Lou and Nile, both breeds with a reputation for intelligence, started off long reining calmly and responsively as if they had done it many times before instead of just the once. Both owners were able to take over from me after just a little warm-up and worked really well with their respective horses. There will be an article about long-reining in the first edition of the IH Magazine in 2013.
This afternoon my job was to work with Yeshe and his owner to get him used to her trike, which is an adaptation of her wheelchair, and then to get him leading happily at her side. He was an angel and soon got the hang of it and it was a joy to watch them pootle off down the byway.
We now need to find someone kind and knowledgeable to make some further adaptations to her trike so that the lead rein can't accidentally get caught between the back brake and the handlebar or wrap itself around D. Come on engineers, let me know if you would be willing to help with this.
"Thanks Sarah, fabulous day, M's confidence improved simply from ear work. Lovely to see C and Nile so relaxed together. Yeshe amazes me, he just gets better & better all the time.....sometimes we have to figure stuff out together but he's soooo willing to try stuff & see what works. My coordination isn't good between very fine stuff and big movements so often drop stuff, fumble with rug n halter but he just waits.Perfect clicker pony! Mum is now very excited about riding again with you there to start with. As ever thank you so much for getting everyone back on the positive path:-)" D
