So, I read the slander article and I will not use any names or my horse's name in this, but I must vent. I am on my third trainer in less then a year. In
particular I need help with my problem mare who came with a lot of baggage. Lessons at my house went well so I sent the mare over to be able to ride and take
lessons all winter. Things were going great, even rode the mare in a clinic. As she was there longer, weather changed, she got bored and bitchy again and I
was willing to try their different methods to work on her issues. I felt I was going backwards in trusting her and was thinking about selling her and just
focusing on my other horse since he always takes a backseat to her anyway. And I am not rich...a starving student that does everything herself and cannot
afford full training etc. There were some issues I had with the facility, but tried to blow it off to get some help with the mare and she wasn't there
permanently.
So yesterday she tells me I need to sell said horse, quit spending money her, take her home and focus on my other horse. I will never be able to ride her correctly or get her through her issues. I agree I can no longer spend that much money on her and I have finals next week. This is a lot to digest, I will take her home and sit on it for a while, get through finals, and show my other horse. She says I really need an upper level horse and she knows of some...again, I need to build a house and have a very small horse budget. We decide to get her last night before it rains the next two days. I call and leave her a message and send an email saying as much and how I will focus on other horse for now. We pull in and she is pissed!!!! She bites my head off and storms to the house? WTF? Didn't she just tell me to take her home and stop spending money on her? I was boiling...load her up and get the hell out of there.
So, then I see an email back that said well, I could pay her to ride and show her or if I really wanted to keep her I should take more lessons on her? What? She just told me I was going to get hurt on her! I am confused...don't know what to believe...and I have already said I am not spending more money on her. I am also not comfortable selling her as she does have some issues and the wrong rider could be dangerous. With the right rider she is a $30,000 horse. So, what do you all think? I need a bitch session here since I am pissed as hell and I know a lot of you have your own stories...Why can't I find a trainer?
So yesterday she tells me I need to sell said horse, quit spending money her, take her home and focus on my other horse. I will never be able to ride her correctly or get her through her issues. I agree I can no longer spend that much money on her and I have finals next week. This is a lot to digest, I will take her home and sit on it for a while, get through finals, and show my other horse. She says I really need an upper level horse and she knows of some...again, I need to build a house and have a very small horse budget. We decide to get her last night before it rains the next two days. I call and leave her a message and send an email saying as much and how I will focus on other horse for now. We pull in and she is pissed!!!! She bites my head off and storms to the house? WTF? Didn't she just tell me to take her home and stop spending money on her? I was boiling...load her up and get the hell out of there.
So, then I see an email back that said well, I could pay her to ride and show her or if I really wanted to keep her I should take more lessons on her? What? She just told me I was going to get hurt on her! I am confused...don't know what to believe...and I have already said I am not spending more money on her. I am also not comfortable selling her as she does have some issues and the wrong rider could be dangerous. With the right rider she is a $30,000 horse. So, what do you all think? I need a bitch session here since I am pissed as hell and I know a lot of you have your own stories...Why can't I find a trainer?
