This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 98-09-23 20:05:18 EDT, you write:
<< Using this pen, last year we were able to train a young woman with total paralysis of both legs, who had never been on horseback, to ride our mare, Kaia. They went on to take a Gold Medal in the Special Olympics. >> I love hearing this. Congratulations to you for helping this lady out, and congratulations to her for going the distance and making it to the Special Olympics. Someday, I hope Juniper will be there too. She proves herself to me on an almost daily basis. Yesterday we were sidewalking my son. He wanted to trot. We asked her to, but she refused. She NEVER refuses anything, unless I really don't want to do what I'm asking (such as when a trainer asks me to take a jump when I don't WANT to jump). Anyway, she always trots when we ask her to for Raymond. No matter how much we asked, told her, demanded, she kept up a steady, gentle walk. Oooops. The saddle was tilted ever so slightly to the left, making my son off balance. Fine at the walk, but he would have come off at the trot. Thank God she had horse sense, even if I wasn't as aware as I shouldn't have been. It was a stupid operator error on my part, but this horse is just marvelous for the special kids! Pamela
