Keeping Kids Safe Around Horses
…and make barn rules clear to your kids. Set up rewards and consequences for following or breaking rules in the barn. Offer your kids riding lessons from a respected instructor….
…and make barn rules clear to your kids. Set up rewards and consequences for following or breaking rules in the barn. Offer your kids riding lessons from a respected instructor….
…is brought to non-horse involved kids, too. “It’s like a YouTube community, only just for high school kids,” explains Michael Dixon, NHSRA’s executive director/CEO. “It’s a way for us to…
…ideas to jazz up your training routine with kids and even adults. Prix Caprilli Lendon Gray is a good resource person for the instruction of young riders (Dressage4Kids.com). She sent…
…work for Speak Up for Kids. It was a team effort from not only your team, but from ours.” Kristin Solomon detailed the Speak Up for Kids program, explaining, “The…
…kids love their horses. But, let’s be honest, horsie kids will love anything that has four legs and a tail and belongs to them. It doesn’t have to move a…
The American Youth Horse Council emphasizes working with kids through horses.There are so many opportunities that can create a positive experience for kids with horses. The real trick is to…
…doctor. “This is just what you do before you call the veterinarian.” That degree of composure under pressure is common among Pony Club kids. Margaret’s mother, Ruth Harvie, says the…
I’ve long been a fan of programs where kids not only learn to ride and compete but also to take care of their own horses and by extension learn responsibility…
Lendon Gray has been standing (riding’) a soapbox over several decades as an advocate of ponies in dressage, not just ponies for kids but also for smaller adults.? While progress…
…started his first horse when he was eight. The next year, as the kids were halter-breaking nine yearling colts, an extended rainy period set in. Jim says he hardly weighed…