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Getting our kids involved in Westernaires

Contributed by: Yvonne Stanley   on 1/15/2008

When my husband was a kid he belonged to Westernaires. Throughout our marriage he has mentioned the activities they did and the other kids he met. So when his mom suggested that we get our kids into Westernairs we both frowned because we thought "That's expensive"....Quite the contrary! We pulled up the Westernaires.org website and to our surprise the annual dues are only $25! They are a non-profit organization for kids aged 9-19.

We talked to our 10 year old and asked her if she would like to ride horses and she lit up!! Our very first visit when we began Westernaires was a 2 hour safety meeting. They explained to the kids how dangerous a horse can be if they were not respected and treated well.

It's now been several months since we as a family have joined Westernaires. We have talked about the significant change in our 10 year old daughter we've seen. She used to be afraid of EVERYTHING... now she is confident and extremely outgoing. I even think this has enhanced her personality in a great way.

We are now towards the end of a 5 week "Grooming" class where they teach the kids how to brush dirt from the horses fur, pick out the horses' hooves to make for more comfortable walking, how to make sure the horse is ready to be saddled. They have taught them how to put on a saddle and bridle. Most importantly they have shown them how to communicate with the horses to let them know they are helping them.

We also have an 8 year old. She is not old enough to ride - so the Westernaires have a "Clown" program too. The younger siblings are able to participate until they're old enough to ride.

The clowns do an opening entertainment act before the older kids put on their show. It was a lot of fun this summer and I loved spending so much time with not only the kids - buy my husband too. I had never seen the "Annual Show" for the Westernaires!

So if you ever want to get your kids involved in a program - I think Westernaires is IT!! My husband and I are talking about joining an adult class later on this year.


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Yvonne Stanley

Littleton , CO

Yvonne Stanley has posted 2 blog entries and 0 comments since joining on 10/26/2007. Yvonne Stanley 's average blog rating is 0.
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