Dog jumps are great for horsey kids!
We went to a great party last night for Lily's riding teacher, who will soon have a baby. It was at a beautiful house with a multi-tiered (I don't think that's the word I'm looking for but it will do) yard. At the bottom grassy tier was an enormous collection of dog agility jumps -- for the children! If you could walk and were under the age of 20, you were out jumping.
While the adults had fun talking with adults inside, the kids were outside setting up courses and pretending to be horses. Great exercise, great fun and a wonderful way for even the shy kids to join the fun.
Turns out that the horse-mom-in-charge takes the dog jumps with her to horse shows for the younger children to have something to do.
Some people are so clever. And fun.
that's a cool idea! My kids would love that at the long (and boring to them) dressage shows.
Posted by: Jen | August 26, 2007 at 08:30 PM
That sounds like a sight! I would have loved to have video of that.
Posted by: Learninghorses (Jerri) | August 27, 2007 at 10:11 AM
That sounds like a sight! I would have loved to have video of that.
Posted by: Learninghorses (Jerri) | August 27, 2007 at 10:11 AM
It was a beautiful sight! I wish I had had my camera for that.
This has little to do with that, but I found the funniest video of a rabbit show jumping competition in Denmark on YouTube. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNPOdffkkLo
Now I've seen everything!
Posted by: Anne | August 27, 2007 at 10:39 AM
Jen, that might entertain the kids at a dressage show, but what about the husbands?
Posted by: Anne | August 27, 2007 at 10:49 AM
You mean my husband is supposed to do stuff other than be my groom? LOL
Posted by: Jen | August 28, 2007 at 08:12 AM
Jen, my husband doesn't even know how to groom himself, much less a horse (just kidding). How do you do it? (Or rather, how do you get him to do it?)
Posted by: Anne | August 28, 2007 at 09:06 PM
When I was a kid I used to set up obstacle courses for my dog out of picnic benches and such-- it never occurred to me that it could be "dog training"-- he was a horse!
Posted by: KatieK | September 27, 2007 at 01:30 AM
How was your dog's form? I did the same thing but my poor Boston terrier would never have placed in a hunter class. Still, she was fat and I think needed the exercise.
I still jump the "jumps" I see out of the car windows as we drive by fences and other obstacles on the side of the road. Once a rider, always a rider. Even if the best you've got is a car -- or a dog!
Thanks for stopping by!
Posted by: Anne | September 27, 2007 at 12:08 PM