So, for school, we have to give how-to demonstrations. I've convinced my teacher to let me bring a horse in for mine , and am in need of ideas for what to demonstrate! So far, I've thought of giving a horse an injection, and grooming a horse. My teacher said he's okay with either, but after thinking about it, I don't really want kids passing out in the middle of class :shock:. So, I can go with the boring bare essentials of grooming a horse, or something more innovative you guys can think up! I get extra credit if the idea is unique and my classmates can participate.
If you demonstrate tacking him up, someone is going to want to ride him. I don't think you want to give pony rides to all your classmates.
I find that people who are not familiar with horses tend to be fascinated with seeing their hooves being cleaned out. I will assume since you are bringing your horse around newbies that he has excellent ground manners. So that is something you can have a lot of people try, picking up your horse's front foot, and using a hoof pick/brush.
You can also bring in photos off the internet of the consequences of improper/nonexistant hoof care, bring in different sized horseshoes (can hold up to horse's hoof to compare size/shape/which ones would or would not fit), and general info about keeping hooves healthy.
I like the idea of tacking up...but that's because that's what I did for one of my projects for a class this semester. It was my first film project way back in January and we had to do a demonstration for something, but since we were using film instead of digital, there was no sound. I tacked up Abby (while all bundled up in a coat in mittens in an unheated arena in January in North Dakota. Cold.). It ended up looking really cool and my teacher really liked it. I wish I could post it on the HF just for fun, but it's on film and I have no idea how to convert it. Haha.
Thanks for the ideas! I think I'll be bringing Lenox and Latte. They both have excellent ground manners, but Lenox doesn't pick up her feet herself; you have to literally grab her feathering and pull her big foot up yourself. People have such different ways of training :lol:.
If I do do the tacking up, there will be no riding....that I'll make sure of haha!
If your horses do some tricks, that would be fun to have them bow and such. You should have people come up and try to pick a foot up, see if they can do it. I hate when people think that horses automaticly do everything. lol A little evil but it would be entertaining
^Hah! Latte and Frappe (the mini foals) actually do bow and lay down, but I only get the extra credit if everyone can try and succeed in doing it.
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