am i asking to much?

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or am i being soft?
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ive booked a lesson for Thursday and Saturday morning. When i say 'booked' i mean when i had my lesson last Saturday, my instructor called out on her way out the yard 'im ok for next Thursday!' and i said 'yeah thats fine!' and then my old dressage instructor txt me and said she could now do Saturday mornings, and I said that was fine too.

do you think two lessons in a week is two much?

NOTE: it won't be every week, and I'll ride him on Sunday morning but then I'm away for a week so he will only be lunged probably about 4 times in that week.

what do you all think?

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yeah that was what i was thinking.........just didn't want to tire him too much. the lesson on Saturday will be less tiring than Thursdays lesson thats for sure!

see there i go, worrying again *roll eyes*

i am soft as poo
 
I have a lesson 5 days a week as I'm hell bent on doing some decent level dressage! The only way you improve is by putting the work in, 2 lessons in one week is not unreasonable.
 
You mean of the horse??? Not at all.... should be more than capable of two lessons a week.... think of riding school horses, they can have 2 lessons a day 6 days a week!!
 
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You mean of the horse??? Not at all.... should be more than capable of two lessons a week.... think of riding school horses, they can have 2 lessons a day 6 days a week!!

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haha so true, i used to work at a trekking centre so i can relate to that!
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I wouldn't worry - I sometimes think I'm being mean to Major asking him to do lots of hard work and then I remember I got him from a riding school where he was doing 3 or 4 full hour lessons a day!

So that helps take away any guilt I might feel
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I was the same the week I took him to a show and did 2 jumping classes and an in hand class - felt like I was asking so much of him and yet we go to hunter paces and he'll happily go around twice at full speed!

So I wouldn't worry too much, I'm sure he'll be absolutely fine!

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I had probs with conflicting info from two different instructors. One gave me my confidence and the other is alot more technical so I eventually chose!!
 
funny you should say that because i was going to post something about having two instructors.........i got on really well with my old dressage instructor and my new one i have only just got used to (she is tough!).

I'll carry on having two for the moment and see if it works, if not then i will have to choose!
 
Agree about conflicting stuff... I used to have 2 lessons a week when i lived in Edinburgh... One was a dressage lesson with Adam Grant and one was a jumping clinic with Les Smith...

The only problem I had was that my horse stopped jumping... and so i also asked adam to help with the jumping for a few weeks.. and the different approaches of each instructor really confused me - advice was very conflicting (ie. One said smack him and chased me over the jumps with a lunge whip - and the other worked on getting me calm and less stressed - i wonder which one worked...
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So - I would say 2 is ok for different things - but when you have 2 instructors working on the same issues - there can be a conflict...
 
Think i would have a lesson every day if i could afford it! Like someone above said "theres no difference in a lesson and a good schooling session".

Me and Jed tend to work so much better with my instructor on the ground shouting at us!!!
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Think i would have a lesson every day if i could afford it! Like someone above said "theres no difference in a lesson and a good schooling session".

Me and Jed tend to work so much better with my instructor on the ground shouting at us!!!
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i agree! when i have my lessons and someone telling me what i need to be doing its so much easier! cant afford them all the time though, shame
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one instructor is doing flatwork for jumping, and the other is pure dressage so hopefully they're won't be too much conflict - but we'll see!
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