The Art Works for some.
As people come down the driveway, they often shoot a sideways glance at this piece of wood log art work and ask not only “What is it?” but “Why is it there?” It is my attempt to work with the mind set of those horses who are just starting under saddle. So often people have trouble in the early stages under saddle because riders find the horses appears reluctant to leave home or it wonders off and we seem to always be working to keep them on track. In the early stages of educating a young horse I do a lot of in hand work or working from the ground. Walks up the driveway and into the surrounding bushland become regular adventures for the young horses as they develop their confidence in dealing with the depth of their new surroundings. These adventures are used as opportunities to reinforce and rehearsals for already acquired skills. We walk, stop, trot, we do walk trot transitions up and down. We use the spacing between the trees down the driveway to practice inside and outsi...