APRIL 2006 • VOLUME 8 • ©HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine

A Stranger in a Strange Land

A series of articles as told by a rider of her lesson of the day

Told from the perspective of the rider

But provides prepared lessons for the instructor

Special Breakthroughs

For example

Hi. My name is Robin. I’ve been taking lessons for a couple of years now. I’m lucky in that I’m pretty fearless and I am an athlete both off and on the horse. Riding seems to come easy to me. I am lucky that I found a riding school where they have school horses and I am in love with mine. She is the most beautiful shiny bright copper, chestnut mare. Tiny, maybe a little tiny for me, but she has so much attitude, that she needs a more experienced rider. She is so fine boned, with the most beautiful legs, and agile as a cat. Did I mention though sometimes she can have this real attitude. But mostly I just laugh at her. She is so beautiful that I find I can lost in just brushing, and brushing and brushing her and then have to rush to tack her up for the lesson, and I’m never ready on time to go home, when my mom comes to pick me up.

Today my instructor though told our class not to bother to tack up. We are going to learn something new. Something called clicker training. Whatever. I’d rather ride.

I am a little curious though, I wonder what this is all about. I mean I saw the demonstrations at the clinic, but I’m still not sure how this can help me and my horse. We are pretty cool together already.

So first of all my instructor calls us into the alley way of the barn. And so the lesson begins.

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