> We started all our youngsters (all three of them) in bareback pads. > It's a nice way to feel their reactions to things.
cool! i have a bunch of nosy details i'm curious about :) . what sort of bareback pad did you use, and why that type? i have sat in one once (trying a horse, whom actually i adored and would still love to buy, for my husband) and five minutes later ditched it for just the plain horse's back. what does the bareback pad add to the experience to make it worth it to you to use rather than just going actually bareback? . how do you think it affected you as a rider to use the pad instead of a saddle? . what did you feel like when you did transition to a saddle? and how do you think that transition felt to your youngsters? thanks much for indulging me -- i ride and teach bareback a lot and i can't express how delightful it is for me to talk about the subject here :) --vicka
