April and L got a chance to work with the long jump line this week. This was a great drill for them to work on controlling their speed and approach to the jumps. #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding #jumping
Fritz and M have been working hard on their cantering skills this year. This week they were working on steering while cantering by aiming for the ground poles. #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding
April’s first time doing a line of jumps. I got all my standards finished so now the horses have their work cut out for them. #PNW #lessonhorse #horsebackriding #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #jumping
C rode April for her lesson last week and was so excited when I told her she could jump. April is a freight train sometimes and doesn’t always like slowing down, so jumping is limited with lighter riders. #PNW #lessonhorse #horsebackriding #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #jumping
I bet from this video you can’t tell Snapdragon was a bit of a dragon for this lesson! Once she found out they were jumping she was all about it. C handled it well though and even got to work on cantering to jumps, and in this video jumping and oxer and changing direction over a jump. Still lots of work to do but ending summer strong. #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding #jumping
A and Cleo doing a great job at their first attempts cantering through the cones. Cleo is usually a nervous nelly but this week she was super laid back and they were able to work on staying relaxed. Very excited for these two! #PNW #lessonhorse #horsebackriding #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram
Our last day of horse camp! We had such a fun camp, and we ended with a bang. We finally got to do a trail ride today and everyone did so well. During lunch the girls got to design the course for their horse show in the afternoon, and boy was it a doozy! They competed for time and points going over all the obstacles showing off their skills on their favorite horses. We are so proud of all our campers. ❤️ #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding #trailride #jumping #horsecamp #summercamp
Day four of horse camp! All the campers are getting so good with all the horses! We trotted many jumps and even through the bendy barrels today. During lunch Emily and Natasha demonstrated some big jumps with PD and Snapdragon, after which we rinsed our tye-dye shirts. They all look so good! #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding #jumping #summercamp #horsecamp
Day three of horse camp! Kai and Dagda started off the morning with some social time. 😄We had so much fun doing our Try Something day this morning where we had western, english, and bareback horses that everyone got to ride. After lunch we painted rocks for our camp collection, and then had another hour of ride time, ending with two rounds of Red-Light/Green-Light. 🍎🍏 #PNW #lessonhorse #horsebackriding #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsecamp #summercamp
Day two of horse camp! Had another wonderful cool day. Most of the horses had calmed down since yesterday, and the campers did so great! We did some horse chalk coloring and had some FANTASTIC art! #PNW #lessonhorse #horsebackriding #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsecamp #summercamp
Day one of horse camp! We had a wonderful time with our new and returning campers getting familiar with brushing and tacking horses and having some awesome time riding today! It was a little chilly out so a couple horses were quite peppy. #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding #horsecamp #summercamp
Playing with walk to canter just for fun with E and Snaps. #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding
The weather got warmer again and it was the perfect weather for a drive ❤️ #PNW #lessonhorse #horsebackriding #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram
We’ve been working on lunging, not being scared of ropes, and when it’s ok to come into my space
Sometimes work is VERY hard
Work with following and listening to body language
C asked to ride Kai again for her lesson. She is a quiet, patient rider and so she’s able to get along with him pretty well. But he’s always wanting to turn to the middle and do his own thing! This week she worked on hitting a target after jumps and keeping him straight since he likes to turn right after jumping. #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding #jumping
So many parents who drop their kids off at camp or even the ones who just come to lessons talk about how they wish they were going to camp. We’ve been talking about an adult horse camp for a couple years now and we want your input!
We want to know what kind of activities you, as an adult camper, would be interested in. We’ll take the feedback we get here online as well as the in person ideas and compile them into a poll that we’ll have up next week.
Stay tuned for new opportunities and adventures! #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding #horsecamp #summercamp
E forgot her boots this week so she had to ride bareback. Snapdragon was in camp mode so E got a nice easy trot to practice on for most of her lesson. #PNW #lessonhorse #horsebackriding #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram
After camp Snaps and E had their lesson and E wanted to practice her jumping. Snaps was pretty lazy about it which was nice way to ease into a new horse activity! #PNW #lessonhorse #horsesofwashington #horsesofinstagram #horsebackriding #jumping