had some fun last night...

[nich]

I didn't feel very well so decided not to ride, but wanted to go and play with Dolce. So I suggested to OH we took his boy and my girl for a walk in hand - and it turned into 'in hand cross-country'!

we are lucky enough to have a cross country course, so we tackled:

sunken road - jump down, encourage horse to follow, clamber out and they jump after you. iolo was in and out at 1st attempt, at a crawl pace. Dolce took a while to encourage in, but once she's done it once, she was keen to do again!

drop down out of the woods (about 2.5 foot) - no option but to follow us down, inviting drop. both did it striaght away, looking very pleased with themselves

jump over a ditch with a log on top - entrance to a wood, no way round it. both did a lovely hop over.

water jump - walked in down the slope then jumped up a small wall out.

the only thing D didn't do was a broad ditch that she could too easily walk around.

I think we all had a great time, and it was more fun than walking over the tracks, because stopping them eating was a trial!!

I'm hoping this will do her confidence and mine some good. And no, I don't ever plan to do them on her back!!

[Casper]

Sounds like great fun anyway Nich - whether in hand or ridden! Glad you had a lovely time x

[Louise C]

Aw - great stuff!

[kya]

Sounds fabulous!

[angblue]

Yep sometimes it's great to have fun whilst taking riding out of the equation & great for trust building!
Sounds like you had great fun & you must be fit, I'd be on the floor after that LOL ;D