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Cape Henlopen – Riding on the Beach

On Monday we decided to pack up the ponies and Ammo the Dachshund and head to Cape Henlopen in Delaware to ride on the beach. We had never been there before, but heard they allowed beach riding until late April.

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

Blitz and Boomerang have been to the beach before when we took our ride on Assateague Island in Virginia last fall.

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

In fact Boomerang was so excited about returning he couldn’t even make it all the way to the beach before taking a roll in the sand.

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

This time Minnow stayed at home (sorry Minnow) and we brought along my sister’s mare, Jet, and this was her first time on the beach. Jet was a bit nervous about the waves at first but eventually relaxed some, we even worked up to some fun galloping/racing along the beach.

After taking the ponies on our ride we picked up Ammo at the trailer and took them on a run/walk in the ocean.

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

As you can see it was extremely windy that day and had it been warmer I would have ventured further into the ocean with Boomerang.

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

Understandably Boomer was a bit nervous at first about going too far into the ocean – waves coming at you can be a scary thing when you aren’t sure what they are. But with a bit of clicker training I eventually had him encompassed in some waves.

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

Blitz was really fun to watch on the beach – he looked just like a wild stallion, so pretty!

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

Dramatic Boomer rolled about 6 times on the beach (aside from being cued to lay down & sit) – and he could of cared less who or what was next to him as long as he could feel the wet sand on his body.

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

The ponies weren’t the only ones to have a good time on the beach though. Ammo thoroughly enjoyed himself even if he did get a little wind/sand blown. It’s a drag being so short sometimes.

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

cape henlopen beach ride - painting pony

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