Josie's Horse Riding

I'm trying to find a good place to upload the videos of Josie. I made a YouTube account but I'm not happy with all the other "junk" there. So, I'm trying this one that I actually forgot that I made!

This first video I made with my little Nikon COOLPIX 8m camera. The quality isn't the best, but it's what I've got. The first part of the video shows Josie riding by herself for the first time ever. She's been taking riding lessons for almost a year at Risner's Stables in West Plains. Her class is for therapeutic riding and usually all the students have some sort of disability. The instructor works with the kids to improve verbal and physical skills.

In the second half of the video, Josie is back to riding with someone behind her. She wasn't real happy about that to begin with, but her "helper" let her do most of the work. The first horse is Zebe. He's much younger and quicker to respond to her usual horse, Tapper, which she's back to in the second half. The girl riding with Josie is Hayden who I hope forgives me if I don't spell her name correctly.

Since I put music with the video, you can't really hear everything going on with Josie when she's riding, for that I'm sorry. Hopefully I'll get all this figured out soon and you'll be able to hear her giggles and "woo-hoos." She LOVES to "trot" or lope" on the horse.

One thing I really like about her riding lessons is how the day ends. The picture below is a good example. It's only a little after 8pm, Josie's had her bath, unfortunately she is on my bed, but good 'ol Squid watches over her.