OK, so this is mean but.......!?!

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MD has now started hacking out the Baggage alone & she likes it that way!

She'd just got ready to go out tonight (literally on the brink of leaving the yard!) when a fellow livery & her daughter turned up & mother asked if she would wait 10 minutes for her daughter, so she could come too?
I pointed out that MD would be going across the fields & as BB has a good, long history of tanking off at light speed in these situations, it might not be much 'fun' for her!
Mother gaily replied she'd be 'fine'! (MD's face was as black as thunder!)

They returned after an hour, having had a very quiet hack, which was OK in itself, as MD wants BB to behave & not charge off as soon as her feet touch anything other than concrete or tarmac!

I don't think she wants to be 'stuck' with her all summer, as the other girl is only 11 & although on a very 'safe' pony, is still only at the 'kick to go, pull to stop & wobble about all over the place inbetween' stage!
She has little or no real control over her pony & has the road sense of a hedgehog!

BB is a munchkin most of the time but she CAN be a c*w at times & MD has enough to do looking after herself, never mind babysitting another child!
(Mother thinks child is a 'great little rider'! Wrong! MD may be ungainly & untidy at times but she has good control of BB & I want it to stay that way!)
Arrgghh!
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I'm sorry, but I LMAO at the "road sense of a hedgehog"!!!
I've never yet met anyone at my yard who doesn't think they're a wonderful rider... guess how many wonderful riders there actually ARE???
Anyhoo, I think you need to prepare a string of excuses you can use when the hegdehog child (still laughing) wants to join MD on a hack. Not that the occasional sedate plod will do any harm
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What was the question?
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PMSL @ "road sense of a hedgehog" & "hegdehog child".

Just tell the mother straight that MD likes to ride alone (after she is under no obligation to become an unpaid escourt), or MD will end up having "hegdehog child" in tow all the time.

If you feel you need to compromise and MD is happy to do so, maybe let her know MD is happy to escourt "hegdehog child" one day a week, for an agreed fee (equates to babysitting, with twice the responsibility at the end of the day).
 
i also pmsl at "hedgehog child" and "road sense of a hedgehog" sorry couldnt help it !!! lol
but in all seriousness its not fair for md to become a babysitter md wants to go out and enjoy a hack without the added concern of what will happen to hhc,this is up to the mother to go out with her i think,isnt it ?
 
I suppose I feel a bit sorry for MD as she had to wait until she was 13/14 before being allowed out alone, so she doesn't think it's 'fair' that 'hedgehog child' can go skipping out aged 11!

I made it clear that MD would be in charge though & although she would make all decisions as regards crossing roads etc., HHC would still have to look herself, as some of the roads round here are quite nasty!

They must not ride two abreast & must keep in close to the left, as HHC tends to weeble about in the middle of the road!
Maybe HHC will get fed-up anyway once she's been out a few times with MD waving a riding crop & barking 'In! Now! Move!' over her shoulder like something out of 'Boot Camp'!
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I don't think it particularly fair on your child to have to escort a younger child out. IMO that is far too much responsibility for a young teenager and just not fair. Maybe you should point this out to Hedgehog child's mother and said mother should get off her **** and walk out with her child taking full responsibility.

I will take my nieces out (13 and 10), but have made it clear before that I won't be responsible for someone else's child (and I'm an adult!).
 
Perhaps HHCs mother would like to give MD some pocket money if she has to deal with having a tagalong on her fun rides. I used to get the pleasure of munchkin escorting occasionaly but the Mums asked nicely and threw in a fiver! Aah the joys of riding in cash rich Surrey...
 
Not sure how old your daughter is, but if she is under 16 I would use the excuse that you don't really want her to have to be responsible for HHC. My daughter was not allowed to hack out alone till she was 14 , and when she was about 15 some neighbours (move to the country, get horse sort) asked her to take their child out but I made the excuse that our pony wasn't reliable enough. Not strictly true, she's nutty most of the time but good in traffic. Would be a shame to spoil your daughters hacks if she has to play nanny.
 
I've thought about it & as MD is only 14, I'm going to risk offending them by saying I don't want her to do it until HHC has at least a little more control over her pony, as she hasn't a clue really & has to rely on somebody else for instruction all the time!

BB is very safe most of the time but has been known to play up & if she did, knowing what she's like, MD would have her hands full!
Also, before we had her, BB was virtually impossible to hack out alone & would only go as far as the end of the drive where she'd start rearing & plunging in protest & I definitely don't want a return to that with MD!
 
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