Well I decided to take my horse swimming over the week-end.
It is a 20 minute walk from the stables to the beach and the weather was nice, so I got my cozi one under my riding clothes and off we went. We ambled along nicely and his nose went up as soon as he could smell the sea air. The beach was deserted, only one or two people strolling along. Nobody seemed to take any notice of us which was good.
He went straight into the water and started swimming immediately. It felt like being on Pegasus, very surreal, a smooth almost flying sensation. It is so strange to sit up on top of a horse while he is swimming, his legs thrash out to the side in a really wide circular motion, and all the time he is bobbing his head up and down to keep his balance. I could tell, even with my tiny weight on him that he had to exert a little more effort to keep his head up and out of the water as well as keeping his balance.
He really loved it.
It is such a good exercising technique too, for it brings all the muscles into play. I am very fortunate to be so close to the sea.
We ambled home quite happily at sunset. What a wonderful day!
I will try and get some pictures posted.
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