Elsie Lawson helping the author select horses at Narrowgate Youth Ranch in Kokomo, Indiana. Photo courtesy of the author
Small-Scale Teaching By Lydia Fairchok Sometimes the kids stand at the gate
taller riders. Once upon a time, I did have
Small-scale lesson programs exist for a
debating their choice of horse for so long
twenty-plus lesson horses at my disposal
variety of reasons. You might have just a
I end up picking for them. You would think
through various teaching partnerships.
few horses and clients right now, but you’re
they have an entire herd from which to
After I downsized in 2014, I only had
angling towards growth. You might have
make their selection. Nope - we have three,
my personal horses to work with, plus
downsized due to financial concerns or a
and one of those is a pony, which really
any horses that my clients provided for
reduction in riders. You might spend most
ought to narrow down the options for the
themselves.
of your time coaching clients on their own
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