eahotson
Well-Known Member
OK will try and be brief. When I bought little cob I had an instructor who turned out to be a bully. She put me and cob down continously andthe last lesson I had with her she sat in a chair with a favoured pupil beside her, hand over mouth, calling me but making sure I heard it none the less. Nearly gave up. Moved to another yard. Little cob became very spooky and I became very nervous.Had an instructor butshe just kept telling me to IGNORE it. Had reem of PMs from another website where people knew little cob.None was encouraging BUT I have always felt that he was a kind little soul at base. Had fall and wake up call. NEW instructor. Seemed lovely and taught me some invaluable techniques which have helped me enormously.I will always be grateful to her for that.I am more confident than I have ever been with him and little cob is so chilled its not true.New instructor then began being very domineering, telling me to move yards, talking down to me etc.THINK in part because at base she is old style BHS.Other people have found her like this. She has been ill.Now she is resuming her teaching duties.She is very good! But I don't want to godown the route of being bullied again. I tried to explain a lot of this to her but obviously she didn't listen.One half of me thinks try someone else and keep trying till you find the right one, the other better the devil you know. ride for pleasure. I do want to improve but not at the expense of being bullied.Perhaps I have said it all really.
