Rose
I
grew up in a small town and always envied the farm kids, with their 4 H
groups and other equine activities. As a girl, I would ride friend's
horses, or horses at camp - so I thought that I knew how to ride!
It
wasn't until after I had
lived in the city for many years, that I realized that you didn't
really need to live on a farm to own a horse! So, in my late 30's, I
bought my first horse!
He
is a Canadian Horse and has taught me SO much about training, and
riding - which of course, contrary to my childhood ideas of grandeur and
self confidence - I didn't know much after all.
I am still learning
and will continue to learn more every day when I am around horses.
Several
years ago, I went to a Cowboy Trail Clinic - a series of weekly lessons
for 6 weeks, and I was immediately hooked on the sport. Since then, I
have built and collected junk to use as obstacles and am continually
looking for more challenging things to point my horse at...
And
that comes to my interest in equine agility! I love the idea of the
horse wanting to "play" and use his own sense of curiosity and courage
to try something new and have a little bit of a challenge mentally and
physically. I have seen my horse's courage "blossom" with all of the
things I've done so far and this will be another exciting thing to ad to
his repertoire.
I also clicker train my horse and because he is so
curious (and food motivated!) - I think he will really excel at agility!
Let the games begin!
"Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value" Albert Einstein