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RE: [RC] Girls and horses - Ranelle RubinJanelle, I too have two boys..one is now 22 and to my distain announced one day on a gorgeous sunny winter trail ride that he really did not want to do this anymore...the other is only 11 and still enjoys riding and loves hanging out at the barn with me. The funniest day was the day he learned to post. Note: up until this day, he was not crazy about riding as it hurt his privates.. He had his first "girlfriend" over..as much of a girlfriend as a kid can have at age 11... She wanted to ride a horse.. I put her on my retired endurance horse in the round pen and began a lesson. She did great instantly! After a bit, I decided to let her try to trot...she instinctively POSTED... All of a sudden, my son had his ego crushed and wanted to get on HIS horse as this wonderfully patient gelding has become...He too posted beautifully...so..the story continues of a boy and his ego.... Have a great holiday with your boys! Ranelle -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam and Jannelle Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:01 PM To: 'Sisu West Ranch' Cc: 'ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [RC] Girls and horses My friend says that besides the two kids she has with her ex-hubbie the only other good thing that came from him was his reading and sharing that girls who have horses are more likely to discover boys two years later than the average girl. For this reason alone, all of my friends with pre-teen daughters often knock down my doors wanting me to take their daughters everywhere with me and horses...Thank heavens I have two boys. And I must say that one of the things that impressed my husband and I both about the endurance community when we first started exploring it was the fact that FAMILIES are involved. We saw children and parents and sometimes grandparents. Being parents of 4 and 9 year old boys, this was very important to us. We wanted to be involved with something that we could do as a family. Tho my kids won't go on ridea for a while (the oldest is trying to figure out how to trot and enjoy it), they can be with us in camp and have fun camping and doing all the other things that makes endurance fun besides the horses. I know that some people can't stand children but I'm sure glad that they keep that to themselves at rides. My kids are told the rules and they are expected to mind them. If people are going to let their children (or even their pets) run a-muck, no rules are going to change that. Jannelle, who's glad this can be a family-friendly sport Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk Menagerie Farm 584 Romie Howard Rd Yoncalla OR 97499 541-849-2460 (phone & fax) 866-241-1531 Toll-free ASK ABOUT OUR DAVENPORT FOALS! www.cmc.net/~mfarm The youngest finally convinced him to let her have a horse, she had no problems growing up. He later said to me "If I had known how easy it was I would have gotten the other two horses when they wanted them." Ed =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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