Douwe_doufus
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Hiya all,
I dont really post on here much but needed some advice.
Last year i had to give my loan horse back to his owners, whom i am very good friends with, but this year i have tried to get back into the saddle. By doing this i put up an ad for a share for my local area. One lady responded and after some chats over text and then over the phone we agreed to meet up and see her horsey!! I was so excited as i hadn't ridden in a couple of months!! I arrived at her yard and the excitement turned into nerves as i met this lady. Her horse was a 5 year old mare that hadn't really done alot, just plodded around the arena or hacked out. She asked me all kinds of questions which i easily answered, i had grown up with horses at my friends yard and helped out at a trekking centre.
But when it came to grooming she would push me out of the way and 'show' how to do it, picking up her feet again she barged me out of the way to show me how it was done. I felt like i was been treated like a kid again, but i was polite and allowed her too do it, at the end of the day it was her horse and i was trying to make a good impression. When it came to tacking up again she wanted to show me how it was done. The eventually i got on the horse and she was very nice, she was more then i expected from a 5 year old that hadn't done anything.
I rode for about 30 minutes just seeing what the horse could do, i really enjoyed my self and couldnt wait to talk to the lady about a regular routine. I got off and she was untacked, while the lady was sorting out her other boy i asked which rug was to go on her, and with an uncomfortable expression she told me and i put it on for her. After putting the mare too bed we walked back to the cars and she asked me how i liked the horse and i honestly said that i was looking forward to putting the effort in to her.
I asked her how she felt about me and she said that she liked me as a person and that we could meet up again on the saturday. Which i agreed too and we left, driving home i was so excited to have an equine companion again.
The next day i received a text from the lady saying that she has decided against me having her horse on loan, that i was slow and nervous, I felt insulted really, i worked in a trekking centre and had had horses in my life for ten years, my thoughts are that she never really gave me a chance to get to know her horse and her self.
Since then i have had a couple of people text and email me regarding their horses but i feel a bit put off, is there anything i could have done better in this situation?? Sorry for the long one lol xx
I dont really post on here much but needed some advice.
Last year i had to give my loan horse back to his owners, whom i am very good friends with, but this year i have tried to get back into the saddle. By doing this i put up an ad for a share for my local area. One lady responded and after some chats over text and then over the phone we agreed to meet up and see her horsey!! I was so excited as i hadn't ridden in a couple of months!! I arrived at her yard and the excitement turned into nerves as i met this lady. Her horse was a 5 year old mare that hadn't really done alot, just plodded around the arena or hacked out. She asked me all kinds of questions which i easily answered, i had grown up with horses at my friends yard and helped out at a trekking centre.
But when it came to grooming she would push me out of the way and 'show' how to do it, picking up her feet again she barged me out of the way to show me how it was done. I felt like i was been treated like a kid again, but i was polite and allowed her too do it, at the end of the day it was her horse and i was trying to make a good impression. When it came to tacking up again she wanted to show me how it was done. The eventually i got on the horse and she was very nice, she was more then i expected from a 5 year old that hadn't done anything.
I rode for about 30 minutes just seeing what the horse could do, i really enjoyed my self and couldnt wait to talk to the lady about a regular routine. I got off and she was untacked, while the lady was sorting out her other boy i asked which rug was to go on her, and with an uncomfortable expression she told me and i put it on for her. After putting the mare too bed we walked back to the cars and she asked me how i liked the horse and i honestly said that i was looking forward to putting the effort in to her.
I asked her how she felt about me and she said that she liked me as a person and that we could meet up again on the saturday. Which i agreed too and we left, driving home i was so excited to have an equine companion again.
The next day i received a text from the lady saying that she has decided against me having her horse on loan, that i was slow and nervous, I felt insulted really, i worked in a trekking centre and had had horses in my life for ten years, my thoughts are that she never really gave me a chance to get to know her horse and her self.
Since then i have had a couple of people text and email me regarding their horses but i feel a bit put off, is there anything i could have done better in this situation?? Sorry for the long one lol xx
