Mominis
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We are starting to condition Shake for his halter classes later this year and one of the things I've always like to do to condition a horse is ponying. Well, I'm a little overprotective (understatement) about him and have no desire at all to try and pony him off of another horse. Well, my husband is a huge cycling fan, his whole family are cycleists. So, I got this 'brilliant' idea of combining his love of cycleing with my love of horses.
Yesterday,we went to his dad's house and picked up a bicycle trailer. (You can see where this is going, can't you? lol) It can hold up to 100 pounds, so we will have to have it reinforced some as I'm about 130. At this point, it only has one wheel which requires a certain amount of balance to keep it upright. We are taking it to a friend of the family who does body work and are having a second wheel put on it and have some supports welded in to reinforce it for the extra 30 pounds of weight.
Okay, so we get the trailer home and hubby wants to try it out. So, he hooked it to his bike and calls me outside to come give it a test ride. OMG! That was the scariest thing I've ever had to sit through. I have no idea how he didn't wipe out. He kept saying "quit wiggling" and I was saying "I'm not wiggling!" LOL He had to have been doing 20 mph down the street in this thing with me squealing in the trailer. The neighbors all got a good laugh.
Anyway, once we get the second wheel on it (I'm not getting back in the thing until that's done) and he gets some practice with it, we are going to teach Shake to pony off of the bike trailer with me in it. That way hubby gets his cycling time and I get to work the horse all at the same time. Does that sound insane to you? lol Any way we go with it, it will at least be fun.
Yesterday,we went to his dad's house and picked up a bicycle trailer. (You can see where this is going, can't you? lol) It can hold up to 100 pounds, so we will have to have it reinforced some as I'm about 130. At this point, it only has one wheel which requires a certain amount of balance to keep it upright. We are taking it to a friend of the family who does body work and are having a second wheel put on it and have some supports welded in to reinforce it for the extra 30 pounds of weight.
Okay, so we get the trailer home and hubby wants to try it out. So, he hooked it to his bike and calls me outside to come give it a test ride. OMG! That was the scariest thing I've ever had to sit through. I have no idea how he didn't wipe out. He kept saying "quit wiggling" and I was saying "I'm not wiggling!" LOL He had to have been doing 20 mph down the street in this thing with me squealing in the trailer. The neighbors all got a good laugh.
Anyway, once we get the second wheel on it (I'm not getting back in the thing until that's done) and he gets some practice with it, we are going to teach Shake to pony off of the bike trailer with me in it. That way hubby gets his cycling time and I get to work the horse all at the same time. Does that sound insane to you? lol Any way we go with it, it will at least be fun.
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