Fwd: RC: Fw: Still more on 3-year-old rider

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In a message dated 10/13/00 10:03:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ckellerfarm@stellarnet.com writes:

<< If not by the AERA by the regional associations.
 >There is no and I mean no reason for a toddler to be out there other then
 >the parents ego.
 >I asked a >>

I agree.  Let's keep all toddlers and small kids indoors.  Hey why not 
watching TV.  That will keep them safe and it will have nothing to do with 
the parents ego.

Now lets get real:

Think about the people who parents put them on horses to ride when they were 
young because the kids wanted to ride the "horsie", the ranch kids that 
"helped" mom and dad etc.  I have grandkids that ride our horses.  Yes with a 
helmet on at all times, me too.  No they haven't done any endurance rides as 
they are to young by AERC but we do take them when we go camping and ride in 
the hills.  The horses they are on are "bomb proof" and they know when a 
child is on them.  Yes, people, there really are "bomb proof horses" out 
there and we own 3 of them(arabs).  We stop and rest usually when "grandma" 
is tired.  The g.kids are still fresh.  When they get old enough we will do 
endurance, oops excuse me, LD rides to start with (still don't know what the 
difference is)  but in the mean time we will just have to do our own " LD 
rides" when we camp.
Yes, there are some people with big egos but I don't think the Lewis family 
is one.  They have been doing this for years and are great people.  And it's 
good to know that there are some families who take their children outside 
away from the TV, etc to enjoy nature and the wonderful world of horses.

Enough said on this subject.  Lets get on with the real question, is it 
Friday yet?
k

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Amanda,
Asked me to forward my repaly to her post so here goes.
I will not post about this agian.

>If you haven't been ask to forward your post about this to AERA please
do!!!
>I agree with you all the way. All this we are great horse people we know he
>can do it stuff is ego based it saddens me.
>I hope that this is really looked at.
>If not by the AERA by the regional associations.
>There is no and I mean no reason for a toddler to be out there other then
>the parents ego.
>I asked a insurance agent who was at my saddle club meeting last night if
>his company would insure a endurance ride with toddlers riding . His asked
>me "who in the h*** put their baby on a horse on a trail like that?  Are
>they nuts?" I said "no just full of them selves IMHO. " He said" well they
>keep that up they will not be getting any insurance and  we all know that
>means no rides."
>Tami( who doesn't know it all)
>
>


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