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Clinton Anderson, Cowboys, Cowgirls, Equestrian, Five Mary's Farms, groundwork, horseback riding, horsemanship, Horses, Horses Benefit Kids, independent kids, Kids and Horses, Mary Heffernan, resilience, riding free tack - October 13, 2018

No More Skipping the Groundwork!

Suggestions on groundwork exercises to do with your kids and their horses. Links to youtube videos and content to help your kids get started.

How to Decide if It's Time to Change your Child's Horse - With Tips from the McLeod Sisters

We dive in with the McLeod sisters to help determine if it’s time to change your child’s horse.

5 Games to Play on Your Horse - Kids and Adults!

Today's post is a follow up from our last one and gives you 5 tactical ideas to keep riding FUN for your kids, especially after a set back. "But riding horses is fun in itself!" Yes! But tell that to your kid who has 7,000 distractions pulling them away from this sport each day... First, thank you so much for reading. Our first blog post was intimidating and you guys made us want to continue with your positive feedback. What a great community! So you could be coming off a set back with your kids, like a fall or their horse just...

3 Steps to Ensuring your Kids Don't "Lose Interest" in Horses

I've been thinking a lot about kids and horses these days, because, it's my life now haha. I have heard countless times, "they just lost interest" or "we can't do baseball and ride horses". I too experienced a hiatus with horses.This makes my heart sink because I firmly believe that horses help create great humans and that this loss of interest can be prevented. If this resonates with you, read on. Did anyone else have parents that took your horse away as punishment if you sassed, told a fib, didn't eat your vegetables? Or you got so busy with school or sports that your horses...

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