Posts Tagged ‘Horse Camp’

I’m taking my friends horse to a camp this summer and am going over to her house to prep. I am making her my project horse. I don’t know the age of the horse, but she is in riding condition. But this horse has a tendency to stumble. I lounged her and watched her movement. She does stumble quite often, she picks up her feet and is shod. Is there any suggestions that could help from her to keep stumbling?

I’m taking my friends horse to a camp this summer and am going over to her house to prep. I am making her my project horse. I don’t know the age of the horse, but she is in riding condition. But this horse has a tendency to stumble. I lounged her and watched her movement. She does stumble quite often, she picks up her feet and is shod. Is there any suggestions that could help from her to keep stumbling?

Ok, I just joined this horse camp thing and it got me really excited about owning a horse someday. So I was wondering how much it would cost to buy a horse. I would like to maybe even buy a throughbred already trained, or maybe a stallion, but how much would it cost to buy and take care of. I don’t care about getting into the racing business.

I am 13 years old and going to go to my first riding lesson on Saturday. I was just wondering what to expect to be learning and doing. I am taking this lesson because to get into their horse camp you have to take one lesson with them. I am suppose to come early and tack up (i thinks that’s what you call putting the saddle on.) and stay late to clean the horse. What should I expect and will they tell me how to do this stuff?

A lot of kids love horses.  Unless you already have a horse, lessons and horseback riding can be a very expensive hobby.  Here are ways to get your children involved with horses without emptying your 401k.

1. Horseback Riding Lessons – Call around.  The difference in cost is big depending on the stables that you are planning to let your kids take horse back riding lessons.

2. Kids Horse Camp – Find a kids horse camp in the summer.  This is usually a day camp where your kids can learn to ride a horse and care for horses.  While more expensive than one week  of lessons, it is much more affordable than a full summer of lessons.

3. Trail Riding – If you have a bit of experience, you may have some local places to go trail riding in your area.

4. Look for horse shows in your area and take your kid to see it.

5. Ask about price breaks for horseback riding lessons.  Many of the places that offer lessons will let some people work off part or all of their lessons.  Taking care of horses is a lot of work.

6. Start a horse blog and encourage your horse lover to write about horses and build a website or blog about them.  This helps them with their interest in horses and will also improve their writing and research skills.

7. Let your kids start a neighborhood horse club.  They can get groups of kids together for parties, watching horse movies, playing horse games, read horse books and such.

8. You can also do all kinds of horse crafts and activities for younger kids, although if they are getting older that might not interest them so much anymore.

These are just some of the ways you can help your kids get involved with horses without actually going out and buying one.

afav2775 asked:

i have been to horse camp 1 year and know how to mount up and lead a horse and i know most basic things.