For starters, I'd like to introduce you to some of the events that we are currently working on and in the planning stages at the present time as those pertain to the spring, summer, and fall programs at Bear Creek Ranch (www.bearcreekguestranch.com) for the 2012 season. Specifically, I'd like to address our 3rd special event of the season, following our Photo Safari and Cattle Drives, and that would be the week of Pure Horsemanship, beginning on Sunday, July 1st.
To say the least, the following comment is a huge understatement, and that is this; "horse folks have a million different opinions and they all think they're right!" Well, I know that's not new to anyone who is remotely associated with the equine world. But I will say this as well; as you move through the world of horses with us here at Bear Creek about the only real strong statement of feeling you'll hear from us is that to increase your experience level you've got to spend time in the saddle, period. Oh yeah, for sure there is more and I know you could take issue with that statement but let's just leave it that. You'll hear me make that comment on more than a few occasions and it's a truism. Again, if you want to learn and experience, get saddled and throw you leg over. There's no better way.
I would strongly recommend, that if you're a horse enthusiast wanting to spend a whole lot more time in the saddle, and then I should add as well, in a round pen, a sand arena, and then in the biggest arena there is, "the out of door arena," think about coming out and joining us for a week of "Pure Horsemanship." We'll be limiting this particular week to 12 participants of either sex, doesn't matter a whit, to take part in what will be a completely holistic approach to riding. You'll be hands on in the round pen, the arena, and the mountains, foothills, and prairie, a combination of venues and conditions that will expose you to a huge variety of conditions absolutely necessary to expand your equine education.
From that level of riding, you'll accomplish more in a week than you normally would in ten years of two day a week one hour lessons in a sterile indoor arena or a well groomed "forest" trail. Over the course of many years of riding with our ranch guests I would probably argue that we've exposed what are in most cases very green riders to a level of riding that would normally be argued as being too aggressive, even dangerous in some cases. And yet I know that given good horses and the proper instruction, like so much else in our world, it is amazing how much we can accomplish when we challenge ourselves, or are challenged by others.
I've had many guests leave our ranch after a week of hard riding well beyond satisfied feeling a real sense of accomplishment with their riding development.
For the most part, what you can expect more specifically, during that week beginning July 1st is both round pen and arena work in the mornings and riding "out" in the afternoons. Don't plan on riding nose to tail, There will be occasions during which you may be on a narrow trail in an informal line but more so than not you'll be on a fast walk or trot in open country. The horsemanship that you want to develop can't be learned in a magazine article or in a book. You'll be part of your education in the saddle, in real life, in the real world.
What you'll learn during the course of a week at Bear Creek Ranch will fill a dozen books you've already read but never really understood.
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