Page 29 - RAVC Centenary Parade

Two very keen volunteers came forward, who quickly embarked on the training with the help of several other Equine Training Squadron instructors.
Training began in earnest with the progressions of the pack gradually being added onto Ellie throughout her training sessions. As expected, on a few occasions throughout her training Ellie decided to remind her handlers that she was the boss and she didn’t want the pack on back. She would shake it off by any means necessary.
On one occasion whilst being introduced to water with the pack she decided she had had enough and decided to bolt across the rive,r up and over the bank and continue to gallop across the field, dislodging the entire pack leaving her handlers still in the rive,r up to their waists in wate.r It became a
regular sight to see her handlers come past my office covered in mud.
With Ellie halfway through her training it was decided to bring Pandora in to join her trainingsessions.Withsomelessonslearnt from Ellie the training for Pandora went without a hitch and she was an absolute delight to work with, clearly showing Ellie how it was supposed to be done.
With their training complete, it was decided to keep them turned out and bring them in for training sessions twice a week to keep the capability alive should there be a need for their new capability at short notice.
Looking forward we will continue to work with these two mares to keep their training up to standard should we require the capability in the future.
Leading science and care for animals
Leading the way in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of injury and disease
www.aht.org.uk/donate
Charity No: 209642
Discover Melton Past and Present
Explore the story of Melton and the people who made it their home
Displays include three Dickin medals awarded to dogs from the Melton DAC
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4.30pm
Phone 0116 305 3860 for more information and details of our exhibitions and events programme
facebook.com/meltonmuseum
Melton Carnegie Museum, Thorpe End, Melton Mowbray LE13 1RB
#RAVC100
29
FREE ENTRY