 4-H leader did. I would actually pay more attention to picking out a good trainer, no matter the style you ride, having a good experience to start on and get the basics is worth everything. A bad experience is not the way to start. In the beggining it's about learning to be safe, handling a horse, how to be around a horse safely and balance. Learning how to give cues and communicate with your horse.

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honeybear
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posted 01-28-2004 01:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for honeybear     Edit/Delete Message
Maisey and I picture you as you guys are strolling down the road having Witt and dooley wearing hats, and they say "Mom why are you embarrrasing me! Or Dooley, why do I have to site back here, why cant i pull, LOL I got the idea from the web site you posted with the dogs and the carts
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susan_cude@hotmail.com
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posted 01-29-2004 12:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for susan_cude@hotmail.com     Edit/Delete Message
Maisey, I'm very happy for you! that sounds like such fun!!! and "Yes" we want pics!!! I just adore horses...What a great way to bring up your kids...Susan

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