Hello All!!
I am a excited to be a new member to this forum and finally start posting after going through almost all the pages of posts.
Last month I purchased my first horse, a grey 36" AMHR mare who now goes by the name Little P. Obviously I have fallen head-over heels for her and even started an Instagram account for her so I can document all the cute things she does.
Right now she is overweight, but she has actually slimmed down a bit since she has been outdoors 24/7 running around with her friends. Previously she was kept stalled for the majority of the day with only a couple hours outside in a corral. She was used as a broodmare originally (2 foals) and then a companion horse by the person I bought her from so she has very limited training. She is stating to get the hang of things though.
My question is: Is there any activities that I can do with Little P that would also give me a workout? Ideally I would like to get my workout done at the same time as Little P, but haven't been able to think of anything.
Right now I lunge her for exercise and we run around in the grass (well I am running and she is trotting beside me), but I can only do that for so long before it gets boring.
I've seen pictures of people biking and skiing with their minis, but I don't know how safe that is?
Any suggestions or ideas?
On a side note instead of making a separate thread: anyone know any good horse related Instagram accounts that are not constantly begging and threatening for likes? I would like to see more horse pictures throughout my day, but the majority of accounts I can find are really bratty.
I am a excited to be a new member to this forum and finally start posting after going through almost all the pages of posts.
Last month I purchased my first horse, a grey 36" AMHR mare who now goes by the name Little P. Obviously I have fallen head-over heels for her and even started an Instagram account for her so I can document all the cute things she does.
Right now she is overweight, but she has actually slimmed down a bit since she has been outdoors 24/7 running around with her friends. Previously she was kept stalled for the majority of the day with only a couple hours outside in a corral. She was used as a broodmare originally (2 foals) and then a companion horse by the person I bought her from so she has very limited training. She is stating to get the hang of things though.
My question is: Is there any activities that I can do with Little P that would also give me a workout? Ideally I would like to get my workout done at the same time as Little P, but haven't been able to think of anything.
Right now I lunge her for exercise and we run around in the grass (well I am running and she is trotting beside me), but I can only do that for so long before it gets boring.
I've seen pictures of people biking and skiing with their minis, but I don't know how safe that is?
Any suggestions or ideas?
On a side note instead of making a separate thread: anyone know any good horse related Instagram accounts that are not constantly begging and threatening for likes? I would like to see more horse pictures throughout my day, but the majority of accounts I can find are really bratty.
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