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[baileyholc]

I want to get my Husband into riding. He told me that he will go trail riding with me if we go to one of these local rent a horse trails. :roll: I want him to ride a Paso.

[SandyMM]

Patience, Grasshopper... get him on _any_ horse to begin with... let him suffer through a trot and he'll acually appreciate the Paso gait even more! :twisted:

[baileyholc]

Great Idea. But, what if he does not want to ride anymore after he rides one of those other horses. :(

[gcfpaso]

Can you take him to a Paso Farm where you can both go out on a Paso together?

[baileyholc]

He want to stay close to home and the only other farm I know is Stella's and I don't want to bother her. At the moment she has so much going on right now. Then their is the Motorgypsy's but, I am afraid he would be scared off from their horses.

[Boyd R]

you find some trails nearby and I will bring the horses.

[Pasogirlz]

Boyd...you're a real pal. :hug

[baileyholc]

Boyd, their is Dupont. I've never been their, as you well know of course, but that's were my sister goes with her friend to ride. I'm not sure were it's at. I'm sure their's more, but I don't know were. :confused So, I'll see what I can do about trails around here and you get them horses ready. :D Ok, Boyd. And maybe Su will come this time. :hug

[Boyd R]

I am open this weekend. But I can only bring two horses so Su I am sure will stay home but you guys will have a great time. So find some trails.

[baileyholc]

This weekend daughter #1 is supposed to be going to a birthday party and it is a sleep over. So, all I need to do is find daughter #2 a sleep over and make sure Hubby has nothing planned. :question I'll get to work.

[Mellifluous]

Hey Bailey - At least your husband is willing to try!

[baileyholc]

I don't think he is willing to try, I think he is just tired of me asking him to go with me to ride. I think he thinks If he says he will go that I will stop asking him. But, he don't know me very well, couse I am a stinker and I will hold him to it. It may take me a little while or it may take a long while but he will go.http://bestsmileys.com/fingers/1.gif

[Abejita]

Baily remember all the advice we just gave Barb about not trying to force her family into liking what she likes ,not worrying that she enjoys something they dont even understand..if he rides once just to please you and doesnt want to have anything to do with it afterward, just let it be.Good luck

[ErinC]

I live with one of them men,he lets me have and helps me if I need it, and is a large $$$ contributer to my horse habit ( 3 of them )
but he could take them or leave them. ( I think he would love to leave them ) but he has his stuff I have mine .

Once he tried the riding thing with me, LOL, it was awfull he Sucked bad, and I did nothing but worry.

he feeds for me when I take my month trip to VT, and ( puts up with me doing that too )
but ya , they either like it love it or want NOTHING to do with it.

GOOOOOOD LUCK, I hope he is a natural and wants to be on the back of a horse with you forever!

[Terri]

Erin, Rick and Dennis must have been cut from the same cloth. I could have written exactly what you said. Dennis did try the riding thing a couple of times, mainly to please me, but if there was ANYTHING else more interesting going on, like a football game on TV, he would rather not. He is an animal lover though, loves the dogs, cats and even horses and will feed and pet them. He likes to watch Rio when he plays cause he so pretty. But to him they are no different than any of the other pets. And as long as I love them, they are welcome to stay part of the family. He has his loves too, he plays guitar and loves music. I can't keep tune if my life depended on it. And I never play the radio when I am by myself. When he is home it is on all the time. The important thing is that we love each other and respect each other's interests. We don't have to share the same passions, but we do have to respect that those passions are part of who we are and not begrudge them to each other and we don't demand that the other loves them as much as we do.

[baileyholc]

He supports my interest. When it don't cost him. So to speak. Thats why I ask him to go. I didn't like nascar and he asked me to go to Bristle, TN with him to watch. I loved watching cars raceing in a soup bowl. :lol: But I would rather be with the horses. He watches and even bets with me in the horse races. I think if I were showing horses he might go to a show. I think it is the compotition aspact of the races, games and shows. Couse when Kathy is in sports he will go to the games, but when she or Tina have a concert their is no way of getting him their. I asked him this morning if I made arrangements would he go camping and ride the trails with me. His responce was how much where and when. And when I told him he said their are plans for that day. :( I told him I canceled the plans he said he will think about it. :confused I'm not going to make him, I just want him to try.

[Boyd R]

If he likes racing, we will put him on Two and fire up those jets and he will be hooked. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[baileyholc]

We need to take it easy with him. He likes to watch speed, he don't drive speed. LOL As a matter of fact he takes his time when he is driving. Slow as Christmas. :lol:

Anyway, I asked him a few minutes ago if he had thought about it. And he said he is still thinking. I then told him I can arrange for him to take a test ride with someone leading him around if he wants. He said he would rather get up and go. LOL I think we might be at Sand Hills next weekend. It's looking promising. http://bestsmileys.com/fingers/1.gif

[baileyholc]

I give up. He don't want to ride or go camping. :cry:

[Minouri]

Sounds like you guys are making something fun into an issue. I bet he feels pressured. Make a man feel pressured to eat and he wont' even take a bite of his favorite dessert.

If I were you I'd go out and meet Boyd and Su and have a great trail ride. I would take tons of pictures and just really enjoy myself. Then IF he ever asks to come along I would find him the safest and quietest horse.......don't even think breed.........and let him enjoy being on the horse.

I really wanted Tony to get into horses when we met. I gave him lessons on Scooter.....and Scooter can test you. Plus we were at a big dressage barn where there were always a ton of women around watching his lessons. He hated it. He had already started making excuses not to come out.

I bit the bullet......changed barns and got a nice quiet horse for him. I told him it was a second horse for anyone who wanted to ride with me. His kids, him, friends. No pressure. And I made a real effort not to mother hen him when he was learning. Snowy is a good mount to learn on. Very forgiving to his rider.

I wouldn't say Tony is INTO horses now. He's very helpful when I need help, but he's not into watching horse shows or taking lessons. But he has acquired a taste for riding trails.

If Tony had never gotten into riding, however, it would have been ok because I think it's healthy to have separate interests.

I wouldn't give up on him.......but I would listen to him instead of trying to talk him into it. Why not go on a simple trail ride at a rental place? If that's where he will feel comfortable I'd let him get his toes wet in the water of his choice.

[baileyholc]

Thanks, you are right, Minouri. I should just let sleeping dogs lie. He knows how much I enjoy riding and wants me to. He knows I want him to and I should just let him be. One day he will want to come with me. And I just need to be patient.

[motorgypsy]

Here's my suggestion - bring him on over when you both are free to watch us feed and you can ride. Promise him that noone will even ask if he wants to ride but that since you're going to get a horse it wouldn't hurt for him to at least learn something about them. Our guys are hilarious and at the very least he'll see why they make great pets as well as transporation. We'd like to met him anyway since we taught all his kinfolk and then maybe we can do lunch or something. You know Riverside speedway is right next door to us and they race on Sat nights. I bet you could get him to go to the races and just come early so you can indulge yourself in your hobby??? What da ya think??? And one thing you have to consder is that a lot of guys are afraid of horses but don't want to admit it and for sure don't want to look like a wuss in front of their lady so they have to be handled just right to get a riding buddy!

[baileyholc]

MG. Can you see the track from your house? lol It would be great to come visit with you and Mr. MG. This weekend is going to be kinda in the ups and downs. We have a sleep over in Easley for kathy and I might have to head to Laurencville for a funneral. God I hope not. :( Dad is headed that way tomarrow and will let me know about that when he gets there. Thanks for the invite. I hope we can. :D

[motorgypsy]

We're doing a Hunter Pace on Sunday we think but the weather is not looking good for this weekend. Just keep it in mind. We may go to Cheraw next weekendbut we don't know if we are or not. I hope you can get a ride there for sure. We don't like to plan things too much in advance since we always end up with energencies and have to cancel.

We can't see the track but we can hear it. Funny thing - it's kind of soothing - like a back massage - because it's not too close to be annoying.

[baileyholc]

I want to go to the Sand Hills event, but I don't want to go by myself this time. I would like to stay for the whole weekend. I asked the girls if they would like to go camping. They asked me what it was. So, I think it may be a good idiea to take them. Don't you?

[motorgypsy]

At best they'd like it. At the least it would build their character! ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

[baileyholc]

On it. I am going to ask the girls again if they would want to do this before I put all that money into it. I think it would be fun. Even if we don't get to ride.

[Mona Lisa]

When I go to ride at the "trail riding" place by me, I have requested a gaited horse to ride. That is how I rode my first foxtrotter. Yesterday when we went I rode a grade quarter horse type just for something different, and well I think I might go back the gaited.

Mona

[Mellifluous]

When I go to ride at the "trail riding" place by me, I have requested a gaited horse to ride. That is how I rode my first foxtrotter. Yesterday when we went I rode a grade quarter horse type just for something different, and well I think I might go back the gaited.

Mona

Did your backside complain about the QH type horse? :twisted:

[baileyholc]

What she said :roll:

[Mona Lisa]

I was jiggled to death riding that cute thing. :shock:

[JennLM]

Now I know why the sports bra was invented.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/JennLM/smileys/hide.gif

[baileyholc]

:rofl I usta ride QH's all the time. Since I was introduced to the Paso, no one has been able to talk me into riding anyother horse. My Aunt told me she will not have another gaited horse, ever. She is tring to sell her Spotted Saddle Horse now. I asked her if she tried riding a Paso, her response was, and I quote: "All gaited horses are the same." LOL I don't think she has riden a Paso, do you?