Ist time out for Miss Jane wasn't the greatest horseback riding experience for the granddaughter. Jane is very easily caught, so that didn't take but a second. The girl and I brushed on Jane for half an hour or so and didn't hardly make a dent in removing her winter coat.
The wife came out and decided she needed the saddle on Jane so we could adjust the stirrups, girth and flank strap. The saddle is brand new and is like working with metal bar when trying to bend it, so that took a while. Got them pretty close before I gave up so I wouldn't cuss in front of the kid.
Kid decided she was ready to ride so we got her in the saddle and I led her around the couple of acres. As you can imagine that got old pretty quick for me, but I trudged on for a while longer. Rather than get off Jane the kid asked for the reins. Surprised me as she was really nervous when we started out. Gave them to her with some instructions and she took off. Surprisingly, she was doing fairly well until she forgot how to turn (Jane neck reins). Kid kept pulling straight back and Jane would back up like she was supposed to. That cost me another walk to where they were to remind her.
I started doing a few things with the chickens and kept an eye on the girls. Good ole Jane just kept a slow steady pace and was making a good babysitter. I went in the house for a minute and the kid came running in the back door saying Jane was rude. Rude? Apparently, Jane had enough riding time in and set on her butt like a dog. She waited for the kid to climb off and then started rolling. I went out to find her laying down like she was dead with all fours sticking out. Kinda scared me at first, but she popped back up when I grabbed the reins
Apparently, Jane needs some adult attention.
