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[StarrNico]

'Ready?" she asked. Dakota stood still, waiting for someone to mount her.

Gwen took a deep breath and nodded "Yeah"

 

[ChicknsRock]

Gwen took a deep breath and nodded "Yeah"

"Just put your right hand on the horn and your left hand here," she pointed to the back of the saddle.

 

[StarrNico]

Gwen followed her instructions

 

[ChicknsRock]

Gwen followed her instructions

"Now put your right foot into the stirrup and swing your left leg over."

 

[StarrNico]

"Now put your right foot into the stirrup and swing your left leg over."

Gwen put her right foot in the stirrup and pulled herself up, swinging her leg over and settling into the saddle. She looked around from the new vantage and smiled, excitedly.

 

[ChicknsRock]

Gwen put her right foot in the stirrup and pulled herself up, swinging her leg over and settling into the saddle. She looked around from the new vantage and smiled, excitedly.

Ruth gave her a thumbs-up. "Hold on now," she said and took Dakota's reins and walked out of the barn, Dakota following.

 

[StarrNico]

Ruth gave her a thumbs-up. "Hold on now," she said and took Dakota's reins and walked out of the barn, Dakota following.

Gwen held onto the saddlehorn. Rose followed the horse quietly.

 

[ChicknsRock]

Gwen held onto the saddlehorn. Rose followed the horse quietly.

Ruth and Dakota went out of the barn and into another corral. She handed Gwen the reins.

 

[StarrNico]

Ruth and Dakota went out of the barn and into another corral. She handed Gwen the reins.

"Now what?" Gwen asked as she accepted the reins. Rose sat outside the corral to wait.

 

[ChicknsRock]

"Now what?" Gwen asked as she accepted the reins. Rose sat outside the corral to wait.

"it's easy," Ruth reassured her. "To go left, pull on the left rein, and to go right, pull on the right rein. She'll stay in a smooth walk as long as you don't kick her."