ApolloStorm
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So today I was down looking after and riding my share horse. Generally she is lovely. I took my sister down today as she is thinking about getting a share horse of her own. Now she has been riding for roughly a year and a half now so she has definitely got the basics down. She did a 'riding holiday' which did some very basic care such as basic mucking out. When we got to the yard I told her I'll show her how to do things and she can help me to see how it all works. So she got the horse in fine then we put her in her box and she was grooming and I was mucking out My sister was being really picky about where the horse stood, I thought this horse was fine were it was but she kept moving it around so I had to dodge the horses behind. But then some other liveries in the yard have a new foal thing who is nervous around people so they let this foal wander around the yard with a head collar on (rather irresponsible in itself, since we are right by a main road, but thats another point) and my sister just drops all her brushes and squeals, frightening my share horse, and runs over to this foal and just leaves me to do the rest of the work. So I tacked up, and my sister finally came back over to help she wanted to know about the breastplate, so I was telling her about it. Fair, so she wants to lead my horse out to the 'arena' but she lets my horse stop at the foal which was stupid I told her to move her forward and keep out of the foals way, but she didn't and my horse ended up lashing out with a back hoof (luckily not actually striking) so I had to jump in and move my horse before anything else happened.
Later while I was riding the foal came over to the edge of the arena, because my horse clearly didn't like this foal I gently asked my sister if she would move it or get someone to move it. She said no, its perfectly happy there. Just as she said that my horse took one look at this foal and started getting nervy and snorty and aggressive. So I asked my sister again and she scowled at me and then subsequently moved it back onto the yard. After I'd finished I had to feed and give water and fill haynets. So I was in the process of showing her this, and she said " why do you need help with the water?" in a sneery way. So I said " because its heavy and I have to move it across the yard". She then proceeded in going over a stroking a puppy which had come onto the yard. I'm all for not knowing things and asking and learning. But she is just getting distracted and it irritated me because she could of hurt someone or a horse. Shes going to get a part loan and she doesn't know the first thing about horse management and she doesn't seem to want to know! I would have been perfectly happy to show her how to do everything and I was trying but she just didn't want to know.
What do you think? Am I being unreasonable in my irritation?
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Later while I was riding the foal came over to the edge of the arena, because my horse clearly didn't like this foal I gently asked my sister if she would move it or get someone to move it. She said no, its perfectly happy there. Just as she said that my horse took one look at this foal and started getting nervy and snorty and aggressive. So I asked my sister again and she scowled at me and then subsequently moved it back onto the yard. After I'd finished I had to feed and give water and fill haynets. So I was in the process of showing her this, and she said " why do you need help with the water?" in a sneery way. So I said " because its heavy and I have to move it across the yard". She then proceeded in going over a stroking a puppy which had come onto the yard. I'm all for not knowing things and asking and learning. But she is just getting distracted and it irritated me because she could of hurt someone or a horse. Shes going to get a part loan and she doesn't know the first thing about horse management and she doesn't seem to want to know! I would have been perfectly happy to show her how to do everything and I was trying but she just didn't want to know.
What do you think? Am I being unreasonable in my irritation?
Tea coffee biscuits and scones if you get this far and manage to reply
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