Riding Girl Scout Badges
Each outing includes a badge for every Girl Scout!
At Double J we love helping Girl Scouts explore their interests and achieve their goals! We offer a number of fun and hands-on riding or non-riding badge workshop options to suit your troop's needs!
Horse Badge Outings
Horseback Riding Badge
During this 2 hour outing the scouts will learn all the four basic items they will need to know about horses in a fun environment!
Safety: the Scouts will receive a barn safety lesson and learn how to lead a horse
Communication: discussion on animal communication and seeing how horses communicate first hand
Anatomy: Go over basic horse anatomy
Nutrition: learn what horses eat while making and feeding horse treats
Care: learning how to properly groom and tack a horse
Horseback Riding: a 30 minute group horse lesson where the scouts will learn how to steer, stand up, post, trot, and do an obstacle course on horseback
Price: $45 per scout (minimum of 5 scouts or $225)
Day Camp: Upgrade to a 5 hour day camp includes everything plus longer riding lesson, lunch break where the scouts will watch a horse film while eating, and a fun horse craft! $90 per Scout
Horse Lovers Badge
Make Your Own
During this 2 hour outing the scouts will learn all the four basic items they will need to know about horses in a fun environment!
Safety: the Scouts will recieve a barn safety lesson
Nutrition: learning about horse nutrition while making horse treats
Care: learning how to properly groom and tack a horse
Horseback Riding: a 30 minute group horse lesson where the scouts will learn how to steer, stand up, post, trot, and do an obstacle course on horseback
Price: $45 per scout (minimum of 5 scouts or $225)
Day Camp: Upgrade to a 5 hour day camp includes everything plus longer riding lesson, lunch break where the scouts will watch a horse film while eating, and a fun horse craft! $90 per Scout
Bridging Ceremony
Have an on horse bridging ceremony with your Scout troop! Double J Riding Club has a real bridge that we use for our bridging ceremonies. This hour and a half ceremony includes a full outdoor animal meet and greet, on horse bridging portion where each scout will walk a full lap around our outdoor track and over our bridge on horseback, and 30 minutes in our party room. Feel free to set up any decorations for photos. Our party room is located in our beautiful screened in tent that overlooks the property. Seating is available for up to 35 people. Leaders have access to our party room space at 10:30 am. Bridging Ceremonies run April-October on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am- 12:30 pm.
Price: $20 per Scout (minimum of 10 Scouts or $200)