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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Trotting



Elizabeth has started trotting at her hippotherapy now and of course she loves it. Elizabeth and her instructor (with much of Elizabeth's persuasion) have worked out a plan, if Elizabeth works hard in her session she gets to end with a trot. It is just a brief trot but she squeals with delight when the horse speeds up. Watching her is like watching a rag doll being bounced around as she still has pretty low tone in her trunk but she hangs an with a big grin. She now is doing most of her session holding on the reins which shows how much of an improvement she has made. Elizabeth has tried a couple times to get her horse into a trot when she shouldn't but so far the horse has not been persuaded. Elizabeth is already upping her requests to begin jumping but for now we will keep with trotting.

5 comments:

natalie said...

I'm so glad she likes it. I really wish we could fit it back into our routine (both financially and time-wise). Ride 'em Elizabeth!!

natalie said...

oops that is this message is from jacolyn (Grace's mom) Natalie is our nanny and must have been logged in.

Anonymous said...

I can see why she asks for more! She does look good - not even comparing to before. I hope she earns more trotting with each session. Barbara

Sherry C said...

Oh that looks like so much fun. I applied to CARD back in early February for Ashley she is now on the wait list.

Kara Melissa said...

Really awesome. I am hoping to get Sebastian into some hippotherapy this summer when we are in the states. It looks like so much fun and so beneficial.