I have been riding horses many years and we even had a few, and now my little sister has been bitten by the riding bug. The stables she goes to, in my opinion have very good teaching methods. They let the kids be free with the animals, make their own mistakes and the teaching is more than just a grumpy girl shouting at you from the tracs corner, which is the reason i got sick of school riding in my days, they also do a lot of cross country, which is what i like to do best.
We went there yesterday with my little sister Heli and spent the whole day taking care of the beasts. There's also many different kinds of animals, my personal favourite were the potbellypigs. After all the stable duties we got to go riding in the country. Heli's horse is an original finnish breed (finlandshorse) which has a great signifigance in our country's history. By nature this horse is very calm and strong. It can be used for hard labour, riding, competing and in history it had a big role in our war. I got to take a horse that looked like a mule. Fortunately the personality of the horse was very kind, we became friends. My sister was worried in case i could not handle it, but after riding an american warmblooded stallion successfully there are not many horses that will be a match for you. Everything went well and now i'm going to walk like a spastic for a few days because its been a good while since i have ridden a horse.
Well next week again… im sure that the piggywiggies are already missing me!