First of all, thank you all so much for the comments yesterday! I'm glad I shared my turmoil. The outpouring of support and suggestions has been both useful and humbling.
Back to the trailer loading chronicles...
If you thought Beth was bad (and you did!) wait til you hear this next one. Beth may have been spoiling her horse with no chance of getting anywhere with him, but at least she wasn't beating him.
That brings me to part two of this series, and thankfully, the only other time I've had this sort of drama with trailer loading. For the most parts, trailer loading is my easy money. It's something people can't fix on their own and gladly pay someone else to fix for them. Ironically, this trailer loading happened a mere two months after I was done with Beth. (Maybe there was something in the air in the last quarter of 2015. Who knows?)
Showing posts with label trailer loading tales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trailer loading tales. Show all posts
Friday, July 28, 2017
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Trailer Loading Tales: Part One (I'm Too Abusive)
Ok, so, back to "Beth"...
She approached me at a CTR at the beginning of the year to tell me about her new horse. I was surprised to see her because she basically dropped off the planet after the 2011 ride season. From what I've heard since, that's because she suddenly changed her views on everything horse related and has turned into one of those people who doesn't ride because it's too mean. But I didn't know that at the time. I told her to email me about the horse when she got home because I couldn't focus on evaluating a new client while doing an endurance ride. (Horses are my job, but I do still try to separate work from play.)
A couple weeks later, the email appeared. I was going to c/p it here, but the grammar and lack of capitalization hurt me just scanning through it, so I'll spare you.
The horse, who we'll call "Nope" (his real name is just as ridiculous) was a coming five year-old OTTB.
She approached me at a CTR at the beginning of the year to tell me about her new horse. I was surprised to see her because she basically dropped off the planet after the 2011 ride season. From what I've heard since, that's because she suddenly changed her views on everything horse related and has turned into one of those people who doesn't ride because it's too mean. But I didn't know that at the time. I told her to email me about the horse when she got home because I couldn't focus on evaluating a new client while doing an endurance ride. (Horses are my job, but I do still try to separate work from play.)
A couple weeks later, the email appeared. I was going to c/p it here, but the grammar and lack of capitalization hurt me just scanning through it, so I'll spare you.
The horse, who we'll call "Nope" (his real name is just as ridiculous) was a coming five year-old OTTB.
Friday, July 21, 2017
Trailer Loading Tales: An Introduction
By popular demand (ok, Shauna said she wanted to hear this, and that's enough for me!) I present to you, Trailer Loading Horror Stories, a two part series. Part One: I'm Too Abusive. Part Two: I'm Not Abusive Enough. Part One takes place two years ago, which makes it pretty safe to re-tell, and also means enough time has passed that I can laugh at it.
In the spring of 2015, a woman approached me at a CTR to ask me about trailer loading a new horse she got.
In the spring of 2015, a woman approached me at a CTR to ask me about trailer loading a new horse she got.
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