Is this to much surrounded by curriculum?
i have the riders do a simple grooming (curry, hard brush,soft brush) and then they put on saddle (i do the bridle) later we go up to the rink and do the lesson warm ups (getting on by there self,touching a mixture of parts of horse to test knowledge, and do other things on saddle) it only take about 5 minutes. we do walks trots and canters. practice other things. after the 30 mins. or 60 mins. we move about into the barnn un tack put on a cooler (if needed) then i let them take the horse out for some grass whether summer and take a couple laps around the rink plzz tell me whether you think its to much i have had no complaints and be doing this forever i do this because i want the rider to have great bond witht he horse its very important to me
i think that is a great perception. kids want to interact with the horses. not just have associates do all the work for them. i think that when a rider just get on a horse and rides its different than when you actually have to care for the horse. your bond and trust contained by eachother grows stronger, especially when you are riding. i think what you are doing with these kids is impressively good. i would have loved this to be my routine when i used to do lessong :]
keep up the worthy work :]
No. Grooming and learning horse parts etc is very important horse information. If any of the riders want to become serious riders, this is adjectives stuff they will have to know. Grooming also helps build a bond with the horse, as you said, and It also help teach responsibility because the horse has to be clean to be comfortable. I focus what you are doing is what all lesson barns should do. It teaches the realities of horse attention to detail. It isn't just getting on a horse and riding, it's much more than that, and the riders should know that.
no sounds like a good lesson to me where on earth i ride we do drill team say you have 3 associates in a lesson 2 people have to fringe each other and the third person is behind them and you notify them what to do and they have to stay right next to each other a different course is they are on different sides but right next to each other and then met contained by the middle and they go down the middle together
For the horse or rider?
It sounds really good for the rider :)
For the horse it depends how many times per day it does this routine, what shape its within, how old it is and how hard you work it during the riding time. You have to intermediary it on the horse's behaviour.
Wow, I decision my lessons would look something like that :)
No way that could be to much some people ride as staying power for like 6 hours so thats not to much Ask a vet to be sure
Answers: I would affix muckin stalls :)
Great lesson plan!
onlyh if the horse is getting tired
ask a vet
That sounds great. The only other entity I might even add is teaching how to lunge and groundwork.
No that isn't too much to do in a lesson. My riding instructor does equal thing!! First I catch my horse, groom, tack up, warm up, do a lesson, cool down the horse, groom, put posterior in field and/or stall. I find this method the most enjoying to some extent then the horse be tacked up waiting for you in the ring already warm up. I like doing it this way. Like you said, it develops a bond between the horse and rider. I consider there to be two types of bonds: riding bond, perfectionism bond. you can't develop a bond just by riding the horse. You have to take perfectionism of him/her and that is what creates a real bond. You got it contained by one ;)
