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    Re: [RC] "I can't see how bareback would help. I too am short and have short legs and am also overweight. " - Typef


    I used to teach riding lessons when I was younger and one of the first
    things I always did after my students got the general gist of things was to
    put them on a bareback pad on the end of a lounge line and gradually get
    them confident enough to put their arms out and find their seat.
    
    Years later, my 40-something husband who has thousands of motorcycle riding
    miles on him and who was stiffer than a board from banking into motorcycle
    turns, was really frustrating me because I just could not get him to find
    that seat and learn how to be a belly dancer in the middle. Trying to get
    him to pretend his butt belonged to the horses's anatomy and not his was a
    losing situation. I finally said, "Ok, that's it. I don't care how scared
    you are, get up on that horse without the saddle and figure it out!" It only
    took one half-hour session in the arena for him to see what the heck I was
    talking about. That was 5 years ago. He still talks about that and tells
    people how much it helped him, even though he's never done it again. I don't
    think I'd send him out on the trail like that, but it sure did the trick in
    this instance.
    
    :) Jackie
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Diane" <bella388@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    To: <Merryben@xxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:25 AM
    Subject: Re: [RC] "I can't see how bareback would help. I too am short and
    have short legs and am also overweight. "
    
    
    >   Funny Merryben, I have had my Arabian in training
    > for endurance for over a year now. I have never even
    > thought of riding him bareback! I must be dumb too!
    >    I to am short & have short legs, & I sure do hope to
    > someday have a quarter of the miles you do.But it will never be bareback
    > miles.
    >                    Diane & Brazz
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: <Merryben@xxxxxxx>
    > To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 2:16 PM
    > Subject: Re: [RC] "I can't see how bareback would help. I too am short and
    > have short legs and am also overweight. "
    >
    >
    > > In a message dated Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:47:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
    > guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
    > >
    > > > If, after 2-3 hours/week of bareback riding for 6 weeks, you can't
    cross
    > an arena bareback, you have, IMHO, no business
    > > > being on a horse, with or without saddle.
    > > >
    > > >
    > > I only have 8,000 AERC endurance miles now so I will try to remember
    your
    > advice on my next 8,000 miles...I will tell my friends who have over
    20,000
    > miles and can't ride bareback either.  ROFLAO        maryben
    > >
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    Re: [RC] "I can't see how bareback would help. I too am short and have short legs and am also overweight. ", Merryben
    Re: [RC] "I can't see how bareback would help. I too am short and have short legs and am also overweight. ", Diane