Re: RC: Re: Liberty Run with the kid: Part DONE

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/31/99 6:27:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
FIREDANCEFARMS@prodigy.net writes:

<< BTW, I think it is VERY important that juniors, from the beginning, take
 care of their own horses, including the vet check, at all rides.  You do
 them no favor by doing it for them.  They need  learn all aspects of the
 ride. >>

I agree. Louise.  They should do everything that they are physically able.  
(Have seen a few tiny ones on tall horses that DO need an assist with 
saddling...)   And as much as I inwardly feel like a scrooge pulling a junior 
sometimes, most of them take it much more philosophically than many of the 
adults do.  If their horses are not up to going on, they hurt just as much as 
a senior's horse does, and even if a pull is at the finish, you don't do a 
kid any favors by giving him something that he didn't earn.  Self esteem 
comes from actually ACCOMPLISHING what one set out to do, not in being given 
false credit for what one did NOT accomplish.  And part of completion in this 
sport is having a horse at the end that is capable of going on.

Heidi


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