Welcome to Danielle's Riding Camp!

Welcome,

Here at Danielle's Riding Camp you will learn skills that will not only improve your riding ability but teach you skills like respect, discipline, responsibility and much more. Working with animals such as horses is very challenging and demanding but also extremely rewarding. Working with horses, which are powerful and sometimes unpredictable animals, will teach campers to handle different situations they may be put in calmly and logically. This skill which horses will teach us is very important not only when around or riding horses, but also in life. Being able to handle all kinds of different situations calmly and efficiently is a very important skill to have and having it will benefit you now as well as later in your life.

Whoever said horse back riding was easy is sadly mistaken. Campers will learn that they cannot force a 1500lb animal to do something that they do not want to do. So they will learn to think of their horse as their team mate and use the correct signals to ask the horse to give the desired response. Riding is also a physical activity too. Riding will build leg and arm muscles, improve your posture and also improve balance. You may not think that sitting on a horse could require much balance but it really does. Riding requires a lot of balance because you are not only sitting on the horse but the horse is not going to stay still. You will be asked to put the horse into different speeds and these different speeds feel a lot different so your position and balance must be adjusted to avoid an unscheduled dismount. But don't worry about that. Campers will be taught what to do and will only preform skills that they are comfortable with and will not be forced by any of the instructors.

Working with horses is an extremely rewarding and amazing experience that people treasure for the rest of their lives. By working with these animals, you learn a new language that allows you to communicate with these animals without using words. Horses are truly amazing animals. If you treat them with respect, they will give everything they have to please you and keep you safe. Remember, horses allow is to ride them. If they didn't want us to ride them, they would not let us. So take advantage of this opportunity and come ride these horses.

I hope you will enjoy your time with us.

Your instructor and friend,

Danielle