Ridecamp: [RC] Pony & 5 yr. old

> wanting to 
> start taking Maggie and her pony out for rides.   I suppose I could
always pony him out with me 
> on some 
> of these rides to start him out.

Is an endurance gait what you *want* the pony to learn?  For my small
kids I liked a pony who would barely chitzy trot around and then break
into a little canter.  We had games set up in the yard: a hoop hanging
from a tree to spear with a stick, cones, jumps, etc.  They used to ride
their old pony up under our swingset monkey bars, stop, stand up on the
pony, do a backwards flip back onto the pony (*very* old dormant pony) 
That was fun for them. I was the "groundsman".  Always handy to reset the
jump and unemcombered by a horse of my own.

My daughters did *think* they wanted to go on real rides with me back
then. The trick was not letting them know what a *real* training ride
was.  I took them on one about 2 miles long and let them think that was
what I did.  They had a good time, then I dropped them off and let it
rip.

Angie

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