Meet Khali and Khassidy….Half sisters, half Arab and with me for 3 months of Equine college education….:) The girls are from Metchosin, B.C., and have been with me for a month and a half. They are as different as sisters can be (or so they tell me, as being sister free, I lack first hand exposure:) and loads of fun!
They are here for mostly ground work thanks to their wise and long seeing parents, Lesley and John, and are building that solid foundation for a future of long happy rid
es and sensible behavior…
If all young horses were to get this good a start, exposing them to new sights, sounds, dynamics and experiences, I am supposing there would be a lot of confident horses around that took new things in stride….It is an investment in their and YOUR future, and pays off for years and years to come…
K & K have dragged tarps, logs, feed sacks full of cans, had ropes on every part of their body, around their flanks and under the tail. They will lead from their legs with a rope, and had it dragging alongside. They 
will stand untied for brushing and foot trimming, bath and trailer load.
Backing through the low narrow alley of the old log barn is a YAWN….as is backing out of the horses trailer. Bathing clippers, ponying out on the hills and thru mud creeks and brush, walk, trot and canter, with crazy Danes galloping in and out of view. Sitting on them bareback, bathing and fly spray.
So…. Inevitably, tacking was next, even though they still need some size on them to ride much, we made a group decision, Khali, Khassidy and I and up went the saddles….YAWN!
Whatever……
They did not move a toe, and were as relaxed as if they had done it 1000 times before….and THAT is what makes me happy. no stress, no fear, no rushing…no sweat. Nothing to un-do down the road……….So, as things were so casual and they felt relaxed, they went for a short ride alongside Carson and Gumby yesterday and in the play field today, walk, trot canter, play in the water jump, and untack like a pros….. and that’s that.
Nice work Girls! A +’s for you both and hats of to savvy Owners that want the best for their ‘kids’ future……it makes me so happy and what a great thing to be a part of…..
Thanks Lesley and John…….:)