Day 7:

Howdy Everyone!

So since we have to teach safe riding techniques to our campers that means we have LOTS of helmets for each one.

A few weeks ago we put together a shelf to hang the helmets and then taught the kids what the different riding safeties are, on and off the horse.

Each time we ride, we always wear helmets to protect our noggins, jeans/pants to protect our legs, and boots with a heel to help keep our stirrups from slipping when riding. 

On the ground we always make sure we are aware of where the horses are and make sure we don't sneak up on them on accident. The biggest safety tip is to make sure when walking around the horse you walk as close to them as possible and hug their bottoms when you walk behind them. This allows the horses to know where we are so they don't accidentally kick us. Along with this, if you are super close to them, if they happen to accidentally kick the momentum won't be able to build up in a short distance versus a foot away.

So with all that being said here is a photo of our safety shelf! I hope this helps with the basic safeties of horses.

Till next time,

~Mandy

Day 6:

Howdy Everyone!

Today we cleaned out the stables! We swept away cobwebs, the loose hay on the ground and worked in teams to clean out the stalls. This was very educational to both myself and the campers on how hard it is to take care of horses. 

It took several trips of loading and unloading the wet shavings to finally clean out each stall. Then we would work as a team to load the wheel-barrels with shavings to refill the stalls we had just cleaned out. This in and of itself gave each of us a pretty realistic idea of how much work goes into taking care of these big guys!

Till next time,

~Mandy