Ridecamp: Re: [RC] "I can't see how bareback would help. I too am short and have short legs and am also overweight. "

I used to teach riding lessons when I was younger and one of the first
things I always did after my students got the general gist of things was to
put them on a bareback pad on the end of a lounge line and gradually get
them confident enough to put their arms out and find their seat.

Years later, my 40-something husband who has thousands of motorcycle riding
miles on him and who was stiffer than a board from banking into motorcycle
turns, was really frustrating me because I just could not get him to find
that seat and learn how to be a belly dancer in the middle. Trying to get
him to pretend his butt belonged to the horses's anatomy and not his was a
losing situation. I finally said, "Ok, that's it. I don't care how scared
you are, get up on that horse without the saddle and figure it out!" It only
took one half-hour session in the arena for him to see what the heck I was
talking about. That was 5 years ago. He still talks about that and tells
people how much it helped him, even though he's never done it again. I don't
think I'd send him out on the trail like that, but it sure did the trick in
this instance.

:) Jackie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane" <bella388@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Merryben@xxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] "I can't see how bareback would help. I too am short and
have short legs and am also overweight. "


>   Funny Merryben, I have had my Arabian in training
> for endurance for over a year now. I have never even
> thought of riding him bareback! I must be dumb too!
>    I to am short & have short legs, & I sure do hope to
> someday have a quarter of the miles you do.But it will never be bareback
> miles.
>                    Diane & Brazz
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Merryben@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] "I can't see how bareback would help. I too am short and
> have short legs and am also overweight. "
>
>
> > In a message dated Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:47:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > > If, after 2-3 hours/week of bareback riding for 6 weeks, you can't
cross
> an arena bareback, you have, IMHO, no business
> > > being on a horse, with or without saddle.
> > >
> > >
> > I only have 8,000 AERC endurance miles now so I will try to remember
your
> advice on my next 8,000 miles...I will tell my friends who have over
20,000
> miles and can't ride bareback either.  ROFLAO        maryben
> >
> >
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