Friday, October 23, 2009

Teach Them While They're Young

By Andre Hansen

You have seen them, the small cowboys and cowgirls that are horses before they could walk. They develop a love of horses and riding long before anything more. They need to be taught as early as possible a way to take care of a horse and pony's apparatus.

Like you would teach them to do their chores in the house, you should teach them to do their work out in the stables with the horses.

As the child is learning to ride, they have to learn the parts that they are going to use the most at the time. There are a large amount of parts to learn and you have time to learn them in. The child should be taught what each part is employed for. As an example, cinches are used to keep the rigging on the horse. They need to be tightened properly so that the saddle does not slip.

There are a lot of parts to learn and you have some time to learn them in. The kid should be taught what each part is employed for. They should also be taught what to never do when it comes to this part. The pony will not be happy or cooperative. You must be looking for signs of damage. Fraying and tears are signs that parts need to get replaced.

Fraying and tears are signs that parts need to get replaced. If the cinch were to smash, then you could have an accident that may be devastating. Knowing that the cinch is used for keeping the rigging on is one thing. Knowing that, the cinch is one of the main parts; it can mean the difference of you keeping your seat on the pony or not can make an enormous difference. This understanding of the difference is what must be taught to youngsters. Make sure they know if the cinch breaks, they can get majorly hurt or maybe snuffed out. They can also lose their horse to improper use of apparatus.

You have taught them the love of riding a pony. You have enjoyed watching as they became assured in controlling an animal so much bigger than themselves. Now it's time to make sure they know the parts of western saddle and how to use those parts.

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